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OUTLINE OF COURSES.
The schedule, as outlined below, contemplates an average of ten lecture
periods (or fifteen hours) per week.
Written examinations are held during the final week of each term, on
the subjects completed during the term. See Schedule of Examinations,
below.
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The following outline indicates the extent of the courses offered:
TABULAR OUTLINE OF COURSES.
[Asterisks indicate elective courses.—Lecture periods are one and a half hours
each.]
FIRST YEAR. | ||||
FIRST TERM. | Periods per week |
Total periods |
||
Study of Cases—Legal Bibliography—Brief Making— Cooley's Brief Making; Wambaugh's Study of Cases: the Professor's Printed Notes. Professor Lile |
2 | 26 | ||
Contracts. Clark on Contracts: Huffcut and Woodruff's Cases on Contracts: the Professor's Printed Notes. Professor Graves |
4 | 52 | ||
Criminal Law. Mikell's Cases on Criminal Law. Professor Dobie |
2 | 26 | ||
Domestic Relations. Long on Domestic Relations. Professor Eager |
2 | 26 | ||
SECOND TERM. | ||||
Torts, including Master and Servant. Chapin on Torts; Chase's Cases on Torts; the Professor's Printed Notes; Burks' Printed Notes. Professor Graves |
4 | 40 | ||
Bailments and Carriers. Dobie on Bailments and Carriers; Dobie's Cases on Bailments and Carriers. Professor Dobie |
3 | 30 | ||
Agency. Mechem's Principles of Agency; Mechem's Cases. Professor Eager |
2 | 20 | ||
THIRD TERM. | ||||
Negotiable Instruments. Bigelow on Bills, Notes and Cheques; the Negotiable Instruments Law; the Professor's Printed Notes. Professor Lile |
2 | 20 | ||
International Law.[2]
Davis' Elements of International Law. Professor Ribble |
2 | 20 | ||
Sales. Woodward's Cases on Sales. Professor Dobie | 2 | 20 | ||
Insurance. Vance on Insurance. Professor Eager | 3 | 30 | ||
SECOND YEAR. | ||||
FIRST TERM. | ||||
Equity Jurisprudence. Merwin's Principles of Equity; the Professor's Printed Notes. Professor Lile |
4 | 52 | ||
Common Law Pleading. Burks on Pleading and Practice; the Professor's Printed Notes and Questions. Professor Graves |
2 | 26 | ||
Real Property (begun). Minor on Real Property. Professor Ribble |
4 | 52 | ||
SECOND TERM. | ||||
Private Corporations. Clark on Corporations; the Virginia Corporation Act; Wormer's Cases on Private Corporations. Professor Lile |
4 | 40 | ||
*Pleading in Virginia. Burks on Pleading and Practice; the Professor's Printed Notes. Professor Graves |
2 | 20 | ||
Real Property (concluded). Minor on Real Property. Professor Ribble |
3 | 30 | ||
*Code Pleading. Bryant on Code Pleading. Professor Dobie |
2 | 20 | ||
*Admiralty. Hughes on Admiralty. Professor Eager | 2 | 20 | ||
THIRD TERM. | ||||
Practice of Law, including Extraordinary Remedies. Burks on Pleading and Practice; Graves' Printed Notes. Professor Eager |
3 | 30 | ||
Constitutional Law. Minor's Notes on Government; Black's Constitutional Law. Professor Ribble |
4 | 40 | ||
Taxation. Beale's Cases on Taxation. Professor Dobie |
2 | 20 | ||
THIRD YEAR. | ||||
FIRST TERM. | ||||
Criminal Procedure. Beale on Criminal Pleading and Practice; Minor's Printed Notes. Professor Ribble |
2 | 26 | ||
Wills and Administration. Costigan's Cases on Wills. Professor Dobie |
2 | 26 | ||
Bankruptcy. Holbrook and Aigler's Cases. Professor Eager |
2 | 26 | ||
Partnership. Mechem's Elements of Partnership. Professor Eager |
2 | 26 | ||
Forensic Debating (begun). Professor Paul | 1 | 13 | ||
SECOND TERM. | ||||
Equity Procedure. Lile's Equity Pleading and Practice. Professor Lile |
2 | 20 | ||
Conflict of Laws and Jurisdictions. Minor on the Conflict of Laws. Professor Ribble |
3 | 30 | ||
Federal Jurisdiction and Procedure. Wheaton's Cases on Federal Procedure. Professor Dobie |
3 | 30 | ||
*Damages. Hale on Damages. Professor Eager | 2 | 20 | ||
Forensic Debating (continued). Professor Paul | 1 | 10 | ||
THIRD TERM. | ||||
Public Corporations. Macy's Cases on Municipal Corporations; the Professor's Printed Notes. Professor Lile |
2 | 20 | ||
Legal Ethics. Costigan's Cases on Legal Ethics; Cohen's The Law—Business or Profession?; the Code of Ethics of the American Bar Association; Answers to Questions by the Committee of the New York County Bar Association on Professional Ethics. Professor Lile |
2 | 20 | ||
Evidence. Greenleaf on Evidence (16th edition by Wigmore); Throckmorton's Cases; the Professor's Printed Notes. Professor Graves |
6 | 60 | ||
Forensic Debating (concluded). Professor Paul | 1 | 10 |
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