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LAW DEPARTMENT.
| JOHN B. MINOR, LL. D., | Prof. Common and Statute Law (Part No. 1). |
| JAS. H. GILMORE, LL. D., | Prof. Con. and Int'l Law, Equity and Evidence. |
| WM. M. LILE, B. L., | Prof. Com. and Stat. Law (Part No. 2), Mer. and Cr. Law. |
| RALEIGH C. MINOR, M. A., B. L., | Assistant Instructor in Com. and Statute Law. |
This Department is organized with a view to acquaint the student familiarly
and practically with the principles of his profession. The instruction is as
thorough as possible, and is given partly through text-books and partly through
lectures, with careful daily examinations upon both.
A Moot-court, in connection with other instruction, tends to perfect the student
in the details of practice. Under the immediate supervision of the Professors,
he is required to write opinions upon supposed cases; to devise and
institute remedies by suit or otherwise; to conduct suits at law and in equity
from their inception, through all their stages; to draw wills, contracts, conveyances,
and other assurances; and, in short, to perform most of the functions of
a practising lawyer.
The Department comprises three Schools, each of which is divided into two
classes, designated respectively as Junior and Senior; and the course of instruction
is as follows:
SCHOOL OF COMMON AND STATUTE LAW—(Part No. 1).
Professor Minor.
Raleigh C. Minor, Assistant.
Junior Class.—Minor's Institutes of Common and Statute Law.
Vol. II. Rights which relate to Real Property.
Lectures Tuesday and Friday, from 11 A. M. to 12:30 P. M.
Senior Class.—Minor's Institutes of Common and Statute Law.
Vol. IV. Practice of the Law in Civil Cases, including Pleading.
Lectures Monday and Wednesday, from 11 A. M. to 12:30 P. M.
For Reference.—Virginia Code (1887); Revised Statutes of the United States.
SCHOOL OF INTERNATIONAL AND CONSTITUTIONAL LAW,
EVIDENCE AND EQUITY.
Professor Gilmore.
Junior Class.—Vattel's International Law, with Lectures; Lectures on Government;
Federalist; Notes of the Professor on Vattel and the Constitution.
Lectures Thursday and Saturday, from 12:30 P. M. to 2 P. M.
Senior Class.—Greenleaf's Evidence; Adams's Equity, with Lectures and Notes of
the Professor.
Lectures Wednesday and Friday, from 12:30 P. M. to 2 P. M.
For Reference.—Stephen's Digest of the Law of Evidence (Chase's edition preferred).
SCHOOL OF COMMON AND STATUTE LAW—(Part No. 2).
Professor Lile.
Junior Class.—Minor's Institutes of Common and Statute Law.
Vol. I. Rights which relate to the Person, including the Law of Corporations;
with the Professor's Notes.
Criminal Law. Minor's Synopsis.
Lectures Monday, 12:30 P. M. to 2 P. M.; Thursday, 11 A. M. to 12:30 P. M.
Senior Class.—Minor's Institutes of Common and Statute Law.
Vol. III. Law of Personal Property; with the Professor's Notes.
Smith's Mercantile Law; with Professor Gilmore's Notes.
Lectures Tuesday, from 12:30 P. M. to 2 P. M.; Saturday, 11 A. M. to 12:30 P. M.
For Reference.—Virginia Code (1887); Revised Statutes of the United States.
DEGREE.
In the Department of Law, the degree of Bachelor of Law is conferred
upon those who, upon examination conducted in writing, manifest an intimate
acquaintance with the subjects taught in all the classes; and to those who,
upon like examination, exhibit a competent knowledge of International and
Constitutional Law, including the Science of Government, a Certificate of
Proficiency is awarded.
In order to obtain the degree, the whole of the course must be completed
here, no preliminary examination being had upon entering.
But a candidate for the degree of Bachelor of Law, who in a previous session
has become a Proficient in Constitutional and International Law, is not
required to attend lectures or to stand examination in this subject anew. All
other examinations must be passed in the year of graduation.
COURSE OF STUDY.
The course is designed for two sessions, and in general it is not prudent to
devote less time to it, the future professional success of the student depending
much upon his full mastery of it. It is a maxim sanctioned by long and wide
seldom be a good one afterwards." And in order to such thorough acquaintance
with the elements of the law, thought is requisite as well as reading; and
for the purpose of thought, there must be time to digest as well as industry to
acquire. One cannot expect to gorge himself with law, as a boa-constrictor
does with masses of food, and then digest it afterwards; the process of assimilation
must go on, if it is to proceed healthfully and beneficially, at the same
time with the reception of knowledge. So the athlete judges, who wishes to
train the physical man to the most vigorous development, and the intellectual
athlete should imitate the example.
But whilst the student is advised, as a general rule, not to attempt to complete
the course in a single session, yet, if he chooses to essay it (as some do
successfully), he is admitted to the graduating examinations, and if he attains
the standard required, he is entitled to the degree.
EXPENSES.
The necessary expenses of a student in the Law Department for the session
of nine months are estimated as below for the lowest rate and for a more liberal
scale of living:
| Tuition, | $ 80 | $ 80 |
| Matriculation, | 30 | 30 |
| Infirmary, | 7 | 7 |
| Contingent deposit, | 10 | 10 |
| Dormitory rent, | 15 | 30 |
| Servant's attendance, | 9 | 9 |
| Furniture for dormitory, | 9 | 19 |
| Fuel and lights, | 12 | 24 |
| Washing, | 14 | 14 |
| Board, | 99 | 162 |
| Total, | $285 | $385 |
| Payable on entrance, | $207 | $261 |
The contingent deposit of $10 is credited in final settlement. This deposit
is assessed for any damage to property, violation of Library rules, and so on,
which the student himself may commit.
To the above total must be added the cost of books and stationery, about
$80 for the entire course, and the cost of a degree, which, if taken, is $15.
For the entire course, if taken in one year, the total necessary expenses, including
books, will be $365 to $465, with the addition of $15 for the degree, if
the degree is taken.
For the second year's entire course the total necessary expenses (books having
already been provided) will be $285 to $385, with the addition of $15 for
the degree, if the degree is taken.
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