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MISCELLANEOUS.
Admission to Advanced Standing.—By a recent enactment of the visitors, the
Law Faculty is authorized to accept certificates of attendance for one full session,
of at least eight months, and of work satisfactorily performed, at other approved
law schools, in lieu of the whole on any part of the first year's course; provided
the applicant shall pass a satisfactory entrance examination before the Law Faculty
on such subjects as he desires credit for.
These entrance examinations will be held at the beginning of each session, in
September. They will not be perfunctory merely, but the examiners will insist
upon thorough familiarity with every subject within the scope of the examinations.
former regulations, there shall be no departure from the traditional high standard,
uniformly required for graduation. No credit will be given for mere attendance
at another law school, nor in any event will the privilege of examination for
advanced standing be extended to those who have merely received private instruction.
Entrance Examinations.—No other entrance examinations are held than as
mentioned in the preceding paragraph.
Special Students.—Students who can attend but a single session are advised to
take special courses, which the arrangement of the classes readily permits. Overzealousness,
by which an ambitious student is beguiled into the assumption of
more work than he can thoroughly master in a single year, leads to cramming
and inaccuracy, and often to complete failure. With this admonition, the special
student is free to select his own work. The following course is suggested for
students who are not candidates for the degree:
First year classes 1 and 4 (see page 103), and second year classes 2, 3 and 5; or,
if the student has already had some legal training, numbers 1 and 4 of the second
year may be added. The first course suggested would require 13½ hours, and the
second 16½ hours, of class work a week.
Late Entrance.—The work of the Law Department begins promptly September
15, and continues until the middle of June. Students are advised that late
entrance is a serious hindrance to progress—but the matriculation books are open
throughout the session and it is permissible to enter at any time. The course of
study is arranged, however, on the theory that it will be taken up at the beginning
of the session. The student who enters late must begin his work at the point
to which the course has advanced at the time of his entrance.
☞Seats in the Law Lecture-rooms are assigned in the order of matriculation.
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