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ARRANGEMENT OF CLASSES.

The course of instruction in the Law Department comprises twelve
separate classes. Six of these classes constitute the first year's
studies, and six the studies of the second year.

In the first year's course there are eight lectures, and in the second,
nine lectures, weekly. The lectures occupy an hour and a half each.
The first year's course therefore calls for twelve hours of class work
a week, and the second for thirteen and a half hours.

The following table exhibits an outline of the course:

                       

First Year.	1. The Law of Persons; Personal Property (including Sales); Wills of Personalty and Administration.
	2. The Law of Contracts.
	3. The Law of Crimes and Criminal Procedure.
	4. Mercantile Law: Negotiable Paper; Partnership; Insurance.
	5. Torts, Bailments, and Carriers.
	6. Theory of Government; Constitutional Law; International Law.
Second Year.	7. Equity Jurisprudence and Procedure; Bankruptcy.
	8. Pleading and Practice in Civil Cases.
	9. The Law of Real Property.
	10. The Law of Corporations.
	11. The Law of Evidence.
	12. The Conflict of Laws.