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Guide To The Law Quadrangle, University Of Michigan Law School
Guide To The Law Quadrangle, University Of Michigan Law School
About the Buildings
The first law department lecture was delivered to University of Michigan students on October 5, 1859. Since then, the Law School has become on of the outstanding centers for legal education in the world. Its greatness derives from the exceptional faculty and students who have been drawn to Ann Arbor. Since 1933, the unique design and beauty of the Law Quadrangle have provided an incomparable environment in which members of this community of scholars have developed their talents.
Construction of the Quadrangle took more than a decade. The result, reflecting the exquisite craft of artisans in stone, glass, wood, and …
University Of Michigan Law School Self-Guided Walking Tour, University Of Michigan Law School
University Of Michigan Law School Self-Guided Walking Tour, University Of Michigan Law School
About the Buildings
A brochure providing direction for a self-guided walking tour of the University of Michigan Law School.
'A Time To Build' - William W. Cook And His Architects: Edward York And Philip Sawyer, Margaret A. Leary
'A Time To Build' - William W. Cook And His Architects: Edward York And Philip Sawyer, Margaret A. Leary
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The following narrative outlines the role of donor William W. cook and the architects who built the Law Quadrangle 70 years ago. The report is excerpted and adapted from 94 Law Library Journal 395-425 (2002-26). The author is director of the University of Michigan Law School's Law Library.
The University Of Michigan Law School Walking Tour, University Of Michigan Law School
The University Of Michigan Law School Walking Tour, University Of Michigan Law School
About the Buildings
A brochure designed to direct a walking tour, as well as give historical information for the buildings, the architecture, and to a lesser degree, the people who made the Law Quadrangle what it is.
Professional Education Then And Now: Law, Elizabeth Gaspar Brown
Professional Education Then And Now: Law, Elizabeth Gaspar Brown
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The Law Department, the third of those mandated by the state statute of 1837, commenced to function on October 3, 1859. In the morning the three-member law faculty met and elected James Valentine Campbell, an Associate Justice of the Michigan Supreme Court, as its dean. In the afternoon, Campbell delivered an address "On the Study of Law" to a crowd of faculty, students, and visitors in the Ann Arbor Presbyterian Church.
The next morning, 90 students - 60 from Michigan, 29 from other states of the Union, and one from Canada - assembled for the first lecture in the prescribed …