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Wesley Newcomb Hohfeld: On The Difficulty Of Becoming A Law Professor, John Henry Schlegel

Contributions to Books

Published as Chapter 18 in Wesley Hohfeld A Century Later: Edited Major Works, Select Personal Papers, and Original Commentaries, Shyam Balganesh, Ted Sichelman & Henry Smith, eds.

Wesley Hohfeld (1879 - 1918) is well known to legal philosophers and to property teachers for his table of fundamental conceptions, a terminological framework for understanding legal doctrine and reasoning. This work was also substantively important for some members of the American Legal Realist movement and Critical Legal Studies. More personally he was part of the generation of law teachers who had to figure out how to become a professional academic in the …

Jacquelyn L. Bridgeman Interview; Oral History Project, Jacquelyn L. Bridgeman, Cristina E. Salazar, Shelby Nivitanont

Wyoming Oral History

Jacquelyn L. Bridgeman, Kepler Professor of Law, Director of School of Culture, Gender & Social Justice.

In this oral history, Professor Bridgeman discuses what it was like to grow up in Laramie, WY, her experience as a woman of color in the legal career field, and her accomplishments as a lawyer, law professor, and magistrate. Professor Bridgeman touches on stories from when President Obama was her professor at University of Chicago Law School, insights into current events in the Wyoming Legislature, and her perspective on diversity recruitment.

So Far: 70th Anniversary, North Carolina Central University School Of Law

So Far

A look back at the first 70 years of the North Carolina Central University School of Law.

Women In The Law: Milestones And Information, Colleen Kristl Pauwels

Historic Documents

Colleen Pauwels was the Director of the Jerome Hall Law for more than 30 years and wrote and researched about the history of the Maurer School of Law. This document details names and dates of major milestones of women in the law from 1892-1988.

Clark Memorandum: Fall 1994, J. Reuben Clark Law Society, J. Reuben Clark Law School

The Clark Memorandum

• Too Much Law, Too Little Consensus (Bruce C. Hafen)
• Pure Religion (Steven A. West)
• Keepers of the Flame (F. Burton Howard)
• A Safe Return (Michael Goldsmith)

University At Buffalo Law School 100 Years: 1887–1987, Robert Schaus, James Arnone

Buffalo Law School History

This updated history of the University at Buffalo School of Law covers the first 100 years of the school.

1989 Touro College School Of Law Yearbook, Touro College School Of Law, Touro College Jacob D. Fuchsberg Law Center

Yearbooks and Newsletters

1989 Touro College School of Law Yearbook. This was the first year the name "Jacob D. Fuchsberg Law Center" was featured on the yearbook cover. Established in 1980 with the inception of the Law School, on April 13, 1986 the Touro College Law Center was named for one of the Law School's Board members, The Honorable Jacob D. Fuchsberg, Associate Judge of the New York Court of Appeals from 1975 to 1983. The Fuchsberg Law Center was first mentioned in the 1987 yearbook. The name would be retained when the Law School moved to its present location in Central Islip …

Volume 11, Issue 1 (Spring 1988)

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Volume 10, Issue 1 (Spring 1987)

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Volume 9, Issue 2 (Fall 1986)

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Volume 8, Issue 2 (Fall 1985)

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Volume 7, Issue 2 (Fall 1984)

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Volume 7, Issue 1 (Spring 1984)

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Volume 6, Issue 2 (Fall 1983)

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Volume 5, Issue 2 (Fall 1982)

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W&L Law Class Of 1976 30th Reunion Scrapbook

Powell Archives Web Exhibits

Frank Duemmler assembled this scrapbook for his Washington and Lee University School of Law class of 1976. At his request, certain personally identifiable information about individual class members has been redacted. To request access to the unredacted version, please contact the Lewis F. Powell Jr. Archives.

The Gaines Case: Its Background And Influence On The University Of Missouri And Lincoln University, 1936-1950, Robert Mclaran Sawyer

Books Related to Race and Education in Missouri

Dissertation by Dr. Sawyer written in 1966 in support of his doctoral degree from the University of Missouri exploring the Gaines case and the effects on education in Missouri. Digital copy is derived from print copy held in the University of Missouri Library Depository.

Buffalo Law School 75 Years: 1887–1962, Gilbert J. Pedersen

Buffalo Law School History

This history of the University at Buffalo School of Law covers the first 75 years of the law school.

Legal Education At Michigan, 1859-1959, Elizabeth G. Brown

Books

First opening its doors in 1859, the University of Michigan Law School has now accumulated a full century of experience in educating young men and young women for the practice of law. Two years ago, the law faculty, taking note of the approach of the Centennial year, established a research project under the financial auspices of the William W. Cook Endowment Fund, in order to engage in a serious study of all aspects of the school's activities down the years, and to prepare a complete and definitive report on this first century of history. In charge of the project and …

The Education Of The Negro In Missouri, Robert Irving Brigham

Books Related to Race and Education in Missouri

Dissertation by Dr. Brigham written in 1946 in support of his doctoral degree from the University of Missouri in which he discusses the historical evolution of education for African Americans in Missouri. Digital copy is derived from print copy held in the University of Missouri Library Depository

The Pandex, Volume Xxvi

Kansas City School of Law Pandex Collection

Yearbook for Kansas City School of Law in Kansas City, Missouri, includes photos of and information about the school, student body, professors, and organizations.

The Pandex, Volume Xxiv

Kansas City School of Law Pandex Collection

Yearbook for Kansas City School of Law in Kansas City, Missouri, includes photos of and information about the school, student body, professors, and organizations.

The Pandex, Volume Xxiii

Kansas City School of Law Pandex Collection

Yearbook for Kansas City School of Law in Kansas City, Missouri, includes photos of and information about the school, student body, professors, and organizations.

The Pandex, Volume Xx

Kansas City School of Law Pandex Collection

Yearbook for Kansas City School of Law in Kansas City, Missouri, includes photos of and information about the school, student body, professors, and organizations.

The Pandex, Volume Xvi

Kansas City School of Law Pandex Collection

Yearbook for Kansas City School of Law in Kansas City, Missouri, includes photos of and information about the school, student body, professors, and organizations.

Gober's Georgia Form Book And Procedure, A Collection Of Legal Forms With Annotations From The Reports Of The Supreme Court And The Court Of Appeals Of Georgia On Questions Relating To Forms And Procedure; Prepared For The Use Of The Judiciary, The Bar, The Officers Of Court, And Business Me, George Fletcher Gober

Historical Treatises

Excerpt from the preface:

The work of preparing this volume has developed out of all proportion to what I anticipated in the outset. The great trouble under our system is that there are so many things that are not fixed and determined. Our system of pleading provides that a party must plainly, fully and distinctly set forth his cause of action, and this leaves the form to be passed upon under the discretion of about one hundred trial judges in the City and Superior Courts, and this discretion, in many instances, is controlled by individual and particular ideas. For this …

A Manual On Land Registration, Arthur Gray Powell

Historical Treatises

Excerpt from the preface:

I decided that my labors would prove most useful if I attempted to write a practical, rather than a learned treatise on the subject. While the subject is one that might bear much fruit under learned treatment, still what the present moment most demands is a practical handbook which will inform the profession and the officers who are to administer the law what to do and how to do it, when a landowner comes seeking to register his land.

There has been no effort at style, except that I have striven to state matters in a …

The Pandex, Volume Ix

Kansas City School of Law Pandex Collection

Yearbook for Kansas City School of Law in Kansas City, Missouri, includes photos of and information about the school, student body, professors, and organizations.

Trusts And Duties Of Trustees: Instruction Paper, George L. Clark

Books

“Trusts and Duties of Trustees: Instruction Paper” is an overview of the history and current [1912] practice regarding express trusts. Chapters: Chapter I. Origin and Requisites of Expressed Trusts; Chapter II. Nature and Requisites of Express Trusts; Chapter III. Nature of Cestui Que Trust’s Interest; Chapter IV. Resulting and Constructive Trusts; Chapter V. Transfer of Trust Property; Chapter VI. Relinquishment of a Trust; Chapter VII. Duties of a Trustee. Included is an “Examination Paper” for self-testing -- the material is designed to facilitate distance learning under the auspices of the American School of Correspondence based in Chicago, Illinois, as of …

The Pandex, Volume Vi

Kansas City School of Law Pandex Collection

Yearbook for Kansas City School of Law in Kansas City, Missouri, includes photos of and information about the school, student body, professors, and organizations.