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Full-Text Articles in Legal History
Jacquelyn L. Bridgeman Interview; Oral History Project, Jacquelyn L. Bridgeman, Cristina E. Salazar, Shelby Nivitanont
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.
The Legal Profession: From The Revolution To The Civil War, Alfred S. Konefsky
The Legal Profession: From The Revolution To The Civil War, Alfred S. Konefsky
Contributions to Books
Published as Chapter 3 in The Cambridge History of Law in America, Volume II, The Long Nineteenth Century (1789–1920), Michael Grossberg & Christopher Tomlins, eds.
The American legal profession matured and came to prominence during the century prior to the Civil War. Before the Revolution, across some 150 years, lawyers in different colonies underwent different experiences at different times. By the beginning of the eighteenth century, more lawyers were entering professional life. After the revolution and the defection by the Tory lawyers, the remaining quickly burnished their images in the glow of republican ideals while grasping new market opportunities. For …
Women In The Law: Milestones And Information, Colleen Kristl Pauwels
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 1990, J. Reuben Clark Law Society, J. Reuben Clark Law School
Clark Memorandum: Fall 1990, J. Reuben Clark Law Society, J. Reuben Clark Law School
The Clark Memorandum
- Acquired by Character, Not by Money (Kenneth W. Starr)
- Fundamentals and Initiatives (Elder Russell M. Nelson)
- Christ and the Code (Joseph G. Allegretti)
- Truth: a Shield to Memory (Elder Marion D. Hanks)
1989 Touro College School Of Law Yearbook, Touro College School Of Law, Touro College Jacob D. Fuchsberg Law Center
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)
Volume 10, Issue 1 (Spring 1987)
Volume 7, Issue 1 (Spring 1984)
Legal Education At Michigan, 1859-1959, Elizabeth G. Brown
Legal Education At Michigan, 1859-1959, Elizabeth G. Brown
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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 …
Lawyer Population In Indiana, Indiana University
Lawyer Population In Indiana, Indiana University
Historic Documents
Preface:
The purpose of this report is to give a comparative picture of the distribution of lawyers throughout the state. The statistics concerning the number of lawyers, their ages, years of service and education are taken from the 1947 Martindale-Hubbell directory.
The Conveyance Of Estates In Fee By Deed : Being A Statement Of The Principles Of Law Involved In The Drafting And Interpretation Of Deeds Of Conveyance And In The Examination Of Title To Real Property, James H. Brewster
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The purpose of the writer has been to state the principles of law applicable to the transfer of the title to real property by deed, in such manner as to assist one in drafting and interpreting the instrument of transfer.
Petition Of The John W. Foster Law Club Of Indiana University For A Charter From Phi Delta Phi, John W. Foster Law Club
Petition Of The John W. Foster Law Club Of Indiana University For A Charter From Phi Delta Phi, John W. Foster Law Club
Historic Documents
Written in 1899, this is the petition of the John W. Foster Law Club of Indiana University to the Phi Delta Phi Legal Fraternity for a charter membership into the organization. The following year marked the establishment of Phi Delta Phi at Indiana University.
A Question, Tamar Althouse
A Question, Tamar Althouse
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Tamar Althouse, later to be Tamar Scholz, was the first female student to be enrolled at the Indiana University School of Law, graduating with her LL.B. in 1892. In November of that year she wrote this article (“A Question”) for the student newspaper of the day, The Indiana Student, addressing the importance of educating women.
Biographical Sketches Of Law Department Graduates And Professors (1844-1876), Theophilus A. Wylie
Biographical Sketches Of Law Department Graduates And Professors (1844-1876), Theophilus A. Wylie
Historic Documents
Excerpts originally published in Indiana University, It's History, 1820. To view the full text of this title go to the HathiTrust here.
Law Abridgment: Closing Address Delivered Before The Graduating Law Class Of The University Of Michigan, March 20, 1879., James V. Campbell
Law Abridgment: Closing Address Delivered Before The Graduating Law Class Of The University Of Michigan, March 20, 1879., James V. Campbell
Books
We hear on all sides complaints of the increasing mass of printed Reports and text-books, which it is said the lawyer must find some means of mastering, but which no life is long enough to read. The young lawyer, as he scans the dreary catalogues, and wonders what Croesus can buy or what brain can learn all this lore, is sorely puzzled what books to choose from the thousands that have found printers. And when a few years of practice have shown him how small a share of these books have done any good in the world, he is forced …
Journal Of David Mcdonald, David Mcdonald
Journal Of David Mcdonald, David Mcdonald
Historic Documents
Handwritten journal of David McDonald who is recognized as the first Professor of Law at Indiana University. The journal is undated but contains a transcribed article from the Cincinnati Gazette dated April 17, 1865.
McDonald was born in Millersburg, Kentucky and moved to Indiana when he was 14, in 1817. He eventually became a school teacher in Washington, before meeting a local lawyer who encouraged him to study law. He was licensed to practice in the Circuit Courts in 1830. He served as a member of the Indiana Legislature (1833-34) as well as being elected judge of the 10th Circuit …