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Introduction To Volume 100 Of The West Virginia Law Review, John W. Fisher Ii
Introduction To Volume 100 Of The West Virginia Law Review, John W. Fisher Ii
West Virginia Law Review
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Hiram F. Stevens And The Founding Of The St. Paul College Of Law, Douglas R. Heidenreich
Hiram F. Stevens And The Founding Of The St. Paul College Of Law, Douglas R. Heidenreich
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The St. Paul College of Law, one of William Mitchell College of Law's predecessor institutions, was established by five attorneys in 1900. Especially prominent among these attorneys was Hiram F. Stevens (1852-1904), who served as the first dean and was also a legislator, teacher, scholar, popular orator, and a founding member of the American Bar Association.
An Informal History Of How Law Schools Evaluate Students, With A Predictable Emphasis On Law School Exams, Steve Sheppard
An Informal History Of How Law Schools Evaluate Students, With A Predictable Emphasis On Law School Exams, Steve Sheppard
Steve Sheppard
This story of the evolution of legal evaluations from the seventeenth century to the close of the twentieth depicts English influences on American law student evaluations, which have waned in the twentieth century with the advent of course-end examinations. Seventeenth- and eighteenth-century English examinations given to conclude a legal degree were relatively ceremonial exercises in which performance was often based on the demonstration of rote memory. As examination processes evolved, American law schools adopted essay evaluations from their English counterparts. Examinees in the nineteenth century were given a narrative, requiring the recognition of particularly appropriate legal doctrines, enunciation of the …
History Of The Court Reporter In The Appellate Courts Of Pennsylvania, Joel Fishman
History Of The Court Reporter In The Appellate Courts Of Pennsylvania, Joel Fishman
Joel Fishman
Court reporters collect and publish the opinions of courts. In Pennsylvania, there have been court reporters in the appellate courts since the first set of court reports published in the eighteeth century down to the third quarter of the twentieth century. This article reviews the legislation and controversies surrounding the court reporters.