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Dalhousie Law Journal

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University Of Ottawa, Faculty Of Law-Common Law Section: The Past Ten Years, H. A. Hubbard Jun 1985

University Of Ottawa, Faculty Of Law-Common Law Section: The Past Ten Years, H. A. Hubbard

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The character of the Common Law Section of our Faculty of Law has changed dramatically in the years since our move into our present quarters in Fauteux Hall in the Fall of 1973. In order to appreciate fully the scope of these changes, it is necessary to contrast the development of our school over the past decade with the situation that preceeded it. When the University of Ottawa opened its Faculty of Law in 1953, it renewed an undertaking begun nearly seventy years before. In 1887, a law school was established at the University of Ottawa and its first Dean, …


The University Of Alberta Faculty Of Law, Frank D. Jones Jun 1985

The University Of Alberta Faculty Of Law, Frank D. Jones

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The University of Alberta was founded in 1908, three years after the Province of Alberta was created from the Northwest Territories. From the beginning the University has played a pivotal role in the life of the province. As the first and only university in the province it educated the business and professional class in the new society. Few young residents of the province ventured elsewhere to obtain a university education, and if they did, they obtained their first degree at the University of Alberta. The central importance of the Edmonton campus continued until the University of Calgary was established in …


Legal Education At Calgary: Blending Progress And Tradition, John P. S. Mclaren Jun 1985

Legal Education At Calgary: Blending Progress And Tradition, John P. S. Mclaren

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The gestation period of the Faculty of Law, University of Calgary was a long one. After a short lived attempt to operate the Calgary College of Law in 1912-14, the southern Alberta city had to await the founding of the University of Calgary in 1966 before the setting up of a law school would emerge again as a serious possibility.' In 1969, after positive recommendations from both the Law Society of Alberta and the Calgary Bar Association that a law school be established at the new university, the latter under the leadership of President Fred Carruthers formed a sub-committee of …


The University Of New Brunswick Faculty Of Law, Edward Veitch Apr 1983

The University Of New Brunswick Faculty Of Law, Edward Veitch

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Approaching twenty years ago Dean Ryan Q.C. (now Mr. Justice Ryan of the Federal Court, Appeal Division) described concisely' the development of the institution from a professional training school to a University faculty within the old, established provincial University.2 He dealt successively with the make-up of the student body, the growth of the curriculum, the educational background of the teachers and mentioned the stresses and strains of growth. It is now appropriate to bring all of that information up to date. At the outset it must be observed that the transmogrification from training school to department within the academy has …


The Faculty Of Law At The University Of Victoria, F. M. Fraser Jan 1977

The Faculty Of Law At The University Of Victoria, F. M. Fraser

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