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Vol. 8, No. 11, February 12, 1959, University Of Michigan Law School

Res Gestae

•University of Melbourne Dean, Zelmar Cowen, Will be a Guest at the Lawyers Club Friday and Saturday •Preparations for the Second Round of Case Club Competition Will Begin This Week •The February Copy of the Michigan Law Review Will Dedicate to Edgar Noble Durfee, Professor Emeritus of the Law School Who Passed Away Last Summer •More than One-Third of Those Who Passed the Michigan State Bar Examinations in December were University of Michigan Students •Concert Series •Dick Wasserstrom Took First Prize in the 1958 Broomfield Prize Competition •The 6th Circuit of the American Law Student Association Will Hold its Annual …

Vol. 8, No. 10, February 5, 1959, University Of Michigan Law School

Res Gestae

•The Supreme Court, October 1957 Term •The Tenth Annual Institute on Advocacy Will be Held February 20-21 •Bill Tell and Blair Benjamin, Michigan's Moot Court Team, Reached the Quarter Finals •Appointment of Two Visiting Professors to the Law Faculty was Recently Approved by the Regents •Faculty News •Dean Zelmar Cowen of Sidney University Law School Will be a Dinner Guest of the Lawyers Club •Guido Casari, President of the SBA •Dean Stason and Professor Plant Have Named 41 Distinguished Alumni •Circuit Court Docket •At the Flicks

Resolution Of The Michigan Law Faculty On The Death Of Edgar Noble Durfee, Michigan Law Review

Michigan Law Review

A tribute to Edgar Noble Durfee

Edgar Durfee: Teacher And Scholar, George E. Palmer

Michigan Law Review

A tribute to Edgar Noble Durfee

Professor Durfee: A Student's Recollections, George A. Spater

Michigan Law Review

A tribute to Edgar Noble Durfee

Class Of 1959 Fifteen Year Report, University Of Michigan Law School

UMLS Alumni Survey Class Reports

This report summarizes the responses to a questionnaire sent to University of Michigan Law School alumni fifteen years after graduation.

Class Of 1959 Fifteen Year Report Alumni Comments, University Of Michigan Law School

UMLS Alumni Survey Class Reports

This addendum is a compilation of alumni responses to the open-ended comments sections.

Alumni Survey Cumulative Report, 1952-1959, University Of Michigan Law School

UMLS Alumni Survey Class Reports

This report cumulates the fifteen year questionnaire responses for the University of Michigan Law School classes of 1952-1959.

Report Of An Evaluation Made On April 23 - 24, 1959, William B. Lockhart, Charles B. Nutting

Miscellaneous Law School History & Publications

Report of an evaluation made in April 1959 by William B. Lockhart and Charles B. Nutting.

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 …

Prudentia In Persona : Delicto In Flagrante, University Of Michigan Law School

Miscellaneous Law School History & Publications

Photographs of members of the faculty, past and present, of the University of Michigan Law School captioned by characteristic quotations.

Vol. 8, No. 9, December 11, 1958, University Of Michigan Law School

Res Gestae

•The 34th Annual Campbell Competition Opens Monday, December 15 •The Docket •Blair Benjamin and Bill Tell, Michigan's Regional Winning Moot Court Team •The Lawyers Club Christmas Musicale Will be Held Sunday, December 14 From 4-6 •The SBA Wives Literary Group Will Meet Wednesday, December 17 at 8:00 p.m. •The Placement Office •A Faculty Debate Sponsored by the Lawyers Club Will be Held Wednesday •Fraternities •The Faculty Curriculum Committee Announces Two Changes in the Requirement Provisions •At the Flicks

Vol. 8, No. 8, December 4, 1958, University Of Michigan Law School

Res Gestae

•The 2nd Issue of the Michigan Law Review Will Make its Appearance Early this Month •SBA News •64 States, Territories and Countries are Represented in the Student Body this Year •Executive Council News •New Criteria are Needed for Judging Criminal Cases Where Insanity is an Issue •Fraternities •Annual Christmas Concert •At the Flicks

Vol. 8, No. 7, November 20, 1958, University Of Michigan Law School

Res Gestae

•Michigan's Moot Court Team Won a Berth in the National Quarter-Finals •"Wigge and Robbe" Traditional Fall Formal, Will not be Held This Year •The SBA Board Unanimously Agreed to Discontinue Publication for the Quad •"La Inquisicion," the All Law School Dance Sponsored by the Law Club Will be Held Saturday, November 22 at 9 p.m. •Professor Joiner Announced the Topic of the Annual Summer Institute to be Held Here Early Next June •Fraternities •At the Flicks

Vol. 8, No. 6, November 13, 1958, University Of Michigan Law School

Res Gestae

•Case Club Announces the Competitors in the 34th Annual Campbell Competition •The Lawyers Club Dance "La Inquisicion" will be Held November 22 •Student Bar Association Announces the Appointment of Dave Lynch as Head of the Film Committee •A Statistical Survey of the Student Body Indicates that Only 4 of the 49 States are not Represented •The SBA Legal Aid Society Meets Tonight in the Law Club Lounge at 6:30 •National Moot Court Regionals Will be Held in Detroit November 14 and 15 •Fraternities •A Lecture on Recent Developments in Constitutional Law for Seniors •Circuit Court Docket • At the Flicks

Vol. 8, No. 5, November 6, 1958, University Of Michigan Law School

Res Gestae

•Michigan Law Graduates Outstanding in Ohio Bar Examination Last July •240 Students are Now Taking the Problems and Research Course •Final Enrollment Statistics Released by the Assistant Dean Roy Proffitt •Fraternities •SBA Executive Council Speakers Committee has Arranged for Neil Staebler •At the Flicks

Vol. 8, No. 4, October 30, 1958, University Of Michigan Law School

Res Gestae

•Junior Case Club Oral Arguments are Being Concluded this Afternoon •Volume 57 of the Michigan Law Review will Make Its First Appearance •The Student Bar Association Announced the Formation of a Student-Faculty Liaison Committee •The Lawyers Club Fall Dance is Being Scheduled for November 22 •Fraternities •Petitions for Freshman Class Offices Must be Submitted by Midnight Tonight •Faculty News •At the Flicks

Vol. 8, No. 3, October 23, 1958, University Of Michigan Law School

Res Gestae

•Highlighting the Junior Case Club Orals October 29 and 30 •Freshman Class Elections Will be Held by the SBA November 5 •Professor W.J. Eiteman of the Graduate Business School was the Guest Speaker •SBA Reports a High Degree of Success in the Drive for Membership to This Point •Professor Ignaz Seidl-Hohenveldern Will be the Guest Speaker at the Law Club Monday •News from the Faculty •Fraternities •At the Flicks

Vol. 8, No. 2, October 8, 1958, University Of Michigan Law School

Res Gestae

•Wigged and Robed Barristers Tapped 16 Seniors for Membership •Case Club Reports a Record Number of Freshman Members •Student Bar Association President Guido Casari •At a Meeting Monday, the Executive Council of the Lawyers Club •News from the Faculty •Fraternities •Circuit Court Docket •At the Flicks

Vol. 8, No. 1, October 1, 1958, University Of Michigan Law School

Res Gestae

•Last Blast III Sponsored by the Student Bar Association and the Executive Council Will be Held October 5 •Preliminary Admissions Statistics Reveal that a Total of 342 Freshmen are Now in Attendance •News from the Faculty •Circuit Court Docket: Judge Breakey Extends His Invitation •Roberta Peters, Soprano, Will Give the Opening Concert of the Choral Union Series •At the Flicks

Michigan… The Life Of The Law, Bert R. Sugar

Miscellaneous Law School History & Publications

The physical plant of the University of Michigan Law School is probably more closely associated with one individual than any other legal institution in the world. This completely organized and equipped unit for the teaching and training of students and lawyers for the practice of law and research in legal science was donated to the University of Michigan by William W. Cook, an 1882 graduate.

Among his several benefactions to the University, Mr. Cook provided funds to endow the William W. Cook Lectureship on American Institutions, which is devoted to the dissemination of sound principles concerning the basic concepts of …

Vol. 7, No. 20, May 2, 1958, University Of Michigan Law School

Res Gestae

•Crease Ball •Law Club Open House •Jazz Concert •Fraternity Social Events •Law Club Will Honor Retiring Professors Lewis Simes and Burke Shartel at Dinner •Students Interested in SBA Committees and Publications for Next Year •Appointment of Law Associates for 1958-59 Has Been Announced by Prof. Jack Pearce •Law Day •Sir Leslie Munro •Prof. Alfred Conard •Michigan Law School Will be Featured in the June Issue of the ALSA Journal •Classification for the Summer Session •Odd Lot Investment Club •SBA Wives Literary Group •Professional Fraternity Sports •ALSA Silver Keys for Meritorious Service to the SBA •At the Flicks

Vol. 7, No. 19, April 25, 1958, University Of Michigan Law School

Res Gestae

•Crease Ball Will Open a Big Spring Weekend of Events Next Friday Evening •Fraternity Social Events •Open House and Jazz Concert at the Law Club Will Wrap Up the Crease Ball Weekend •Entries in the Contest to Identify the 18 Silhouettes •Election of Jerry Libin as Editor-in-Chief of the Michigan Law Review •Freshman Class Picnic •Report of the Scholarship Award Committee •Senior Case Club Judges for 1958-59 •Recipients of Prize Awards •Rene David, Professor of Comparative Civil Law at the University of Paris •Professional Fraternity Softball League •Twenty Top Freshman Case Club Participants for the Year •At the Flicks

Vol. 7, No. 18, April 18, 1958, University Of Michigan Law School

Res Gestae

•Final Round of Campbell Competition Oral Argument Will Be This Afternoon •33rd Annual Case Club Banquet Will Follow the Competition •Tickets for Crease Ball •New Members of the Student Bar Association Board of Directors •Announcements of the 1958 Summer School Courses •Fraternity Social Events •Honors Banquet Will Be Held This Wednesday •Odd Lot Investment Club •At the Flicks

Vol. 7, No. 17, March 28, 1958, University Of Michigan Law School

Res Gestae

•Dean Eugene V. Rostow's Final Lecture •SBA Election is This Wednesday •Members Have Been Elected to the Order of the Coif •Phids Won the Professional League Basketball Championship •Federal Government Job Opportunities for Young Attorneys

Vol. 7, No. 16, March 21, 1958, University Of Michigan Law School

Res Gestae

•Cook Lectures on American Institutions by Dean Eugene V. Rostow of Yale Law School •Freshman Spring Term Case Club Orals •Petitions for Candidates for the Student Bar Association Board of Directors •Fraternity Social Events •Institute on Practical Property Problems for the General Practitioner •Professional Fraternity Athletic Tournaments •Circuit Court Docket •Model Legislation for State Controls Over Peacetime Uses of Atomic Energy •At the Flicks •Obitur Dictum

Vol. 7, No. 15, March 14, 1958, University Of Michigan Law School

Res Gestae

•Chancellor's Court, Annual SBA Dance Will be Held Saturday, March 15 •Chancellor's Court Pre-Parties •Senior Robert Hoerner Has Been Selected as a Clerk by U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice Earl Warren •Senior Class President Dave Nixon Requests That All Seniors Who Have not Paid Their Class Dues Pay Him as Soon as Possible •Group Pictures of Student Organizations Will be Taken for the Quad This Afternoon •"Planning for Freedom: The Government of the American Economy" •Richard E. Ulmer, Professor of Law at the University of Munich, Germany, Will Begin His Classes in Principles of Comparative Law Next Tuesday •Basketball •Circuit …

Vol. 7, No. 14, March 7, 1958, University Of Michigan Law School

Res Gestae

•Chancellor's Court Will Be a Week from Tomorrow •Guido Casari, Arnold Henson, Joe Gruel and Blair Benjamin were Winners in the Semi-Final Round of Campbell Competition •Final Lecture of Cooley Series •Fraternity Social Events •Basketball •SBA Wives Literary Group Will Meet This Wednesday •Copies of Regulations for the SBA Legal Aid Society •Odd Lot Investment Club Will Meet Thursday •Joint Speakers Committee of SBA and Law Club Executive Council •Annual Founders Day •Concerts •Circuit Court Docket •At the Flicks

Vol. 7, No. 13, February 28, 1958, University Of Michigan Law School

Res Gestae

•Lectures by Prof. Philip C. Jessup of Columbia University Law School •Semi-Final Round of Campbell Competition Will be Held Tuesday •Odd Lot Investment Club •Bill Carlson •Fraternity Social Events •Basketball •Toastmasters of the Law Club •Concerts and Lectures •At the Flicks

Vol. 7, No. 12, February 21, 1958, University Of Michigan Law School

Res Gestae

•Philip C. Jessup •Total Law School Enrollment for Spring Semester is 797 •Prof. L. Hart Wright was Presented a Certificate for Meritorious Civilian Service •Basketball •Judges Have Been Announced for Semi-Final Round of Campbell Competition •Committee Chairmen for Chancellor's Court •Lectures and Concerts •Odd Lot Investment Club •At the Flicks