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7 Law Student 1 (1929-1930)

handle is hein.journals/lwstud7 and id is 1 raw text is: THE LAW STUDENT A Magazine for Students and Lawyers \V(J. VII, No. 1 Copyright, 1929, by The American Law Book Co. BROOKLYN, N. Y. sPrinted i OCTOBER, 1929 Changes in the requirements for admission to the bar made by various states during 1928, with one possible exception, all show a tendency to raise both the gen- eral educational requirements and the period of law school study, the Annual Review of Legal Education issued by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement .f Teaching reveals. Pennsylvania, which has long Idiffered from other states in re- quiring applicants who are not college graduates to pass an ex- amination roughly equivalent to a high school education in scope, instead of accepting certificates issued by the high schools them- -eIves, has transferred the con- duct of this examination to an independent body of experts, the ;College Entrance Board, by a Court Rule adopted September 30, 1927. The first test of the new !rule came in June, 1928, and re- sulted in so few of the appli- cants passing that between 98 and Pc: cent of those registered ls beginning their law studies in Ile latter half of 1928 were grad- uates of a college. We thus Iiave the curious outcome, states 'he Foundation's Annual Review, In This Issue Page Admission S t a n d a r d s Stricter ............. 1 Our Lawyer Presidents.. 1 News of the Schools . 1 Bar Examination Sta- tistics .............. 2 Trial By Jury .........3 BY Geo H. Ethridge Attorney Green ........6 83y Elnmzr ~ichard'son* Legal Oddities ........8 Conlent on Cases ... 10 Tubnail Biography 10 Chief Justice Waite '-tlines for Review CSeries .......... 12 and 13 Lses of Interest ....... 18 gat Ethics ......... 19 ar Examination Ques- rins ............... .20 aw students' Digest... 21 R eview s .. ..... 1.2 -2 -iew of Legal Educa- tin .................23 that, although the Pennsylvania Supreme Court has expressly re- pudiated the American Bar Asso- ciation requirement of two years of college work as tending to close the door of the profession against self-educated men, yet that Court today maintains a standard of general education which in its practical application is far more rigorous than that of any other jurisdiction. In New York, the Court of Appeals determines the rules for admission to the Bar. For many1 years, the State Department of Education (usually termed the Regents) to which the Court has entrusted a certain amount of supervision over the prelim- inary education requirement, has conducted special examinations for prospective law students. These examinations, unlike those in Pennsylvania, were not a gen- eral requirement, but were sup- plementary, as an additional means of qualifying, for those who could not secure high school certificates. These supplementary examinations were abolished by a rule of the Regents effective Jan- uary 1, 1928. Meanwhile, the Court of Appeals itself had adopted a rule requiring one year of college work, or its equivalent. This rule applies to applicants be- ginning their law studies after October 15, 1928. After October 15, 1929, two years of college work or its equivalent will be re- quired. Since the law schools open shortly before October 15, these rules will first become effec- tive in the academic years 1929- 30 and 1930-31 respectively. In Ohio, the rule requiring two years of college work, or its equivalent, adopted in 1926, came into full effect in 1928. Colorado postponed the application of a similar rule, raising the require- ment from one to two years of college, until the academic year 1928-29, instead of 1927-28, as previously announced. However, this concession is made up for by other provisions restricting the qualifications. The academic re- quirements must now be satisfied before beuinninz the period of (Continued page 5, col. 1) OUR LAWY Jame Our fifth lawyer presid was born in I Welsh ancest land County, age of eightee of study in the and Mary. At Revolutionary enlisted in th lieutenant of a He took part the Hudson, in lem Heights He distinguish ton, where he was appointed camp to Lord rank of major, pacity at Bra town and Mon his rank in th a taf{t oricer ADMISSION STANDARDS STRICTER ganize a new Virginia regiment upon a commission given him by Washington, he withdrew from military service, and began the study of law with Thomas Jeffer- son, with whom he formed a life- long intimacy. He next was elected to the As- sembly of Virginia, and became one of the executive council at the age of twenty-four. Then he served in the Continental Con- gress for three terms. He advo- cated extension of the powers of Congress and was active in the proceedings which led to the Con- ventions at Annapolis and Phila- delphia. On retiring from Congress, he took up the practice of law. He became a member of the Virginia House of Delegates, and then of (Continued page 15, col. 1) STATES WHICH HAVE ADOPTED BAR RE- SEARCH TEST The following states now give to all applicants for ad- mission 'to the bar in con- junction with the regular bar examination a test in legal research or the use of law books: Arizona Delaware Idaho Kansas Nebraska New Mexico Ohio Utah Vermont Wyoming I NEWS OF THE SCHOOLS Boston College School of Law, Boston, Mass. Boston College is opening a school of law this month. Rev. and Dennis A. Dooley, A.B., LL.B., of the class of 1912, Bos- ton College, is dean. The school holds day and even- ing sessions, but admission is re- stricted to students who have completed at least two years of collegiate academic work in an approved institution. This is the Print by Brown Bros. minimum requirement, but stu- ER PRESIDENTS dents planning to enroll are urged to complete their full collegiate IV training before matriculating in s Monroe the law school. president, fourth The day and evening sessions ent, James Monroe, will be separate and distinct from 758 of Scottish and one another. Students in the day ry, in Westmore- session will not be permitted to Virginia. At the attend evening classes and vice n, he began a course versa. Evening students with the the outbreak of the stecial permission of the dean War, however, he may be allowed to attend certain day classes. This will not alter e army, becoming their status as evening students. Virginia regiment. The course leading to the de- in the campaign on gree of bachelor of laws will be the battles of Har- three years for day students and and White Plains. i four years for evening students. was wounded. He1 Day students will be required to solune He attend lectures and conferences volunteer aide-de- fourteen hours a week: evening Stirling, with the students will be required to do so serving in this ca- ten hours a week. uidywine, German- For the present only the degree mouth. Having ost of bachelor of laws will be given, e line on becoming (Continued page 4, col. 1) I i

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