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man or Italian universities, but the American law school adopts the Italian idea that at tendance on the lectures should be compul sory. In the Michigan Law School a student who neglected attendance upon the lectures would not even be admitted to examination. He would find himself either summarily "dropped" or required to take the work over again the next year. The fact is recognized that it is desirable to combine theory and practice in the regu To the Senior Class. lar work of the school, and such a course is Criminal Law, and Medical Questions bearing on pursued in so far as it has appeared practi it. Professor Rogers. cable. With this end in view, moot courts Wills : their Execution, Revocation, and Construc are held, in which students not only discuss tion. Professor Rogers. cases previously assigned them for that pur The Administration and Distribution of Estates pose by the Faculty, but are required to of Deceased Persons. Professor Rogers. draft appropriate pleadings and prepare a Jurisprudence of the United States. Professor brief in which the rules of law applicable Griffin. to the given case are stated under ap Evidence. Professor Griffin. propriate divisions and sustained by the au Constitutional Law. Professor Wells. Hills and Notes, and Commercial Law Generally. thorities. These courts are presided over by the professor lecturing for the day, who Professor Wells. The Law of Municipal Corporations. Professor at the conclusion of the argument reviews WELLS. the case and gives his decision upon the The Law of Real Property. Professor Thompson points involved. The effort to make not Equity Jurisprudence, and Equity Pleading and merely theoretical but practical lawyers may Procedure. Professor Thompson. be illustrated by a reference to the course Mining Law. Professor Thompson. pursued in the teaching of equity pleading Law of Carriers. Assistant Professor Knowlton. and procedure. Insurance Law. Dr. Bigelow. The class is divided into sections of four Admiralty Law. Judge Brown. each

and each section is required to conduct

History of the Common Law. Dr. Hammond. two cases in equity through all their stages, Special Heads of Medical Jurisprudence. from the filing of the original bills to the enrolment of the final decrees, two of the Toxicology in its Legal Relations. Dr. Vaughan. section acting as solicitors for the complai Legal Microscopy. Dr. Stowell. nant in one case, and as solicitors for the In the great schools of law in Germany defendant in the other. For these suits attendance on lectures is not generally com statements of fact are prepared which, in pulsory, and although the course is most com the aggregate, involve questions in every prehensive, familiarity with a few selected branch of equity jurisdiction, and necessitate subjects appears to be all that is necessary the use of every form of equity pleading. for graduation; while in Italy, as we are These statements of fact involve not only informed, the law students reach graduation questions of pleading and procedure but also only " after due attendance with diligenza at questions of law, so that the glamour of a lectures on a great variety of subjects." The legal doubt is thrown over each case, and curriculum of an American law school is success is made to depend upon skill in not as comprehensive as in either the Ger pleading combined with knowledge of equity Contracts. Professor Wells. Agency. Professor Weli.s. Private Corporations. Professor Wells. Partnership. Professor Wells. History of Real Property Law. Professor Thomp son. Fixtures Professor Thompson. Easements. Professor Thompson. Landlord and Tenant. Professor Thompson. Bailments. Assistant Professor Knovvlton.