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treatises of the best law-writers. The Law in using law, but experience in learning law." School in 1866 was presented by the Hon. To be a successful teacher of law surely Richard Fletcher, one of the Justices of requires distinctive gifts; and a man is not the Supreme Court of Massachusetts, with qualified for such a career simply because he his valuable law library. Again, in 1885, may have been successful as an advocate or Mr. C. H. Buhl, a wealthy and public-spirited trier of causes, or may have had an extended citizen of Detroit, presented the Law School experience at the bar or on the bench. In with the " Buhl Law Library," which was the Michigan Law School the. men who have valued at $15,000. These two gifts, with been engaged in the work of instruction have

such acquisitions as been for the most part have been made by men of extended ex the University author perience, either on the ities, make the Law bench or at the bar; Library an excellent and while it is true one, and it occupies a that such experience large and handsome does not of itself qual room on the first floor ify for the teaching of of the I-aw Building, law, it is equally true — the room formerly that it does not nec occupied by the Gen essarily disqualify, and eral Library of the they have been, hardly University. But ca without exception, pacious as is the room, men specially adapted the visitor to it on for that work. We every afternoon will understand that at find it full of young Harvard, Columbia, men diligently at work and Cornell Law examining authorities, Schools the professors are, as a rule, with and evidently as much in earnest as though drawn from practice, devoting themselves they were preparing for the argument of wholly to the teaching of the law. In the some important case LEVI T. OKIFKIN. in the courts. Joseph Michigan Law School, while a portion of the H. Vance, a graduate of the Law School of the Class of 1861, is Faculty are withdrawn from practice, the rest continue in the active work of their the Librarian in charge. As an account of the Michigan Law profession. School would be incomplete without an ac The Law Faculty originally, and for many count of the personnel of the Faculty, we years, consisted of three men, — James V. shall sketch the career of those who have Campbell, Thomas M. Cooley, and Charles been engaged in its work of instruction. I. Walker. James V. Campbell, of the Supreme Court Professor Langdell, at the Harvard celebra tion in 1886, declared that what qualified a of Michigan, was born Feb. 25, 1823, in person to teach law was " not experience in Buffalo, N. Y. Three years later his par the work of a lawyer's office, nor experience ents removed to Michigan and settled in He in dealing with men, nor experience in the Detroit, where he has since resided. trial or argument of causes, nor experience attended school at Flushing, L. I., and