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attorneys are prevented from going outside The library of the School embraces about of the statement of facts by the simple rule four thousand volumes, including the com that the court in determining the case will plete reports of the United States Supreme not regard as proved any facts not within Court and the Courts of Last Resort of the written statement, while on the other twenty-two States; also the series of Ameri hand facts which are there found, will not can Decisions, American Reports, American be considered unless established by proper State Reports, Myer's Federal Decisions, evidence. and the complete series of Reporters; also In the senior course the scope of the nearly all the English Reports down to and

Moot Court is still including a part of further enlarged for a the series of Law Re part of the year by ports; also a good carrying on regular collection of standard jury trials, the evi treatises in which are dence being presented included all the recent as before, while the American works of jury pass upon ques any note. These tions of fact under books are in a com instructions prepared modious library-room by the attorneys and and are accessible to given by the court. the students and freely It is found best to used. The rooms of the de have separate courts partment have been, for juniors and sen iors, and to have not from the first, on the more than two attor second floor of the sub stantial stone building neys on each side. Indeed, in cases in represented at the be volving only a presen ginning of this article, and which was erected tation of law questions, it is usual to have but as a capitol building when the capital of the one attorney for each State was at Iowa City. party, so that the whole LEWIS W. ROSS Flanked by the other responsibility for the University buildings, preparation of plead ings, and the presentation of his side of the it stands in the centre of a beautiful campus in the heart of the city. At present the case, rests upon a single student. By dili gently carrying on the courts, it is found whole second floor, formerly occupied as practicable to have each student engage as legislative halls, is occupied by the depart attorney in from five to eight cases during ment; the representative chamber being used as general lecture room (as shown by his course, while he writes opinions as asso ciate judge in from three to five cases. Club the cut at the end of this article) in which Courts were formerly held by the students, all junior exercises are held, while the old conducted by judges elected from their own senate chamber is divided into two rooms, number; but the opportunity for work in one seated in the same way as the general the regular Moot Court under the charge of lecture room and used for senior exercises, members of the Faculty is now so great that while the other contains the library. In arranging a course of study three the students' courts have been abandoned.