The Harvard Law School 1817 1917

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This book traces the history of the Harvard Law School from its founding in the early 19th century to its position as one of the preeminent law schools in the world. Featuring profiles of famous alumni and faculty, as well as a detailed analysis of the school's curriculum and teaching methods, this is an essential read for anyone interested in the history of legal education in America. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Excerpt from The Harvard Law School, 1817-1917 Since the plan for the organization of the Centennial Anniversary on June 10th and 20th were announced, and since this pamphlet went to press, further developments have made it necessary to postpone the celebration of the anniversary indefinitely. The committee hopes that the circulation of this pamphlet may to some extent take the place of the celebration in focusing the attention of the alumni on the work of great law schools and their peculiar value, at periods like the present, in the history of popular government. If the alumni will read this account of the School and its development and reflect on the significance of the service of scattering through the country highly trained minds for the practical study of the multitude of problems of civil liberty under law, the unique opportunity offered by this anniversary, which is described in the preface, and to take advantage of which the celebration was planned, will not have been wholly lost. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.