Viewing Education Category (12) found:The Apprenticeship Years.Knute Nelson, a future Minnesota governor and U. S. senator, was an apprentice in the law office of William F. Vilas, before being admitted to the Wisconsin bar in 1867. According to his biographer, Mark W. Odland, Nelson bitterly complained:
Dean William Reynolds Vance (1870-1940).William R. Vance served as Dean of the University of Minnesota Law School from 1911 to 1920. His arrival on campus in 1912 set off what was known over the decades as "the Revolution of 1912." He instituted the case method of instruction, purged the faculty and hired future stars such as Edmund M. ... Morrill Act (1862) and the Second Morrill Act (1890).The Morrill Act of 1862 established colleges in each state (except those in rebellion) that would educate people in agriculture, mechanical arts, and other trades. It gave each state 30,000 acres of public land for each Senator and Representative. The land was to be sold and the proceeds invested in... Harold M. Hyman: "American Singularity: The 1787 Northwest Ordinance and the 1862 Homestead and Morrill Acts" (1985).How unique or exceptional is America? To Dr. Harold M. Hyman, America is "singular" because at different times in its history, it adopted policies that increased individuals' "access to recognized avenues of mobility, opportunity and success." These policies were expressed in particular laws that... Charles C. Willson, "Study of Law by Lawyers" (1895).Charles C. Willson, a prominent Rochester lawyer and Reporter of the Supreme Court, published a short article in the May 1895 issue of "The Minnesota Law Journal" recommending that practicing lawyers digest one published case each day to improve their ability to apply general rules of law to the "co... Isaac Atwater, "Practical Suggestions to Students and Young Lawyers" (1893).In its March 1893 issue, the "Yale Law Journal" published some practical advice for young lawyers by 75 year old Isaac Atwater, a graduate of Yale College and a former member of the Minnesota Supreme Court (1858-1864). It is posted here. ... Charles A. Cox Sr.: "The Brahmin and the Barbarian: Entering the Profession in Another Era." (1999)After being called to jury duty, Harold Will Cox, age 27, decided to achieve his dream of becoming a lawyer. The fact that he had never attended college did not deter him from applying to the University of Minnesota Law School. In any early display of his negotiating skills, Cox persuaded Dean Will... "Moot Court." (1873)In March 1873, a moot court produced by practicing lawyers and apprentices was held in Winona. It was described in an article in "The Winona Herald" on March 7, 1873. ... Douglas A. Hedin: "Rediscovering Riesenfeld: The Minnesota Years." (2005)Stefan Riesenfeld (1908-1999) joined the faculty of the University of Minnesota Law School in 1938 and, except for service in the United States Navy from 1944 to 1946, taught there until 1952. This tribute appeared first in the June 2005 issue of "The Hennepin Lawyer." ... Alumni of the University of Minnesota College of Law, 1889-1915 (1916).A catalogue listing the alumni of the College of Law of the University of Minnesota from 1889 through 1915 is posted here. ... Enrollment at the University of Minnesota College of Law, 1889-1910 (1910).Tables of the numbers of students enrolled at the University of Minnesota College of Law and number of the law degrees granted from 1889 through 1910 appeared first in "Forty Years of the University of Minnesota," published by the Alumni Association in 1910. ... Terry Andrews: "Hamline University School of Law: A History of Its First Ten Years." (1984).In 1984, Dean Stephen B. Young asked Terry Andrews to write a history of Hamline Law School's first decade, 1973-1983. Andrews was an accomplished St. Paul freelance writer who understood and admired the main characters in the story of the orphan school that had a Dickensian beginning, overcame obs... |