New Jersey Law School. Dean's Office.

New Jersey Law School (NJLS), the predecessor to present-day Rutgers School of Law. was founded as a for-profit proprietary entity in 1908 by Richard Currier, Percival G. Barnard and Charles Mason. Originally the school offered an 18-month course of study, but in 1913 this was changed to 3 years. In 1927 the school established a 2-year college undergraduate set of Pre-legal courses. In 1929 NJLS moved to Rector Street from its previous address at the East Park Street, and also founded the Seth Boyden School of Business. In 1930, the Pre-legal Department of NJLS became a four year college of arts and sciences and was renamed Dana College in honor of John Cotton Dana, the head of the Newark Public Library. Dana College was granted a license from the State of New Jersey to grant Bachelor of Arts degrees and unlike NJLS, it was incorporated as a not-for-profit entity. The Dana College offered three courses of study, a four-year course leading to a Bachelor of Arts degree, a two-year course meeting the requirement for admission to law school and a combined program where the student completed three years at the College and one year at NJLS and received a combined degree. In June 1936, NJLS, Dana College and the Seth Boyden School of Business merged with the University of Newark, and took its name.

From the description of Records of the New Jersey Law School, 1908-1950. (Rutgers University). WorldCat record id: 681712485