Yale Law School student records circa 1903-1989

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Yale Law School student records circa 1903-1989

http://hdl.handle.net/10079/fa/mssa.ru.0263

The records consist of student transcripts maintained by the Yale Law School registrar.

104.0 linear feet (106 boxes)

eng,

Yale University. Department of Manuscripts and Archives

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SNAC Resource ID: 6352027

Yale University. Department of Manuscripts and Archives

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Yale Law School

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In the first decade of the nineteenth century, Seth P. Staples (Yale 1797) opened a school for law students in New Haven. In 1824 the school became affiliated with Yale College. The college conferred its first law degrees in 1843. The course of study originally extended for two years, and in 1896 it was lengthened to three years. Subsequently a college degree became a prerequisite for the Bachelor of Laws degree. Graduate courses leading to advanced degrees began in 1876. In 1926 honors courses ...