Yale Law School records of the dean 1871-1994

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Yale Law School records of the dean 1871-1994

http://hdl.handle.net/10079/fa/mssa.ru.0846

The records consist of correspondence, reports, lecture notes, and assorted administrative files documenting the activities and operations of the dean of the Yale Law School.

97.25 linear feet (81 boxes)

eng,

Yale University. Department of Manuscripts and Archives

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SNAC Resource ID: 6352463

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 ...