General information by and about the Ames-Gray Law Club, 1893-1901, undated.

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General information by and about the Ames-Gray Law Club, 1893-1901, undated.

Contains menus from annual dinners, an undated brief for defendant, and a list of cases argued in the Ames-Gray superior court in 1893-1894.

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Harvard University Archives.

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Harvard University

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Harvard College was founded by a vote of the Great and General Court of Massachusetts on October 28, 1636 that allocated “400£ towards a schoale or colledge.” Subsequent legislative acts established the Board of Overseers, but it was the Charter of 1650 that created the Harvard Corporation as the College's primary governing board and defined its composition and authority. The College Charter became a contentious target for College officials, the Massachusetts Governor and General C...

Harvard Law School

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Law clubs were established to provide students an opportunity to practice preparing and arguing law cases as realistically as possible. Law clubs began to be founded at Harvard in the 19th century; one of the earliest was the Marshall Club, founded in 1825. In 1910, the Board of Student Advisers was formed, and the more formal Ames Competition in Appellate Brief Writing and Advocacy was established. From the description of General information by and about Harvard Law School clubs, 18...

Harvard Law School. Ames-Gray Law Club.

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The Ames-Gray Law Club of Harvard Law School was formed in 1883 when the Ames Pleading Club and the Gray Law Club combined. The Club formed a supreme court, which heard cases argued by the students. In 1911, the Ames Competition for second year law club courts was instituted in the Law School, which revived the club. From the description of General information by and about the Ames-Gray Law Club, 1893-1901, undated. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 228511274 ...