A Californian's legal education, 1941, November 28.

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A Californian's legal education, 1941, November 28.

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Sayre Macneil (1886-1961) attended Harvard Law School, where he served on the Law Review and later returned as a professor. He was also dean of the Loyola University School of Law and was a partner in the Los Angeles law firm of O'Melveny, Stevens, and Millikin.

1 typewritten manuscript, 34 pages.

Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens

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