Records of the Chancery Club, 1927-1962 (inclusive).

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Records of the Chancery Club, 1927-1962 (inclusive).

Correspondence, membership lists, minutes of meetings, financial records, constitutions, club history, and other records, chiefly after 1939, of a students' social organization at Harvard Law School.

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Harvard Law School. Chancery Club.

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The Chancery Club was a social club operated by Harvard Law School students. It was in operation from 1927 until December 1963 when budget issues caused it to close. From the description of Records of the Chancery Club, 1927-1962 (inclusive). (Harvard Law School Library). WorldCat record id: 712134567 ...

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...