Table of Contents: Legal education in colonial New York

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Hamlin, Paul M. 1896-
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York, NY : New York University Law Quarterly Review, 1939.
Subjects and Genres:	Law > Study and teaching > United States > New York (Colony). Law schools > United States > New York (Colony). Lawyers > United States > New York (Colony). Clerks > United States > New York (Colony). Law libraries > United States > New York (Colony). New York (State) > History > Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
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Table of Contents:

Preface
Remarks on legal education in colonial America by J.H. Beale
Introduction. A colonial barrister's education
Clerkships and their regualtion
The law student's curriculum
Library facilities
Other educational opportunities
Legal equipment of the bench. Lawyers who were college graduates
Progress after the revolution
Appendices: Students of King's college, 1758-1784, who be ... James Gilchrist apprenticeship agreement, 1723. William Livingston's criticsm at the treatment accorded apprenticed law clerks. Law libraries. William Smith's course of study for law students, 1756. Early legal and debating selections in New York city. Members of the Superior courts of colonial New York. Article XXVII, New York state constitution, 1777. Examples of court orders and legislative acts affecting the education and training of law students, 1778-1797.