Kansas City School of Law - Pandex Yearbook (Kansas City, MO)

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ARMXVELI. Locicwooo Cooifiziz. Lcdzzrcz' 011 01111111011 Law Plfatlzhzgs. Mr. Armwell Lockwood Cooper, lecturer on Code and Common Law Pleading in the Kansas City School of Law for the past four years, was born at Willow Grove. Delaware, November 15, 1870. In early boyhood, Mr. Cooper attended the country school of Willow Grove. Later he was a pupil in the public schools of Dover, and subsequently went to the Wil- mington Conference Academy. In 1889 he came to Kansas City, where he read law with Judge VValter A. Pow- ell as preceptor until his admission to the bar in 1895. He began practice alone, but soon be- came a member of the firm of Wellman, Solomon K: Cooper, which relation was continued until 1905, when he resumed the practice of law alone. Mr. Cooper is well known as a demo- cratic leader in Kansas City. He has al ways taken an active part in politics, and has frequently addressed the public from Democratic platforms. In the fall of 1907 he was elected to represent the Seventh district in the state senate. Therefore, he is now one of the lawmakers of the state of Missouri. In law and in politics he has attained notable distinction. XVhile undoubtedly' he is not without that honorable ambition which is so powerful and useful as an incentive to activity in public affairs, he regards the pursuits of private life as be- ing in themselves abundantly worthy of his best efforts. To the student body of the school his work has been an inspiration. His ple ing manner in conducting his class, his clear statement of the important subject of pleading cannot fail to leave its im- press upon the minds of the students who have been so fortunate as to take this ZS- branch of legal science under Mr. Coop' er's direction. 18

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