Brooklyn Law School - Chancellor Yearbook (Brooklyn, NY)

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Freshman Day Class ol: Ilan. 951 I-IE past months have been ones of mixed emotions to the approximately 120 students who entered upon the study of the law last September. To many it was the first attempt at re-conversioni'-from recently discharged G.I., Gob, or Leatherneck, to the ever expanding group of students complet- ing their education which had remained in a state of suspended animation during the war years. Signs of restlessness during orientations on the historical background of the Law-the nervous tension during the early days of classes when your lucky,' seat number was called for a recitation on the doctrine of third party beneficiary in Contracts or attractive nuisance theory in tort liability -the quaint expressions of endearment showered upon the volunteer -were all reflections of the recently completed tour of duty for Uncle Sam! I As you have been able to gather, we are not very much different from the many other classes at the school. We have the same hopesg we share the same excruciating agonies of exam-preparation. We do fall prey to the cross-examina- tion of an instructor on The ONE day that I did not prepare my cases. Yes, we are made of the same stuff as those to Whom this book is being dedicated-with one exception. They have proved themselves in the field of study-we have yet to show our full abilities. And so we of the class of janu- ary, 1951 take our hats off to the graduating classes and extend our sincerest wishes to them for future success in the world of tomorrow. Cgfre G!lClflCQ'!!O1' Page Forty ezgbl

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Freshman Evening FIRST YEAR FALL ours, JUNE, is 1 UDGE Carswell welcomed the incoming class. There were a great many faces we recognized in the group and we found new friends, too. We were duly impressed by the great number of students and the large auditorium fand the lowered lights seemed calculated to increase our awej. YW e covered Law from the Egyptians on down, in four sessions! On the fourth night we moved out of the auditorium and a great change came over us. Room 300 had a direct wire from the building across the street, and so all of us were able to see our notes for the first time, due to the improved lighting. There was, however, an abominable system of complete, absolute, and prejudicial class segregation in room 300. It seems that all the female students were put in the second row. I guess that's why all the boys in the front turned around when they recited. AND, the guy and the gal sitting next to each other at the end of the female section turned out to be brother and sister. That first Thursday we started to study Contracts. 'XWe had a large class, but due to the pace some of us fell by the wayside, in fact, in no time at all our numbers were sadly reduced. Studiousness increased after the first time we were called upon, and discovered, alas, that we had forgotten to include the decision of each court in Out notes! We thought we were going to be engrossed in legal studies, but actually we were engrossed in prayer. Please God, let the instructor call on Hal Schwartz, or Dillon, or Goldstein, or Seftel, or even on our 'shining light' Garvey. But donlt let him callon me. Our faith in the power of prayer was only shaken a few times. The few times each of us was called on. Prof. Coleman taught us Business Organization I on Wfednesday evenings. He assigned us as agents to do the homework, and we went into partnership with the briefs. We learned that an administrator is like an executor. fSee I Blackls Law Dictionary 3rd 6Oj. Vice Dean Prince is in charge of administration, or execu- tions. I-Ie gave us a very interesting talk one evening in the auditorium, about soldiering during the Indian Wars. Finals were taken or rather we were taken,' by the finals, on a Friday and Saturday evening. The survivors began Property I the Monday after the Saturday Contracts exam. Finals are given in the auditorium, we discovered, because the lighting is so poor that you can hardly see your own paper, let alone your neighborsl. The school is contemplating the addition of extra seats in the auditorium so that during the next exams, students will be five seats apart instead of three. This term, our instructors in Property I and Contracts 2 are Profs. Maloney and Thornton, respectively, and in the order named. We have nothing but the best to say about them, God Bless Them Both. After all, this was written two months before the end of the term. plgeF01lyre11en G!laf1Ce !Ol

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Post Graduate BROOKLYN LAW SCHOOL offers a Graduate Course, leading to the degree of Master of Laws fLL.M.j or Doctor of juridical Science U.S.D.j, to stu- dents who have received the degree of Bachelor of Laws from this or another law school approved by the American Bar Association and by the New York State Department of Education. The course of study includes subjects of prac- tical value and of a cultural nature, and offer an opportunity for individual research. The curriculum includes Admiralty, Aeronautical Law, Bankruptcy, Contemporary Constitutional Law Problems, Federal Practice, Federal Taxa- tion, International Law, Jurisprudence, Legal History, Medico-Legal jurisprud- ence, Patents, Procedure Before Federal Administrative Bodies, Real Estate Practice, Roman Law, Special Problems in Labor Law, and Trade Marks. The Graduate 'School is very ably staffed, under the directorship of Profes- sor Donald Farrington Sealy, and includes Professors F. F. Russell, R. J. Maloney, G. I. Swetlow, M. H. Weyraucli, F. A. johnson, L. A. Wfarsoff, M. Austin, G. Drews, H. M. Kennedy, R. E. Lisle, J. A. Eubank and L. I. Reiss, Graduates of approved law schools who have no desire to pursue the study required for a graduate degree may register for one, or more, courses of their own selection. The degree of Master of Laws is conferred upon candidates holding the degree of Bachelor of Laws from this or another approved law school, who successfully complete a minimum of twenty semester hours of graduate work. A candidate for the de of Doctor of juridical Science must possess an academic degree in arts or science awarded by an approved college or uni- versity as well as the degree of Bachelor of Laws conferred by an approved law school. The candidate is required to take at least eighteen semester hours of graduate work, including the graduate courses in Roman Law, Legal His- tory, International Law, and Jurisprudence, and he must maintain a B average for the entire course. In addition, he is required to demonstrate ability to do original research work by the preparation of a thesis, which shall be acceptable to the Graduate Faculty. At the end of his course, the candidate is also re- quired to pass satisfactorily a comprehensive oral examination conducted by the Committee on Graduate Studies. The course of study leading to the degree of Doctor of juridical Science may be completed within two years. The candidate for the degree of Master of Laws may have an opportunity to fulfill the requirements for graduation in a shorter period. Pg Foam- 1948 Ghalzceffol