John Marshall Law School - Abstract Yearbook (Chicago, IL)

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THE JOHN MARSHALL LAW SCH(X)L Our Law, like all others, consists of two parts, vis., of body and soul. The letter of the Law is the body of the Law, and the sense and reason of it is the soul, ' Quia Ratio Legis Est Anima Legis. ' And the Law may be resembled to a nut, which has a shell, and a kernel within; the letter of the Law represents the shell, and the sense of it the kernel. So you will receive no benefit by the Law if you rely only upon the letter. — Serjeant Plowden, 1574.

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areinjell We of the class of June, 19J7, are over whelmed with a sense of the incredible swift- ness of Time ' s passage as we reflect that it was three years ago that we entered the John Mar- shall Law School. One hundred and fifty rather bewildered but intensely eager students were gathered m the second floor auditorium of the School. They were listening to the opening lecture of a law course. The instructor was doing his utmost to impress the class with the arduous nature of the course of study ahead, and the necessity of pre- serving throughout their career as students their eagerness, enthusiasm and deep-seated desire to gain entrance into the society of that most privileged of all classes of men — the Lawyer. As we contemplate the essential nobility of a profession hallowed by time and sanctified by the service which it has rendered to the civili- zation of all ages, the word privileged is used advisedly. The contemporary scene af- fords an excellent illustration of the profound need for the legal mind in civil and political life, a genuine understanding of our institutions, divorced from emotional bias and prejudice. It is precisely this approach which a study of the law imparts. Throughout the three years of our appren- ticeship, innumerable and oft times seemingly insurmountable have been the difficulties and frustrations encountered. Somehow, and it is with justifiable pride that we so state, the great majority of the class managed to plod onward, as step by step it gradually yet surely fulfilled the destiny to which it dedicated itself, that each member of the class qualify himself for a degree. We have sat in the company of a variety of minds. Each instructor brought to the sub- ject not only the rules of law applicable to it, but the force of his own personality. From each, out of the wealth of his experience and knowledge, we learned; and as we look back and reflect, the thought is inescapable that we as students have been associated with sincere and able men, who endeavored to the best of their ability to serve us. To the Faculty we extend our gratitude. Our thanks, however, to the Faculty of the John Marshall Law School would seem empty were it ncit followed by an expression of ap- preciation to the directing and guiding spirit not only of the Faculty, but of the entire School. The class as a whole could not have undergone so long and severe a period of legal training without having partaken of and be- come imbued with the sincerity and innate dig- nity which the spirit and mind of Dean Ed- ward T. Lee have imparted to the School. Were we, and each of us, to emulate his example, it should be said of the class of June, 1937, ' They were all — all honorable men. It IS with mingled feelings of happiness and trepidation that the class bids farewell to the School which has been for so long its Temple of Law. We have spent years accumulating the knowledge with which we shall take our places in the society of men educated m the law, and we feel certain that the years will bnng to fruition those elements which constitute our heritage as students of the John Marshall Law School; a sound legal background, coupled with an appreciation and understanding of the ideals and ethics of our system of jurisprudence. —BERNARD JACOBSON. June, 1937 Page Forty-seven

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