St Louis University - Archive Yearbook (St Louis, MO)

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v NOT ONLY LONG PERIODS OF STUDY . . . but also many hours of intense conference with fel- low students are essential to a complete education in the practice of law. Here three students in the School of Law consider the many view- points, the many considera- tions cussio of a case under dis- n. ' v 51 v T 0 the young man in school the future may seem rather blurred. As he looks ahead he still sees dark clouds of uncertainty hovering about, and wonders what success he may hope to obtain amid such con- fusion. In all fields of human activity, conditions have so changed that the problems of his generation are bound to be quite different from those of the past. But while the era of change into which he ha.s been plunged presents a picture of uncertainty, it also presents unusual opportunities-particw larly to the young lawyer. REV. LINUS A. LILLY, SJ., c The unsettled order of the present must become settled. Rmnlojmc Scfmaiof La U. lndustry and trade must be revived 5 agriculture must be re- orderedg failing business must be salvagedg new types of or- ganization and new financial methods must be worked out, government must assume additional responsibilities, presenting new problems of taxation and constitutional law, and necessitating an expansion of administrative machinery 5 labor must be given greater recognition and protection. A11 of this will require carefully considered legislation, in- volving new procedures and a refashioning of much of our legal system. Verily, a new frontier stretches out before the young lawyer presenting limitless opportunities, pro- vided he is prepared to take advantage of them. V The future business of the lawyer will become more and more exacting. His problems will not be confined within narrow limits 3 they will be complicated by all the conflicting interests of trade and industry, the varying demands of local, state and federal govern- ments, the terrific struggles between powerful groups, and the hopes of individuals who find themselves becoming more and more dependent. A11 these will present problems that cannot be solved by the simple legal formulae of the past. They will require for their solution lawyers of the highest type and character, lawyers of keen understanding, resourcefulness, courage, tolerance, judgment and above all else lawyers with a high sense of justice. These basic qualities which are predominant in the able lawyer must find their origin in his early training. Character, keenness of mind, a broad general knowledge,

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v IUNIORS fabovej AND FRESl'llVlEN Cbelowj in the School of La should all be acquired by the student before entering law school. Unless his mind has been logically trained and he has learned to give clear expression to his thoughts, the law school can do little with him, for the study of law requires deep mental concentration and the power of precise expression. Furthermore, the law is a living thing. It controls and regulates the whole social order in all its varied activities. The law student should have a fairly comprehensive knowledge. His college training should not be restricted within too narrow a field, but should rather be spread over a broad base. If he comes to law school with a proper understanding of government, history, sociology, economics and a sound philosophy, he has the basic groundwork that will give meaning to the law. He can then understand its true purposes and functioning. Hence the foolishness of cutting short the pre-professional training and coming to law school without the sus- taining base of a sound philosophy. V In order, then, better to prepare the lawyer of the future to meet these problems, perplexing and manifold problems demanding clear thought and good balance, the Law School of St. Louis University has raised its standards and now requires a greater degree of excellence from its students. Nloreover, believing that lack of a general education on the part of those who enter the School as prospective lawyers will seriously handi- cap them, the Law School now requires three years of pre-legal work on the part of those who intend to enter the School. Thus can be established a broader base of general knowl- edge which can be especially useful to the lawyer. Once the student enters the School of Law new life is put into his purely academic concepts. He begins to see the law in action, not through the mere study of general prin- ciples, but through a careful analysis of decided cases involving concrete examples of how the law actually regulates and deals with every phase of human activity, both public and private. Throughout his course the student is reminded that the law is a progressive social science, with justice as its fundamental purpose. Rules and decisions are critically analyzed with this in mind. While the legal means and rules adopted at any given time for attaining justice represent the general notions of the people at that time as to what