University of Nebraska College of Law - Yearbook (Lincoln, NE)

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Suture Gooresses of '97, Abbott, Charles E., Babcock, George E., Brown., Cyrus O., Brown, Frank E., Carr, John, Coleman, Beach, Creigh, Thomas, Flaherty, Denis J., -Gates, Jesse T., Gof, Helen M., Goodner, Ivan W., Green, Guy WV., Greenielcl, Nathan N., Gustin, Frank J. Hasler, Guy, Hayward, lVillia1n H., Hilclreth, IVarcl, Jones Elbert O., Killen, David L., Macleen, Emma, Manville, Mahlon F., Matthews, Benoni C., Miller, IVilley ,H. , Mousel, Charles, Parker, Jesse T., ' Placek, Eniil E., Riclgley, Hilliard, Risscr, George H., Smith, John D., Thompson, Charles Y., True, Sidney M., lvnrner, Ernest F., lVhite, Albert S., 'Wilsoln Clement L., ll'ilson, Denver L., Lincoln, Neb. Lincoln, Neb. Shannon, Neb. Lincoln, Neb. Lincoln, Neb. Surprise, Neb. Omaha, Neb. Lincoln, Neb. Gaza, Iowa. Lincoln, Neb. Pierre, S. D. Stromsburg, Neb. Lexington, Neb. Kearney, Neb. Pawnee City, Neb. Nebraska City, Neb Lincoln, Neb. Brandon, S. D. Beatrice, Neb. Centerville, S. D. Crete Neb. .. Lincoln, Neb. Franklin, Neb. Cambridge, Neb. St. Paul, Nob. Milligan, Neb. Lincoln, Neb. Lincoln, Neb. Friinghar, Iowa. West Point, Neb. Tecumseh, Neb. Creighton, Neb. South Omaha, Neb. Johnson, Neb. Dunbar, Iowa.

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S11 THE DIGEST Upon the reorganization of the school in 1893, a graduate course of instruction of one year was added, and in J une, 1895, the master's degree was conferred upon seven candidates. For want of means to carry on the work properly, and because it WHJS- found practicable to give much of the same instruction in the undergraduate course, the graduate course was abandoned after the second year. YV. S. Summers and B. F. Good were appointed special lecturers in 1894, and Dr. J. L. Greene was appointed lecturer on medical jurisprudence the present year. ln 1893, the law library consisted of a few dozen text-books crowded into a corner of the general library. It has grown into a fair working library of two thousand volumes' of the very best reports and texts, and is located in the lecture room under the charge of special attendants. The law school has already done much to raise the standard of admission to the bar in this state. It has. since 1893, greatly in- creased the amount of work required of its students. The mini- mum age of entrance has been raised from seventeen to nineteen. A proper academic preparation for law study has been urged at all times. The requirements for admission have been changed from the general 'L good English education 7' to the more certain equivalent of graduation from an accredited high school. A large proportion of the present senior class are college men, and forty per cent have received academic degrees. 4 It was by the direct influence of the law school, that the state legislature ofiL895 abolished the fraud of admission to the bar through the district courts, and vested the sole power of admis- sion in the supreme court. The fair enforcement of the rules adopted by the supreme court under that power has probably reduced by three-fourths the number of annual admissions to the bar and vastly improved the actual standard. Much has been done. Much remains to be done. The Law School will lead the way. But it looks hopefully to the supreme court for such further exercise of its powers as will make necessary fair aca- demic preparation upon the part of all law students.

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