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Fordham Law School FLASH: The Fordham Law Archive of Scholarship and History Law School Bulletins 1905-2000 Academics 1-1-1952 Bulletin of Information 1952-1953 Fordham Law School Follow this and additional works at: http://ir.lawnet.fordham.edu/bulletins Recommended Citation Fordham Law School, "Bulletin of Information 1952-1953" (1952). Law School Bulletins 1905-2000. Book 47. http://ir.lawnet.fordham.edu/bulletins/47 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Academics at FLASH: The orF dham Law Archive of Scholarship and History. It has been accepted for inclusion in Law School Bulletins 1905-2000 by an authorized administrator of FLASH: The orF dham Law Archive of Scholarship and History. For more information, please contact [email protected]. BULLETIN OF FORDHAM UNIVERSITY ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE SCHOOL OF LAW 1952-1953 302 Broadway New York 7, N. Y. THE SCHOOL OF LAW OF FORDHAM UNIVERSITY ANNOUNCEMENT, 19 5 2-1953 FORDHAM UNIVERSITY 302 Broadway, New York 7, N. Y. INFORMATION Tlie oflice of the Registrar of the Law School, in Room 1301, 302 Broadway, New York, is open during every business day of the year. Information regarding the re- quirements of the school for entrance, for degree and for admission to the bar, may be obtained upon application. For further information, address Registrar of the Law School 302 Broadway New York 7, N. Y. THE SCHOOL OF LAW OF FORDHAM UNIVERSITY NEW YORK Academic Year 1952-1953 THE FACULTY REVEREND LAURENCE J. McGINLEY, S.J. President REVEREND VINCENT J. HART, S.J. Director, City Hall Division IGNATIUS M. WILKINSON, A.M., LL.B., LL.D. Dean and Professor of Law I. MAURICE WORMSER, A.B., LL.B., LL.D. Professor of Law EDMOND B. BUTLER, A.M., LL.B., LL.D. Professor of Law GEORGE W. BACON, A.B., LL.B Professor of Law EUGENE J. KEEFE, A.B., LL.B Professor of Law JOHN F. X. FINN, A.B., LL.B Professor of Law ARTHUR A. McGIVNEY, A.M., LL.B. Professor of Law EDWARD Q. CARR, A.B., LL.B Professor of Law JOSEPH W. McGOVERN, A.B., LL.B., Associate Professor of Law VICTOR S. KILKENNY, A.B., LL.B., Associate Professor of Law WILLIAM R. WHITE, A.M., LL.B. Associate Professor of Law FRANCIS X. CONWAY, A.B., LL.B. Associate Professor of Law JULIAN A. RONAN, A.M., LL.B Lecturer in Law GODFREY P. SCHMIDT, A.B., LL.B Lecturer in Law JOSEPH A. DORAN, A.B., LL.B Lecturer in Law THOMAS J. SNEE, Ph.D., LL.B Lecturer in Law WILLIAM HUGHES MULLIGAN, A.B., LL.B. Lecturer in Law BERNARD J. O'CONNELL, A.B., LL.B. Lecturer in Law EDWARD J. FREEMAN, A.B., LL.B Lecturer in Law JOHN E. McANIFF, A.B., LL.B Lecturer in Law LEONARD F. MANNING, A.B., LL.B Lecturer in Law FREDERICK L. KANE, A.M., LL.B., LL.D. Professor of Law Emeritus LLOYD M. HOWELL, A.B., LL.B. Professor of Law Emeritus FRANCIS J. MacINTYRE, A.M., LL.B. Associate Professor of Law Emeritus REVEREND WILLIAM G. GRIFFITH, S.J., Treasurer THOMAS F. CALLAHAN, A.B., Bursar MARY J. LONG, Registrar JAMES F. KENNEDY, Librarian 3 HISTORICAL STATEMENT Fordham University is a Catholic institution conducted by the Jesuits. It began as St. John's College. It was founded by Arch- bishop Hughes upon the old Rose Hill farm at Fordham and for- mally opened on St. John the Baptist's Day, June 24, 1841. On April 10, 1846, an act of incorporation was passed by the Legislature of the State of New York, which granted it power to "confer such honors, degrees or diplomas as are usually granted by any university, college or seminary of learning in the United States." On June 21, 1904, with the consent of the Regents of the Uni- versity of the State of New York, the Board of Trustees authorized the opening of the School of Law, the first classes in which were held in the fall of 1905. The School is located in the Fordham building at 302 Broadway, which is owned by the University and which houses the City Hall Division of the University. The building is a modern fifteen-story structure. It is situated a block from the civic center of New York, where are located the New York County Court House, the Federal Court House, the Surrogate's Court, as well as Municipal and State office buildings. The students of the School thus have ready access to the courts and ample opportunity to attend their sessions. Subway and elevated lines to all parts of the city are within two blocks of the building. The School of Law occupies the upper five floors of the building. The Law Library is located on the fourteenth and fifteenth floors. Adequate classrooms, together with executive and faculty offices and quarters for the Law Review and law clubs, are provided on the three lower floors. PURPOSE OF THE SCHOOL AND SYSTEM OF INSTRUCTION The design of the School is to give a practical and scientific pro- fessional education in law. The curriculum includes a study of the principles of general jurisprudence, the common and statute law of the United States, the system of equity jurisprudence and pleading and procedure at common law and under modern codes. The course for the degree of Bachelor of Laws covers three aca- demic years in the day division and four academic years in the eve- ning division. The case system of study is used, carefully selected collections of cases being employed as the basis of instruction. The teacher and the students discuss the assigned materials critically and compara- tively, both with respect to the facts and decisions reached and the rules and principles of law involved. Thus the students are trained in legal analysis and accurate reasoning, while at the same time they are acquiring familiarity with the principles of law and their develop- ment through the use of the actual decisions of the courts. 4 The School recognizes the fact that a grasp of the broad principles of common law is essential for the well-equipped lawyer and aims to train its students so that they may be qualified to practice law in any common law jurisdiction. As many of its students, however, contemplate admission to the bar in New York, without sacrificing its main objective, care is taken in the various courses in the discus- sion of the case materials to indicate variations between the existing law in New York and the general common law. Attention is called to the following courses which have a special bearing on New York law: 1. Common Law and Code Pleading.—In this course the princi- ples of common law and code pleading are taught, and the chief simi- larities and differences between common law pleading and code pleading (which is in force in New York) are explained. 2. New York Civil Practice.—This course presents a thorough groundwork in the rationale of practice and procedure and embraces a comprehensive study of the New York Civil Practice Act, rules of Civil Practice, and related procedural statutes and decisions. The School is aware also of the fact that a regrettable phe- nomenon of our times in many centers of legal training is the com- plete separation of law from morality. It is of the opinion that a well-grounded lawyer, especially if he is to be equipped to be a leader in public affairs, should have inculcated in him a sound philosophy of law. To this end, a comprehensive course in Jurisprudence is conducted. This gives due consideration to the ethical and historical aspects of the problems with which the philosophy of law is con- cerned and at the same time develops the traditional scholastic and American viewpoint on the ultimate basis of civil authority and limitations on the power of the state. It is believed that the courses of the School are so arranged as to unite a sound training in the fundamental principles of the law with a training in the practical application of these principles to actual legal work. REQUIREMENTS FOR ADMISSION The School of Law is open to men and women. Applicants for degrees must be at least eighteen years of age upon entering the first year class and must be of good character. Every applicant must be a graduate of a college or university approved by the University of the State of New York and must pre- sent a certificate that he holds an accredited degree conferred after satisfactory completion of a four-year college course together with a full transcript of his scholastic record. 5 Where the applicant at the time of forwarding his transcript has not completed all of the college work on which he seeks admission a transcript of record to the end of his last completed term may be furnished and the transcript for the term which he is then attending is to be transmitted immediately after his completion of the work thereof. Applicants for admission will be accepted on the basis of their presumptive fitness to pursue the study of law with success as dis- closed by their college records, and on the information as to charac- ter and fitness contained in the statement required to be filed by all applicants, as well as from such other data as may be available or required. While the School of Law does not require its applicants to take the Law School Admission Test administered by the College Entrance Examination Board a good score on such a test can be helpful where on the evidence contained in the college record the aptitude and ca- pacity of the applicant are doubtful.