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Fordham Law School FLASH: The Fordham Law Archive of Scholarship and History Law School Bulletins 1905-2000 Academics 1-1-1945 Bulletin of Information 1945-1946 Fordham Law School Follow this and additional works at: http://ir.lawnet.fordham.edu/bulletins Recommended Citation Fordham Law School, "Bulletin of Information 1945-1946" (1945). Law School Bulletins 1905-2000. Book 40. http://ir.lawnet.fordham.edu/bulletins/40 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 1945-1946 302 Broadway New York 7, N. Y. THE SCHOOL OF LAW OF FORDHAM UNIVERSITY ANNOUNCEMENT, 1945-1946 FORDHAM UNIVERSITY 302 Broadway, New York 7, N. Y. INFORMATION The office 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 requirements of the School for entrance, for degree and for admission to the bar, may be obtained upon applica- tion. For further information, address Registrar of the Law School 302 Broadway New York 7, N. Y. THE SCHOOL OF LAW FORDHAM UNIVERSITY NEW YORK THE FACULTY Academic Year 1945-1946 Reverend Robert I. Gannon, S.J President . Director, City Ha// Division Reverend Matthew J. Fitzsimons, S.J. * 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 Walter B. Kennedy, A.M. LL.B. Acting Dean and Professor of Law Frederick L. Kane, A.M., LL.B. LL.D Professor of Law John A. Blake, A.B., LL.B Professor of Law Raymond D. O'Connell, A.B., LL.B Professor of Law Edmond B. Butler, A.M., LL.B Professor of Law George W. Bacon, A.B., LL.B Professor of Law Professor of Eugene J. Keefe, A.B., LL.B Law Associate Professor of Law Francis J. MacIntyre, A.M., LL.B Lloyd M. Howell, A.B., LL.B Associate Professor of Law John F. X. Finn, A.B., LL.B Associate Professor of Law Arthur A. McGivney, A.M., LL.B Associate Professor of Law Edward Q. Carr, A.B., LL.B Associate Professor of Law Joseph W. McGovern, A.B., LL.B Associate Professor of Law William R. Meagher, A.B., LL.B Lecturer in Law Victor S. Kilkenny, A.B., LL.B Lecturer in Law William R. White, A.M., LL.B Lecturer in Law Paul B. Carroll, A.B., LL.B Lecturer in Law Francis X. Conway, A.B., LL.B Lecturer in Law Thomas E. Kerwin, A.B., LLB Lecturer in Law Thomas L. J. Corcoran, A.B., LL.B Lecturer in Law Caesar L. Pitassy, A.B., LL.B Lecturer in Law Hamilton Vreeland, Jr., A.M., LL.B., Ph.D. SpeciaJ Lecturer in Law Julian A. Ronan, A.M., LL.B Lecturer in Law Godfrey P. Schmidt, A.B., LL.B Lecturer in Law Reverend Joseph T. Keating, S.J., Treasurer Reverend Kevin J. O'Brien, S.J., Assistant Treasurer Christopher M. Waldorf, A.B., Bursar * Thomas J. Weston, Registrar Mary J. Long, Acting Registrar James F. Kennedy, Librarian * On leave of absence. 3 n= FORDHAM UNIVERSITY \ CITY HALL DIVISION • 302 BROADWAY / FOLLY SQVAKZ:i-U.5.Courthouse; z-NT. County Courthouse; 3- Surrogates Court; ^•Municipal Budding; s-Criminai Courts Building. cut hall PAR.K : 6-CityHaU; City Court. WALL STREET DISTRICT: &-/\f.V.Stock Exchange;g-J.PMorgan&Co.io-Cotton Exchange, ivX.Y. Clearing House. othehsites: n-Curb Exchange; r ferry to lyProduce Exchange. Stolen Island 14- FirstJesuit SchoolinNX City, 1683. (traditional); is-St. IsaacJogues.SJ., entertained by Dutch CjOvernor,\bm. THE SCHOOL OF LAW HISTORICAL STATEMENT Fordham University, New York, began as St. John's College. It was founded by Archbishop Hughes upon the old Rose Hill farm at Fordham, and formally 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 University 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. On October 1, 1943, the School of Law moved to its new quarters in the Vincent Building. This fifteen-story building at 302 Broadway, erected some years ago by the Astor Estate, is a modern fireproof building ideally suited to the needs of legal education. It is only a block from the Civic Center, which contains the New York County Court House, the Federal Court House, Surrogate's Court, Municipal, and State office buildings. Law students are thereby afforded easy access to the Federal and State courts and ample opportunity to attend sessions of the Trial and Appellate courts. The subway and elevated lines to all parts of the city are within two blocks of the new location. It is within a short walk of the Brooklyn Bridge, the New Jersey ferries, and the Hudson Tunnels. The Vincent Building, which houses the City Hall Division of Fordham University, is situated at the southeast corner of Broadway and Duane Street, with a frontage of 110 feet on Duane Street and 50 feet on Broad- way. The School of Law occupies the upper five floors of the new build- ing, with its Law Library located on the fourteenth and fifteenth floors. Adequate classrooms and recreation rooms, quarters for the Law Review and Law Club, Executive Offices, and offices for the Faculty have been provided. A Memorial Court Room is planned, dedicated to the Law School Alumni who have served in World Wars I and II. PURPOSE OF THE SCHOOL AND SYSTEM OF INSTRUCTION The design of the School is to afford a practical and scientific educa- tion in the principles of General Jurisprudence. The Common and Statute Law of the United States. The System of Equity Jurisprudence. Pleading and Civil Procedure at Common Law and under the Practice Acts of New York and New Jersey. The course for the degree of Bachelor of Laws covers three academic years in the day division and four academic years in the evening 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 comparatively, both with re- 5 spect to the facts and decisions reached and the rules and principles of the 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 development, through the use of the actual decisions of the courts. Although 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, care is taken throughout the course to indi- cate in every subject the existing law of New York. Particular attention is called to the following courses which have special bearing on the New York law: 1. Common Law and Code Pleading.—In this course the principles of common law and code pleading are taught, and the chief similarities 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 procedure statutes and decisions. A comprehensive course in Analytical Jurisprudence is conducted which gives due consideration to the ethical and historical aspects of the problems with which the philosophy of the law is concerned. 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. A course in New Jersey Practice is given once a year. This course may be substituted for the New York Practice course by senior students; and, by arrangement with the Registrar, all students may take this course spe- cially, provided there be no conflict with other courses. REQUIREMENTS FOR ADMISSION The School of Law is open to men and women. Applicants for de- grees must be at least eighteen years of age upon entering the first year class, must be of good moral character and must present: 1. A certificate of graduation from a University or College approved by the Board of Regents of the University of the State of New York, to- gether with a full transcript of the scholastic record of the applicant; or, 2. A transcript of record showing successful completion of at least two years of college work in a college or university of standing satisfactory to the School of Law, and proof of having obtained a law student qualify- ing certificate as required by the University of the State of New York and the Rules of the Court of Appeals.