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International Law as administered by the Courts. Professor BEALE. One hour a week. Scott's Cases on International Law.

Partnership. Professor BRANNAN.

on Partnership.

Two hours a week. Ames's Cases

Property. Professor GRAY. Two hours a week. Gray's Cases on Property, vols. 5, 6.

[Roman Law-selected topics.1 Two hours a week.]

Omitted in 1904-05.

Suretyship and Mortgage. Asst. Professor WYMAN.

Two hours a week.

Ames's Cases on Suretyship; Wyman's Cases on Mortgage.

Two hours a

Jurisdiction and Procedure in Equity. Professor AMES. week in the first half-year. Ames's Cases in Equity Jurisdiction, vol. 2.

[Comparative Jurisprudence.' Professor GRAY. One hour a week.]

Omitted in 1904-05.

EXTRA COURSES.

[Civil Law of Spain and the Spanish Colonies. Not less than twelve lectures.]

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[The Administration of Law by Public Officers. lectures.]

Omitted in 1904-05.

Not less than seven

Forensic Discussion. Asst. Professor WINTER. hours for each section.

Not less than twenty

Voice Training. Mr. WILLARD. Not less than twenty hours for each section.

Civil Procedure under the New York Code. Mr. thirty hours.

[Law of Mining. A course of not less than ten lectures.]

Omitted in 1904-05.

[Law of Irrigation. A course of not less than ten lectures.] Omitted in 1904-05.

[Patent Law. A course of not less than twelve lectures.]

Omitted in 1904-05.

Not less than

1 No text-book.

No examination will be held in the extra courses, and they will not count towards a degree.

In addition to the foregoing Third-Year subjects, Third-Year students may elect any Second-Year subjects which they have not taken in their second year.

Every candidate for a degree will be required to take all the subjects of the first year, and ten hours a week in each of the last two years.

Instruction in other Departments of the University.

The instruction given in the other departments of the University, with the exception of exercises carried on in the special laboratories, is also open, without additional charge, to students of the Law School. Those who wish to avail themselves of these privileges must procure from the Dean a certificate of membership of the School.

The Hemenway Gymnasium is open to members of this School, without extra charge. Each student is entitled to a thorough personal examination by the Director and to special direction and advice as to the form and amount of physical exercise best suited to his case.

LIBRARIES.

The Library of the Law School contains about 82,000 volumes, and is liberally administered in the interests of the students. About eleven thousand dollars a year are spent in increasing and improving it. Students in the Law School have the right to use the College Library in Gore Hall.

DEGREES.

Degree of Bachelor of Laws.

The requirements for the degree of BACHELOR OF LAWS in point of age, length of residence at the School, and the passing of examinations are as follows:

AGE. At the time of receiving the degree one must have attained the age of twenty-one years.

LENGTH OF RESIDENCE. The required period of residence at the School is three years. Students admitted to Advanced Standing after a year's residence at another law school may count that year as one of the three years.

EXAMINATIONS. To receive the degree of Bachelor of Laws it is necessary to pass satisfactory examinations in the entire course of three years, Special Students being required to obtain a mark within five per cent. of that demanded for the honor degree. Students who pass these examinations with distinguished excellence will receive the degree of Bachelor of Laws, cum laude.

The right to take the examinations, as well as the privilege of continuing one's membership in the School at any time, is conditioned upon regular attendance at the exercises of the School.

The examinations in the studies of the first, second, and third years must be passed at the end of each year respectively.

No student who fails to pass an examination in at least four subjects at the end of the first year, or in four full courses or their equivalent at the end of the second and third years, will be allowed, unless by a special vote of the Faculty, to continue in the School, or to rejoin it at any subsequent time, unless at some regular examination he obtain a general average, on the entire work of the year in which he failed, at least five per cent. higher than the usual passing mark.

No student who has more than one condition standing against him on the work of the first two years will be allowed to register as a Third-Year student, or to graduate at the end of his third year. He may, however, although registered as a Second-Year student, take and count towards his degree a limited number of the Third-Year subjects, the number varying according to the number of his conditions.

No student who fails, on account of conditions, to receive his degree in due course, will be permitted, except by special vote of the Faculty, to remove his conditions later than two years after the graduation of his regular class.

Every person who, while a member of the School, shall pass a satisfactory examination in one or more subjects, will be entitled to a certificate, stating the length of time he has been a member of the School and specifying the subjects in which he has passed an examination.

SCHOLARSHIPS AND OTHER PECUNIARY AIDS.

A limited number of SCHOLARSHIPS, of the annual value of one hundred and fifty dollars each, are awarded to meritorious students standing in need of such assistance, who have been in the School one full year at least, and who intend to remain in the School for the full three years' course. The award will be made by the Corporation, on the recommendation of the Faculty, at the beginning of each academic year. Three-fifths of the annual value of the scholarships are paid on the 10th of February, and the remainder immediately after the issue of the June term-bill. Applications for these scholarships must be made in writing, to the Dean, by the first of June. In making the award a preference will be given to members of the Third-Year class.

The income of the JOHN FOSTER FUND, amounting to about one hundred and fifty dollars, is payable every other year to one or more meritorious students needing assistance.

HUGHES LOAN FUND.

In 1903 CHARLES JAMES HUGHES, Jr., of Denver, Colorado, gave five hundred dollars for any use approved by the Faculty of Law, on whose recommendation the Corporation voted that the gift "be used as a loan fund for the benefit of students in the Law School, and that it be called the Hughes Loan Fund."

THE AMES PRIZE.

In 1898, JULIAN W. MACK, LL.B., of the Class of 1887, gave three thousand dollars, afterwards adding six hundred and fifty dollars to his gift, to establish the James Barr Ames Prize Fund, "from the income of which a prize of not less than four hundred dollars shall be from time to time awarded for a meritorious essay or book on some legal subject." The Ames Prize will be awarded at intervals of four years.

It will consist of a bronze medal and a sum of not less than $400. It will be awarded for the most meritorious law book or legal essay written in the English language and published not less than one nor more than five years before the award.

The prize will be awarded by the Faculty of the Harvard Law School. The prize was awarded in October, 1902, to JOHN HENRY WIGMORE, Dean of the Northwestern University Law School.

FEES AND EXPENSES.

The tuition-fee is one hundred and fifty dollars a year. extra charges in the School.

There are no

The other expenses of a student for an academic year may be estimated as follows:

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The University buildings contain over seven hundred rooms for student lodgings, of which upwards of two hundred are available in each year for new-comers. Particulars may be obtained from the Bursar.1 Application should be made early.

1 The Bursar's Office is in Dane Hall, Harvard Square, Cambridge. Hours 9-1.

Board at cost can be obtained at Memorial Hall by members of the Law School. It is expected that the cost per week will not exceed four dollars and twenty-five cents. Applications for seats should be made before September 15 to the Auditor of the Dining Association, Memorial Hall. The Randall Hall Association, an organization having commodious quarters near the School, is open to Law students. Meals à la carte are served at cost, making it possible to get good board for from $2.50 to $3.00 a week. Application should be made early to the Secretary of the Randall Hall Association.

Every student must file a bond with the Bursar in the sum of $200, signed by two bondsmen, one of whom must be a citizen of the United States, or by a surety company duly qualified to do business in Massachusetts, as security for the payment of dues to the University; or, instead of filing a bond, he may deposit $200 in United States bonds, or $50 in money, for the same purpose. Money deposited as security is returnable after the issue of the second term-bill, one week before Commencement. Every student who lives in a College room or boards at Memorial Hall or at Randall Hall must file the same bond as undergraduates ($400), or pay rent for the year in advance, and make a deposit with the Bursar as security for the payment of his board at the rate of $5 a week. All persons living in College rooms are subject to the regulations of the Parietal Committee, in the same manner as undergraduates.

No officer or student in the University is accepted as a bondsman. A student who is a member of the Law School for only a part of the academic year is allowed the following deductions from the full tuition fee of one hundred and fifty dollars. One who enters between December 31 and the end of the first half-year is allowed a deduction of forty dollars; one who enters between the end of the first half-year and April 1 is allowed a deduction of sixty dollars; and one who enters after March 31 is allowed a deduction of one hundred dollars. A student who leaves before January 1 is allowed a deduction of one hundred dollars if before that date he gives written notice of his withdrawal to the Dean or to the Secretary; one who leaves between December 31 and the end of the first half-year is allowed a deduction of sixty dollars if he gives written notice as above before the end of the first half-year; and one who leaves between the end of the first half-year and April 1 is allowed a deduction of forty dollars if he gives written notice before April 1; but no deduction is made unless notice of the withdrawal is given in writing.

The first half-year begins with the academic year and ends on the Saturday before the second Sunday in February. The first third of the academic year begins with the academic year and ends December 31. The second third begins January 1 and ends March 31. The last third begins April 1 and ends at Commencement.

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