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and consists of " Practical Suggestions concerning the Preparation, Trial, and Argument of Causes." 9. Roman Law. Lectures. 10. International Law. Lectures. 11. American Constitutional History. Lectures. 12. American Constitutional Law. Lectures. It should be added that whenever a subject is taught by lecture, the professor giving instruction holds frequent and usually daily examinations, upon ground covered by pre vious lectures. COURSES OF SPECIAL LECTURES. Instruction by the non-resident members of the Faculty is by lecture, and for this work both classes are brought together. The non-resident courses as at present ar ranged are the following : — 1 . The Statute of Frauds and Fraudulent Con veyances (two courses). The Hon. Francis M. Finch, of the New York Court of Ap peals. 2. Constitutional Law. The Hon. Daniel H. Chamberlain, of the New York City Bar. 3. The Law of Shipping and Admiralty and the Law of Marine Insurance (two courses). George S. Potter, Esq., of the Buffalo Bar. 4. The Patent Laws of the United States (two courses). The Hon. Benjamin F. Thurs ton, of the Providence Bar; Albert H. Walker, Esq., of the Hartford .Bar. 5. Medical Jurisprudence. Prof. Marshall D. Ewell, of the Chicago Bar. 6. The Law of Life Insurance. The Hon. Orlow YV. Chapman, of the Binghamton Bar. 7. Extradition. The Hon. Goodwin Brown, Esq., of the Albany Bar. The regular class-room instruction of the school is fifteen hours per week for each class, or three lectures or recitations each working day. During some parts of the year, however; it has been found necessary to increase the amount somewhat. Attend ance upon all the exercises of the school is compulsory, and the student who becomes lax in this respect is either " dropped " at

once, or not admitted to examinations. It is the experience of the Faculty that in no other way can the best results be attained. It is the effort of the Faculty at Cornell to teach both the principles of the law and how to apply them. To this end the Uni versity Court, so called, is made the forum for the discussion of such practical ques tions as most frequently arise in a profes sional career at the bar; and so far as it can be used for that purpose, it is made the means of familiarizing the student with pleading and practice, and with the general routine of court work. A session of the court is held, as a rule, each week during the school year; and all members of the senior class are required to attend regularly. The court is made up of the resident mem bers of the Law Faculty, who sit together for the hearing of causes. The proceedings are conducted upon the hypothesis that cer tain facts are true, the only questions open to discussion being the principles of law that should be applied to the facts. The student having obtained from the Faculty a state ment of facts, is required to prepare plead ings and to draw up a brief in which the principles of law applicable to the case must be clearly stated under appropriate divisions, and sustained by the citation of such au thorities as he intends to rely upon in the oral argument. The pleadings are submit ted to the professor having in charge the subject of pleading and procedure, who calls attention to such errors as may exist, and gives such practical information as he may deem advisable. The opinions of the court are in writing, and are placed on file in the Law Library for future reference. The work done in this court both by pro fessors and students has from the first been thorough and exhaustive. It is probable that no other school in the country fur nishes the opportunities in this direction that are enjoyed at Cornell. Each member of the last graduating class engaged during his senior year in the preparation and argument of four causes, while the number presented