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The Litchfield school, which opened in pect of a revival of this educational adjunct 1783, was not a Law School in the proper of Osgoode Hall. Opinions were so di sense of the term, nor did the appointment vergent on the subject of the necessity of of the Professor of Law in William and a law school, that it seemed hopeless to Mary College, in 1782, make that college a expect such a union of sentiment as would law school. The able writer of the article lead to its re-establishment. Darkness, how in the " Green Bag " on the Harvard Law ever, gave, way to light, and in 1881 the School, referring to the Harvard School and school was re-established. to the William and Mary College professor The school of 1881 had in its first term

ship, says : " These four lecturers : they early professorships were Thomas Hodgins, now Master in cannot be considered in any sense establish Ordinary of the Su ing law schools or sep preme Court of Judi arate departments of cature; T. D. Delauniversities. Besides, mere; Joseph Macdougall, now Judge of like the Law Schools the County Court of at Litchfield, Connec ticut, and Northamp the County of York; ton, Massachusetts, and J. S. Ewart. The the early competitors lecturers for the second of the Harvard Law term were E. Douglas School, they were soon Armour, A. H. Marsh, abandoned; " again, T. D. Delamere, and writing of the Litch W. A. Reeve. Messrs. field school, he says: Marsh and Delamere "It was what might be resigned, and were suc called a private school, ceeded by R. E. Kingsfor it was unincorpo ford and P. H. Dray rated, had no power to ton. The distinguish confer degrees, and ing feature of this was managed by the school, comparing it instructors." It may with the first school A. H. MARSH, Q. C fairly be admitted that that was abolished in though Harvard may 1877, was that it did have been and really was the first to estab not possess the attraction of shortening the lish a law school in 181 7, the system of pre time for the students, and was consequently paratory education for entrance to the school not so well attended as the first school. In was not so perfect at that time at Harvard 1889 it was thought expedient to remodel or anywhere else in the United States as in the school, and to make the attendance com Upper Canada. Indeed, at the present time pulsory. The subject of compulsory and the Canadian system of preparatory educa voluntary attendance agitated the Benchers tion for the school seems to be in advance for a considerable time. Finally, conflicting opinions were reconciled, and the school was of that in the United States. I come now to the consideration of the established on the compulsory basis. In present Law School, — its rise and progress. Easter Term, 1889, Convocation passed a When the first Law School was abolished rule " that the Law School be established in 1878, there did not seem to be any pros- upon the basis established by these rules."