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 THE GREEN BAG have, therefore, been obliged to content our selves with the inadequate extracts we present. Mr. Tucker is a native of Winchester, Va., and the son of John Randolph Tucker, one of the former presidents of the association. He graduated from the college and law school of Washington and Lee University and was admitted to the Bar in 1876. He was a member of Con gress from 1889 to 1897 when he suc ceeded his father as professor of law at Washington and Lee University. He was HENRY ST. GEORGE TUCKER. dean of the school from 1899 to 1902, when he became dean of the law school of George Washington- Uni versity. He is the editor of " Tucker on the Constitution."

and a graduate of Cornell University and of the Harvard Law School. After a few years of practise in Buffalo where he was also an instructor in the Buffalo Law School, his ability was recognized by his selection as dean of the Law School of Chicago University, then recently established. Among the reports of committees of the Association that of the Committee on Interna tional Law was made noteworthy by the presentation of the argument in favor of the constitutionality of general interna tional arbitration trea ties, prepared by the chairman, Mr. Wheel er, which we are per mitted to include in this number. Mr. Wheeler is a native of New York, a

Immediately preceding the formal meetings of the Association were held several extremely interesting conferences of a special nature, the most important of which was that of the Asso ciation of American Law Schools. The meet ings of this earnest body of men were marked by a devotion to the cause of legal education that cannot but elevate the standards of the whole profession. We print the most impor tant address delivered before them. Mr. Hall is a native of Jamestown, N. Y.,

EVERETT P. WHEELER.

graduate of the Col lege of the City of- New York and of the Har vard Law School. Though in active practice as the head of the firm of Wheeler, Cortis & Haight, in New York City, he has found time to take an active interest in movements for political reform, and has published several treatises on legal and economic questions. From 1883 to 1889 and from 1895 to 1897 he was chairman of the civil service commis sion of New York City.