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Thirty-one graduates of the New Jersey Law School, Newark, N. J., re

ever a lawyer is introduced to the elect,"

he said. “instinctively men clasp their pockets, and then say, ‘I am glad to

ceived their degrees on June 14, two being women. Judge William P. Mar tin, of the Court of Common Pleas, told the graduates that the cardinal virtues

meet you.’ Don't talk law business in elevated trains, street cars or railroad

of a lawyer were honesty, industry and

why lawyers have lost their social posi

common sense.

tion." The degree of LL.D. was con ferred on Mr. Wayman by the school.

Judge Thomas C. T. Crain of the Court of General Sessions made the

trains. Gabbling in public is one reason

Fifty-nine degrees were awarded to

address of the evening at the Commence

graduates of the Boston University Law

ment Exercises of Brooklyn Law School June 8. The degree of Bachelor of

School June 7, Hamilton W. Mabie of the Outlook giving the Commencement

Laws was awarded to seventy-four gradu

address. On the evening before, the alumni dined in Boston, and Judge

ates, that of Master of Laws to fourteen, and that of Doctor of Jurisprudence to three. There were 122 graduates from the Chicago-Kent College of Law June 8, and three young women received the master's degree for postgraduate study. Of these three one has served as a legis lative clerk for the two recent sessions,

Dodge of the United States District Court predicted that the merging of the federal courts next January 1 would work a great beneﬁt. Moorﬁeld Storey spoke of the need of reforming proce

and another will make a specialty of

dure to lessen delays. Others who spoke were Justice Arthur P. Rugg of the state Supreme Judicial Court, Dean Melville M. Bigelow of the law school, President Hemenway of the Massachusetts Bar

probate law.

Association, and President Joseph J.

Five women were gradu

ated with the ordinary degree.

Feely of the association, who was toast

master.

These oﬁicers were elected:

Thirty-eight members of the senior

President, Fletcher Ranney; vice-presi

class of the Benton Law School of St. Louis, Mo., were awarded the degree of Bachelor of Law at the Commence ment exercises June 2. Twelve mem

dent, Judge John D. McLaughlin; secre

bers of the postgraduate course received the degree of Master of Law. Alonzo K. Vickers, Chief Justice of the Illinois Supreme Court, delivered an address on “The Constitution and its Builders."

State's Attorney John E. W. Wayman gave the address to the graduating class

of the Chicago Law School June 11, and made some remarks about the social standing of lawyers which have widely been discussed in the press. “The law yer's lack of social standing is felt when

tary, Daniel T. O'Connell; Executive

committee, Merrill E. Boyd, Joseph J Feely, Bert E. Holland and W. J. C Sullivan. About 100 were present.

Miscellaneous

The Imperial Conference, holding its sessions at the British Foreign Office in London, on June 2 approved the Declaration of London and passed a resolution favoring its ratiﬁcation. Sir Edward Grey and Sir Wilfrid Laurier both urged that refusal to ratify the Declara tion would be detrimental to the cause of international arbitration.