The Harvard book . UNIVERSITY MUSEUM. AUSTIN HALL (THE LAW SCHOOL) THE A. B. A. HARVARD BOOK A USTIN HALL, the Law School, was built in 1883, a gift of Edward Austin. The new building, Langdell Hall, back of Austin Hall, was completed about 1908, andnamed after Christopher C. Langdell, the author of the now universal case system, and containsthe larger part of the library. It also contains a unique collection of portraits of eminent judgesand lawyers. The Law School was established in 1817, and is the oldest of the existing law schools in thecountry. It has become national in its character, as
The Harvard book . UNIVERSITY MUSEUM. AUSTIN HALL (THE LAW SCHOOL) THE A. B. A. HARVARD BOOK A USTIN HALL, the Law School, was built in 1883, a gift of Edward Austin. The new building, Langdell Hall, back of Austin Hall, was completed about 1908, andnamed after Christopher C. Langdell, the author of the now universal case system, and containsthe larger part of the library. It also contains a unique collection of portraits of eminent judgesand lawyers. The Law School was established in 1817, and is the oldest of the existing law schools in thecountry. It has become national in its character, as shown by the fact of the 800 studentsenrolled, about 70 per cent are graduates of colleges other than Harvard, about 127 institu-tions being represented. About 60 per cent of the students in the School are from outside of NewEngland, and about 60 per cent of the graduates are practising law outside of New England. The Law Library, which Prof. Dicey, of Oxford, has pronounced the most perfect collectionof legal records in the English
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