The Origins of Law School Examinations-No Joking Matter
In early 1870, President Charles Eliot of Harvard College invited New York lawyer Christopher Columbus Langdell (HLS 1853) to teach at the Law School; in September of that year he became its first Dean. Over the next decade, Langdell instituted sweeping changes: students would be admitted only if they already possessed an A.B. or had passed a rigorous …
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