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Edward L. Pierce, Memoir and letters of Charles Sumner: volume 1, Chapter 6 Law School .—September , 1831 December , 1833 20 -22 . (search)
Chapter 6: Law School.—September, 1831, to December, 1833.—Age, 20-22.
Sumner joined the Law School of Harvard University, Sept. 1, 1831.
Sumner was the author of two sketches of the Law School,—one, an article in the American Jurist, Jan., 1835. Vol.
XIII. pp. 107-130; and the other, A Report of the Committee of Overseers, Feb., 1850.
Works, Vol.
II. pp. 377-392. Another history of the school, by Professor Emory Washburn, may be found in The Harvard Book, Vol.
I. pp. 223-231. This school grew out of the Royall Professorship of Law, which was established in 1815.
It was organized as a distinct department two years later; but its vigorous life began in 1829, with the appointment of Judge Story and John H. Ashmun as professors.
The character of Story as jurist and teacher, his immense learning, copious speech, great enthusiasm, and kindly interest in students have been often commemorated.
Judge Story's method as a teacher is described in his Life and Letters, edited by<
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Massachusetts in the Army and Navy during the war of 1861-1865, vol. 2, chapter 2 (search)