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Caption: Book - 16 Years (Edmund James)
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HM nan The Colleges and Schools 219 Bulletin, a new publication which will appear three times a year. The primary function of the Bulletin is the discussion of Illinois law. Professor William G. Hale is the editor. The criticism frequently made, that students in law colleges get no training in actual practise, is met at the University of Illinois by rigorous practical work in moot court. For 1916-17 this work involved not only the argument of questions of law, but the actual trial of many cases on issues of fact, and the conduct of all the steps in legal procedure. Other practical work introduced during the year 1916-17 included new courses in brief-making for first year students, and in the examination of titles and drafting of documents for third year students. The decision of the Trustees in 1917 to remove the tuition fee previously charged students in the College of Law was a step which should prove distinctly favorable to the growth of this college. The College of Law of the University of Illinois is subject to unusually severe competition. It is not strange therefore that under the present pre-legal requirements its numbers have shrunk below what they were when the College required for admission no more than the completion of a high school course. This shrinkage in attendance is however more than compensated for by the increased efficiency and higher quality of the work. Under competent and enthusiastic leadership and with an adequate backing, there is no reason why the official law college of the state should not come to be recognized as equal to the best law schools in the country. 7. THE LIBRARY SCHOOL 1904-2012 Beginning with 1911 the entrance requirements to the Library School, which had been three years of college work, were raised to four years of college work. In spite of the successive advance in the entrance requirements from two years of college work, then to three years and finally in 1911 to four years, the attendance of the School has not materially decreased, and M A special report by P, L. Windsor, Director
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