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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.
