School of Law Records

Collection — Multiple Containers

Identifier: WUA-01-wua00024

Staff Only

This collection is comprised of materials from the Washington University School of Law and includes correspondence, enrollment statistics, studies, faculty meeting minutes, history of the school, the Moot Court Record and letter press books. The files are arranged alphabetically, followed by two boxes of letter press books.

Dates

Creation: 1858-2017

Creator

Washington University (Saint Louis, Mo.). School of Law (Organization)

Conditions Governing Access

Open

Conditions Governing Use

Users of the collection must read and agree to abide by the rules and procedures set forth in the Materials Use Policies.

Providing access to materials does not constitute permission to publish or otherwise authorize use. All publication not covered by fair use or other exceptions is restricted to those who have permission of the copyright holder, which may or may not be Washington University.

If you wish to publish or license Special Collections materials, please contact Special Collections to inquire about copyright status at (314) 935-5495 or spec@wumail.wustl.edu. (Publish means quotation in whole or in part in seminar or term papers, theses or dissertations, journal articles, monographs, books, digital forms, photographs, images, dramatic presentations, transcriptions, or any other form prepared for a limited or general public.)

Extent

8.50 linear feet

9 boxes

1 drawers

Additional Description

Historical Information

The School of Law was founded in 1867 and is the oldest, continuously operating law school west of the Mississippi River. The school has long been committed to equal access to all qualified students regardless of race, gender or ethnic heritage: the first women students were admitted in 1869 and the first African-American graduated in 1889. The law school’s faculty has 39 full-time professors, four full-time legal research and writing instructors, and four visiting faculty members. The faculty is comprised of nationally recognized scholars dedicated to teaching. The Washington University School of Law faculty has an array of foreign and international legal expertise that spans the globe, including specialists on international relations, intellectual property, human rights and immigration, as well as on the laws of China, Cuba, India, Japan, Korea, Russia, Eastern Europe, the European community and Islam. The School of Law publishes two national journals: the Washington University Law Quarterly and the Washington University Journal of Urban and Contemporary Law. The school’s Law Library is the largest in Missouri and considered among the nation’s top academic law libraries.