DEGREES AND CURRICULA {
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COLLEGE OF LAW II
William Lewis Matthews, ]r., A.B., LL.B., LL.M., S.].D., Dean A (
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INTRODUCTORY STATEMENT  
The College of Law was established September 1,‘1908, and the Hrst class t
graduated in 1910. Through the years, as an integral part of the University, it S
has served the Commonwealth by sending out many graduates who have be- H
come leaders in the profession. It is a tradition of the College, however, that its II
opportunity for service is not limited in scope and its program is designed so H
that graduates of the school can practice their profession on a local, regional U
and national level. 2
The College of Law is accredited by all agencies which establish standards ` I
for law schools, including the Court of Appeals of Kentucky, the Association of L
American Law Schools, the American Bar Association and the bar admission I
authority in all 49 states. ~ (
The Instructional Program. The instructional program centers in a three- I
year general law curriculum designed to be completed in six 18-week semesters. I
Eighty-three (83) semester hours in law are necessary to qualify for the LL.B. ‘
degree. The aim of the program is to provide the individual student with a I
foundation education in law of lasting quality. This involves a great deal more I
than the mere study of substantive legal principles; and the program is arranged I
to assist the student in acquiring the myriad skills that solution of modern legal I
problems demands, to acquaint him with related and interdependent fields of I
knowledge, to make certain that he has an appreciation for and understanding *
of the legal, social and political institutions on which the administration of I
justice rests, to prepare him for the policy and ethical decisions he must make f
on behalf of the community in practicing his profession; in short, to give him
broad, practical, basic legal training of unmatched excellence that will permit I
unlimited development of his legal capacities throughout his career. I
The Faculty. The program of the College is conducted by a full-time {
faculty and staff composed of ten instructors and four library and secretarial
personnel. They are assisted by two part-time teaching associates and certain ~
research associates employed periodically. Members of the teaching faculty
are well qualified by formal training and experience to teach law, to guide .
students in the solution of legal problems and to add to legal knowledge . .
through research. All have done graduate work in law and have practiced law j
successfully; a majority have taught in a number of different law schools.
The Library. The College maintains an excellent and carefully selected
law library collection of more than 60,000 volumes, one of the larger law
libraries in the South. It is housed in the law building as an integral part of .
the school and includes an especially comprehensive collection of Anglo-
American case and statutory materials. It also contains more than 8,000
treatises and textbooks, all major legal reference works, and some 200 legal
periodicals received annually, as well as special collections in jurisprudence j
and international law. The law library is growing at about 1,800 volumes _
per year.