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LITCHFIELD -- The polite but persistent battle of "oldest law school" has broken open again. Evidently William and Mary College won't take down its sign: "Marshall-Wythe school of law of the college of William and Mary, America's oldest law school, 1779," even though the Tapping Reeve Law School in Litchfield, also making claim of oldest, has recently been recognized by the United States ...
Litchfield Law School is generally regarded as the first law school in the United States, but it began only with individual instruction. In 1774, Tapping Reeve undertook to prepare Aaron Burr, the brother of his wife Sally, for a legal career in the usual manner by reading the law with him. At first, instruction took place in Reeve’s home ...
Litchfield Law School was established by lawyer, judge, and educator Tapping Reeve in the late 1700s; the school closed in 1833 but has been restored on its original site. Many of its graduates went on to play important roles in American history. Among the graduates of the Litchfield Law School were two U.S. vice presidents, three justices of the Supreme Court, six cabinet members, over one ...
The Litchfield Law School officially opened its doors to students in 1784 and continued in successful operation with annual graduating classes until 1833. Its catalog contained the names of 1,500 young men who prepared for the bar after 1798. Most graduates were admitted to the
5. Sept. 2016 · More than 1,100 students attended the Litchfield Law School before it closed in 1833. Two of Reeve’s students (Aaron Burr and John C. Calhoun) went on to become Vice President. Fifteen of the students became governors. Three of the students became Justices of the Supreme Court of the United States. Twenty-eight students became United States ...
30. März 2021 · The Litchfield Law School, founded in 1784 by Tapping Reeve, became the first professional law school in Connecticut, the first proprietary (i.e., ownership) law school not affiliated with an educational institution in the United States, and the second oldest law school in the nation (after the William & Mary Law School in Virginia). After Reeve left in 1820, his partner, James Gould, ran the ...
