Coquillette, Daniel R. <br/><br/>
On the battlefield of merit :  Harvard Law School, the first century / 
Daniel R. Coquillette, Bruce A. Kimball. 
 - xi, 666 pages :  illustrations ;  25 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/> The English and continental roots of American legal education --American antecedents of Harvard Law School -- Founding a university professional school of law -- The school saved --<br/>Joseph Story's law school in the young republic -- The Greenleaf transition -- The gathering storm --<br/>Civil war and aftermath -- Dean Langdall, first casebooks, and Justice Holmes -- Curricular and pedagogical revolution --<br/>Creating the "new system" of legal education -- The paths of four students -- The "new system," triumphant and invidious --<br/>Students of color at Harvard Law School -- Beloved Dean Ames. 
<br/><br/> Harvard Law School pioneered educational ideas, including professional legal education within a university, Socratic questioning and case analysis, and the admission and training of students based on academic merit. On the Battlefield of Merit offers a candid account of a unique legal institution during its first century of influence. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780674967663 (alk. paper) 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Corporate Names: </label><br/>Harvard Law School--History--19th century.<br/>Harvard Law School--History--20th century.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Law--Study and teaching (Higher)--History--Massachusetts--Cambridge--19th century.<br/>Derecho--Estudio y docencia--Historia --Massachusetts--Cambridge--Siglo 19<br/>Law--Study and teaching (Higher)--History--Massachusetts--Cambridge--20th century.<br/>Derecho--Estudio y docencia--Historia--Massachusetts--Cambridge--Siglo XX
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>KF 292  / C786o 2015