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| Title | Houstonian 1963 |
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| Date | 1963 |
| Description | This edition of the Houstonian, published in 1963, is the official yearbook of the University of Houston. |
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| Language | English |
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| Original Item Location | LD2281.H745 H6 v. 29 1963 |
| Original Item URL | http://library.uh.edu/record=b1158762~S11 |
| Digital Collection | Houstonian Yearbook Collection |
| Digital Collection URL | http://digital.lib.uh.edu/collection/yearb |
| Repository | Special Collections, University of Houston Libraries |
| Repository URL | http://info.lib.uh.edu/about/campus-libraries-collections/special-collections |
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| File Name | index.cpd |
| Title | Academics |
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| File Name | yearb_1963_087.jpg |
| Transcript | ACADEMIC Law Training of Attorneys Only Part of Function Primary function of the College of Law is to educate students for practice as attorneys so that they are capable of rendering skillful professional service and are thoroughly conscious of the important role played by the law in maintaining social control. Method of instruction is designed to enable the graduate to practice law wherever the Anglo-American system of law prevails. Located in the northeast wing of the M. D. Anderson Memorial Library, the College of Law provides training in the fundamental techniques required in the practice and administration of the law, as well as aiding students in acquiring an understanding and appreciation of the high nature of the profession they are to enter. Other objectives include equipping students to participate intelligently in the affairs of their community, state and nation and developing a sense of social balance. The College operates with the approval of the American Bar Association and the Supreme Court of Texas. DEAN—Newell H. Blakely holds a B.A. from Ouachita College, a Ph.M. from the University of Wisconsin, an LL.B. from the University of Texas and an LL.M. from the University of Michigan. DEAN—Newell H. Blakely Reviewing court cases takes many hours of the law students' time. Substantially all reported legal decisions in the United States and England are found in the Law Library, as well as the leading law reviews, digests, textbooks and encyclopedias. 87 |