Blue Book: Yale Law School Exams, 1874-2024 - A Rare Book Exhibit

Blue Book: Yale Law School Exams, 1874-2004
A Yale Law School Bicentennial Exhibit

On view in the Lillian Goldman Law Library
Library Lower Level 2
April 17 - May 29, 2024
 

What is the ship's husband?
Is a will written in pencil valid?
What phenomena follow and are indicative of death?
What is meant by "adhering to the public enemy?"

Yale Law School’s examination papers offer a time capsule of the school’s expectations of its curriculum and students over the course of its history.  Drawing on the Rare Book Collection's archive of examination papers from 1874-2004, Blue Book traces the Yale Law School's transition from its early curriculum, emphasizing textbooks and recitation, to an approach centering the case study.