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The news of Pope Benedict XVI's resignation brings to mind an image from our rare book collection that illustrates a previous papal resignation, that...
We sincerely thank the following individuals for their help in making this exhibit possible. – Michael von der Linn & Michael Widener Virginia Apple...
Baldwin, Simeon E. “Zephaniah Swift.” In Great American Lawyers (William Draper Lewis; ed.; Philadelphia: John C. Winston Company, 1907-1909). Fisher...
Affiliation with Yale helped to insure the continuity of Hitchcock and Daggett’s school. The others did not survive. Gilbert closed his school in...
A handful of college and college-affiliated law schools existed in the early decades of the nineteenth century. The College of William & Mary...