TY - BOOK AU - Coquillette,Daniel R. AU - Kimball,Bruce A. TI - On the battlefield of merit: Harvard Law School, the first century SN - 9780674089068 AV - KF292.H34 C67 2015 U1 - 340.071/17444 23 PY - 2015/// CY - Cambridge, Massachusetts PB - Harvard University Press KW - Harvard Law School KW - History KW - 19th century KW - 20th century KW - fast KW - Law KW - Study and teaching (Higher) KW - Massachusetts KW - Cambridge KW - LAW KW - Essays KW - bisacsh KW - General Practice KW - Jurisprudence KW - Paralegals & Paralegalism KW - Practical Guides KW - Reference KW - HISTORY KW - United States KW - 19th Century KW - Electronic books N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; 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 --; Joseph Story's law school in the young republic --; The Greenleaf transition --; The gathering storm --; Civil war and aftermath --; Dean Langdall, first casebooks, and Justice Holmes --; Curricular and pedagogical revolution --; Creating the "new system" of legal education --; The paths of four students --; The "new system," triumphant and invidious --; Students of color at Harvard Law School --; Beloved Dean Ames N2 - 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 UR - https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=1133814 ER -