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THE COLLEGE OF LAW.
For admission to the firstyear class, communications should be ad
dressed to the Registrar. See below andpages 33-53.
For admission to advanced standing from other colleges and uni
versities, communications should be addressed to the College ofLaw.
See below andpages 52 and 53.}
Admission to the First-Year Class. Applicants for admission
to the first-year class as candidates for a degree must be at least
eighteen years of age, and must have had a previous education at least
equivalent to a high school course.* The educational requirement
may be satisfied by the presentation of certificates, or by examina
tions,
as follows :
A. Admission on Diploma or Certificate. The following ap
plicants will be admitted without examination, upon the presentation
of satisfactory certificates or diplomas :
( 1 ) Graduates of universities and colleges,
or students who have
met the entrance requirements and satisfactorily completed one year
of study in any university or college of approved standing.
( 2 ) Graduates of high schools and academies of approved standing
in a course of not less than four years, or, if less than four years, in
cluding the examination subjects required for admission to the Col
lege,
or their substantial equivalents.
(3) Holders of an academic diploma, or sixty-count academic
any
certificate, issued by the Regents of the State of New York.
Applications for admission on a diploma or certificate issued by a
public or private high school or academy must be sent in advance to
the Registrar of the University by the Principal of the school issuing
the diploma and not by the candidate himself, and must be accompa
nied by full and specific information with regard to the course of
study, the time given to each subject and the amount of work covered
in each subject. Where a catalogue or circular is issued by the school
this should also be filed with the application. Blank forms of certifi
cate may be obtained of the Registrar.
B. Admission on Examination. All other applicants, if candi
dates for a degree, are required to pass a examination satisfactory
in
the subjects required for admission to the Academic Department. See
pages 33, 37 and 45.
* "
Resolved, That the American Bar Association is of the opinion that before a
student commences the study of law, it is desirable that he should have received
a general education at least equivalent to a high school course, and that persons
who have not completed the equivalent of such a course should not be admitted
into law schools as candidates for a degree." From the Proceedings of the Ameri
can Bar Associationfor i8gy, p. 33.