Tapping Reeve Law School

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Tapping Reeve Law School was one of the earliest formal law schools in the United States, renowned for training many prominent 19th-century American lawyers and politicians.

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instanceOf historic educational institution
law school
architecturalStyle New England colonial
category Defunct law schools in the United States
History of Connecticut NERFINISHED
Legal education in the United States
country United States of America
surface form: United States
curriculum lecture-based legal instruction
study of legal treatises and case law
systematic study of common law
dissolved 1833
foundedBy Tapping Reeve NERFINISHED
heritageDesignation National Historic Landmark
listed on the National Register of Historic Places
heritageDesignationDate 1965
inception 1770s
1774
influenced development of American legal education
later university-based law schools in the United States
languageOfInstruction English
locatedIn Connecticut
Litchfield, Connecticut NERFINISHED
locatedOn South Street, Litchfield, Connecticut NERFINISHED
namedAfter Tapping Reeve NERFINISHED
notableAlumni Aaron Burr NERFINISHED
Ezekiel Bacon NERFINISHED
Horace Mann NERFINISHED
John C. Calhoun NERFINISHED
John M. Clayton NERFINISHED
Levi Woodbury NERFINISHED
Oliver Wolcott Jr. NERFINISHED
many members of the U.S. Congress
several justices of state supreme courts
several state governors
notableFor influential role in early American legal education
training many prominent 19th-century American lawyers and politicians
operatedBy James Gould NERFINISHED
Tapping Reeve NERFINISHED
partOf Litchfield Historical Society NERFINISHED
periodOfOperation early 19th century
late 18th century
regionServed Mid-Atlantic states
New England
significance first formal law school in the United States
one of the earliest formal law schools in the United States
studentBody students from across the United States
studentEnrollment hundreds of students over its existence
use historic site open to the public
museum

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Levi Woodbury educatedAt Tapping Reeve Law School