Litchfield Law School
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Litchfield Law School was one of the first formal law schools in the United States, renowned for training many prominent early American lawyers and statesmen.
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| instanceOf |
educational institution
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law school → |
| alsoKnownAs |
Tapping Reeve’s Litchfield Law School
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| architecturalStyle |
Federal architecture
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| country |
United States
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| dissolved |
1833
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| foundedBy |
Tapping Reeve
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| foundedDuring |
post-American Revolutionary War period
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| hasAdmissionRequirement |
prior classical education
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| hasAlumniCount |
over 1000
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| hasAlumniRole |
United States senators
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cabinet members → governors → members of the United States Congress → state supreme court justices → |
| hasBuildingUse |
historic museum
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| hasCollection |
early American legal texts
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legal manuscripts → student notebooks → |
| hasCurriculumFeature |
examinations and recitations
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focus on practical legal training → note-taking by students → systematic lectures on common law → |
| hasEducationalModel |
proprietary law school
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| hasProgramLength |
approximately 14 to 18 months
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| hasStudent |
Aaron Burr
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Elias Boudinot → Horace Mann → James Gould → John C. Calhoun → John M. Clayton → Levi Woodbury → William Whiting Boardman NERFINISHED → |
| hasStudentOrigin |
multiple U.S. states
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| heritageDesignation |
National Historic Landmark
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National Register of Historic Places listing → |
| inception |
1784
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| influenced |
curricula of later American law schools
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development of formal legal education in the United States → |
| languageOfInstruction |
English
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| locatedIn |
Connecticut
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Litchfield, Connecticut NERFINISHED → |
| notableFor |
being one of the first formal law schools in the United States
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its structured lecture-based legal curriculum → training many early American lawyers and statesmen → |
| operatedBy |
James Gould
NERFINISHED
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Tapping Reeve → |
| partOf |
Litchfield Historic District
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| precededBy |
apprenticeship-based legal training
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Referenced by (6)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
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Horace Mann
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John C. Calhoun → Moses Cleaveland → Ninian Edwards ("Winchester Law School") → |
educatedAt |
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Tapping Reeve
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founded |
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Litchfield, Connecticut
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hasNotableInstitution |