Litchfield Law School ended in 1833.
Litchfield Law School was created in 1773.
The Litchfield Law School
Litchfield Law School, 1774 - 1833Litchfield, CT was home to the Litchfield Law School, the first Law School in America. It ceased to operate in 1883. Although the school building was first used in 1784, its founder, Tappin Reeve, began teaching law in his house - he called it the Litchfield Law School - in 1774 (before the Declaration of Independence, and even before the Boston Tea Party, in Dec of that year).For more information, see Related Questions, below.
Yes,he went to Litchfield Law school
America's first law school was founded in 1784 in the town of Litchfield, CT. The largest enrollment of the school was in 1813, when there was an enrollment of 54 students.
Litchfield Female Academy ended in 1833.
Electus D. Litchfield ended in 1950.
Litchfield railway station ended in 1942.
Litchfield Law School 1774 - 1833Tapping Reeve established Litchfield Law School, in Litchfield, Connecticut in 1774, when his wife's brother, Aaron Burr, came to study law under Reeve.According to the Litchfield Historical Society, wealthy families soon began sending their sons to Reeve to be tutored in the law. Reeve's class eventually became so large, he was forced to construct a one-room school house in 1874 in order to hold lectures.More than 1,100 students attended the school, although none graduated because Litchfield didn't offer a degree program, just a solid foundation in the law and legal theory.Many of the school's alumni became leaders in the state and federal government, including two Vice-Presidents (Aaron Burr, Jr., and John C. Calhoun), 101 Congressmen, 28 US Senators, 6 US Cabinet members, 3 US Supreme Court Justices, 14 Governors, 13 Chief Justices of state supreme courts, and many other lower level politicians and lawyers.US Supreme Court JusticesHenry BaldwinLevi WoodburyWard HuntLucius Lamar II's father, Lucius Lamar I, also attended the school.Founder Tapping Reeve later became Chief Justice of the Connecticut Supreme Court.For more information, visit the Litchfield Historical Society via Related Links, below.
Litchfield Law School 1774 - 1833Tapping Reeve established Litchfield Law School, in Litchfield, Connecticut in 1774, when his wife's brother, Aaron Burr, came to study law under Reeve.According to the Litchfield Historical Society, wealthy families soon began sending their sons to Reeve to be tutored in the law. Reeve's class eventually became so large, he was forced to construct a one-room school house in 1874 in order to hold lectures.More than 1,100 students attended the school, although none graduated because Litchfield didn't offer a degree program, just a solid foundation in the law and legal theory.Many of the school's alumni became leaders in the state and federal government, including two Vice-Presidents (Aaron Burr, Jr., and John C. Calhoun), 101 Congressmen, 28 US Senators, 6 US Cabinet members, 3 US Supreme Court Justices, 14 Governors, 13 Chief Justices of state supreme courts, and many other lower level politicians and lawyers.US Supreme Court JusticesHenry BaldwinLevi WoodburyWard HuntLucius Lamar II's father, Lucius Lamar I, also attended the school.Founder Tapping Reeve later became Chief Justice of the Connecticut Supreme Court.For more information, visit the Litchfield Historical Society via Related Links, below.
Northampton Law School ended in 1829.
The Morris Academy in Litchfield