Legal Education and Bar Admissions: A History of the Nebraska Experience

Authors

Stephen E. Kalish, University of Nebraska College of Law

Abstract

I. Introduction

II. 1854–1867. Decentralized Access and Minimum Educational Standards

III. 1867–1893. Dissatisfaction with Decentralization and with Law Office Training

IV. 1893–1910. Centralized Access and Law School Legitimization

V. 1910–1933. Dissatisfaction with Legislative Standards; The Law Schools Seek Primacy

VI. 1933–1941. The Judiciary Secures Control; The Full-time Law Schools Gain Primacy

VII. 1941–1950. A Coda

VIII. Conclusion

Recommended Citation

Stephen E. Kalish, Legal Education and Bar Admissions: A History of the Nebraska Experience, 55 Neb. L. Rev. 596 (1976)
Available at: https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/nlr/vol55/iss4/5