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200 14$aThe inception of modern professional education$b[electronic resource] $eC.C. Langdell, 1826-1906 /$fBruce A. Kimball
210   $aChapel Hill $cUniversity of North Carolina Press$dc2009
215   $a1 online resource (448 p.)
225 1 $aStudies in legal history
300   $aDescription based upon print version of record.
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320   $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [353]-414) and index.
327   $aBoyhood and youth, 1826-1854 -- Lawyer on Wall Street, 1855-1870 -- Scholar, 1870-1881 -- Teacher, 1870-1881 -- Faculty, 1870-1900 -- The first dean, 1870-1886 -- Students, 1876-1882 -- Triumph and betrayal, 1886-1890s -- Poor old white-whiskers, 1895-1906.
330   $aChristopher C. Langdell (1826-1906) is one of the most influential figures in the history of American professional education. As dean of Harvard Law School from 1870 to 1895, he conceived, designed, and built the educational model that leading professional schools in virtually all fields subsequently emulated. In this first full-length biography of the educator and jurist, Bruce Kimball explores Langdell's controversial role in modern professional education and in jurisprudence.Langdell founded his model on the idea of academic meritocracy. According to this principle, scholastic achie
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