Title

Occasional Publications of the Bounds Law Library, Number Two: Wade Keyes' Introductory Lecture to the Montgomery Law School: Legal Education in Mid-Nineteenth Century Alabama

Authors

David I. Durham, University of Alabama School of Law
Paul M. Pruitt Jr., University of Alabama School of Law
Wade Keyes

Files

Description

Occasional Publications of the Bounds Law Library, Number Two contains a biography of Wade Keyes (1821-1979) - Alabama chancellor, scholar, and teacher, a brief history of the Montgomery Law School, and the lecture given by Keyes in March 1860 to the Montgomery Law School class on their first day. Keyes' founded the Montgomery Law School as an expansion of his classes on property law, which he began teaching during his stint as Chancellor of the Southern Division of the Court of Chancery between 1853 and 1859. The school was incorporated into the University of Alabama in 1860.

Publication Date

2001

Publisher

University of Alabama School of Law

City

Tuscaloosa

Keywords

John C. Payne Special Collections, Montgomery Law School, Wade Keyes

Disciplines

Law | Legal History

Recommended Citation

Durham, David I.; Pruitt, Paul M. Jr.; and Keyes, Wade, "Occasional Publications of the Bounds Law Library, Number Two: Wade Keyes' Introductory Lecture to the Montgomery Law School: Legal Education in Mid-Nineteenth Century Alabama" (2001). Occasional Publications of the Bounds Law Library. 2.
https://scholarship.law.ua.edu/occasional_publications/2