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the degree of Bachelor of Laws (LL. B.) is 

 given. Laval University follows the French 

 system, giving also the degree of Licentiate. 

 1 What Sort of Boy Should Study Law. In 

 the days when education was a treasure pos- 

 sessed by comparatively few, almost every 

 young man who could read or write was en- 

 couraged to enter the ministry or the profes- 

 sion of law. To-day this would seem absurd, 

 yet those people make just as radical an error 

 who believe that all boys who are good speak- 

 ers should become lawyers, and all with a 

 well-developed moral sense, ministers. The 

 practice of law requires much more than the 

 ability to speak in public. There is perhaps 

 no occupation so trying on the morals and on 

 integrity as the legal profession. Laws are 

 attempts to introduce justice into the rela- 

 tionships of men; that they are constantly be- 

 ing changed is evidence that they are not 

 perfect. Yet unless he watches himself very 

 closely a lawyer will find himself testing pro- 

 posed actions by the question, "Is it legal or 

 illegal?" instead of "Is it right 'or wrong?" 

 Thus even among men who consider them- 

 selves honest the law often becomes a cloak 

 for moral dishonesty rather than a protection 

 against illegality. 



A successful lawyer must possess what is 

 known as the legal mind; the ideal lawyer has 

 the ability to see both sides of a case. It is 

 obvious that at least one side in a dispute is 

 wrong, and this is often true of both sides. 

 Therefore many cases offered to lawyers are 

 unjust or extravagant claims. A judicially- 

 minded lawyer will anticipate the Judge's de- 

 cision in most of them, and advise his client 

 to abandon or moderate his demands. He 

 thus avoids losing his case in court and saves 

 his client needless expense. 



A boy should not decide upon a legal career 

 because it is a "gentleman's profession" and 

 because it appears to involve no hard work. 

 There are no longer any "gentleman's profes- 

 sions." To-day every honest toiler may be a 

 dignified member of his community; the most 

 humble worker who is honest and clean is 

 morally above the boy who feels that he must 

 be a "gentleman." As to the law's ease, let it 

 be recorded that small income, hardship and 

 discouragement are more often the rule for the 

 early years than in most other professions. 

 The young man who turns to the law should 

 be of a deeply-studious turn of mind, a clear 

 thinker and a hard worker; and unless he 

 wishes to take up a specialized form of prac- 



tice he must be able to develop good speaking 

 power the fire that persuades juries. Added 

 to the above, if he is fervent in his love of 

 justice towards all men, he may feel that truly 

 he is "called" to the bar. R.E.B. 



Consult Holland's Elements of Jurisprudence; 

 Markby's Elements of Law ; Tourtoulon's Philoso- 

 phy in the Development of Laio, 



Related Subject*. The following articles in 

 these volumes treat of some of the various phases 

 of law : 



Accessory 



Adoption 



Affidavit 



Age 



Agent 



Alias 



Alibi 



Anti-trust Laws 



Appeal 



Arrest 



Assignment 



Attachment 



Attainder 



Bail 



Bankrupt 



Barrister 



Benefit of Clergy 



Bertillon System 



Bill of Attainder 



Bill of Rights 



"Blue Sky" Laws 



Bona Fide 



By-law 



Capital Punishment 



Chancery 



Chattel 



Civil Law 



Claims, Court of 



Code Napoleon 



Commercial Law 



Common Carrier 



Common Law 



Contempt 



Contract 



Convict Labor 



Copyright 



Courts 



Crime 



Criminology 



Deed 



Demurrer 



Easement 



Eminent Domain 



Enemy 



Equity 



Estate 



Evidence 



Executor 



Expectation 



Ex Post Facto 



Extradition 



False Imprisonment 



Finger Print Identifi- 

 cation 



Flotsam, Jetsam and 

 Ligan 



Franchise 



Garnishment 



Garrote 



Guarantee 



Guardian 



Guillotine 



Habeas Corpus 



Hanging 



Heir 



High Seas 



Homestead Laws 



Husband and Wife 



Impeachment 



Imprisonment for Debt 



Indeterminate Sentence 



Indictment 



Injunction 



International Law 



Intestacy 



Judge 



Judgment 



Jury and Trial by Jury 



Juvenile Court 



Labor Legislation 



Lease 



Legacy 



Libel 



License 



Lien 



Limitations, Statute of 



Lynch Law 



Malice 



Mandamus 



Martial Law 



Morals Court 



Mortgage 



Navigation Laws 



Negligence 



Neutrality 



Notary Public 



Nuisance 



Oath 



Parent and Child 



Parliamentary Law ' 



Patent 



Peer 



Perjury 



Personal Liberty 



Personal Property 



Petition 



Pillory 



Power of Attorney 



Preemption 



Primogeniture 



Prison 



Probate 



Procedure 



Proxy 



