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Chattanooga College of Law

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In 1910, the university decided to discontinue its professional departments, and the dean of the law school, Charles R. Evans, persuaded the state to grant it a charter as an independent institution. Evans died shortly thereafter, and the deanship was then assumed by local judge W. B. Swaney, who
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The school was never accredited by the American Bar Association, and ceased accepting new students in 1942, several years after legislation was passed by the state requiring increased standards for the admission of students to enter law schools in the state. A 1943 article noted that the school,
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reported in 1912 that "the Chattanooga College of Law has fifteen instructors, and not one of the number devotes his entire time to the school", and a 1915 description noted that the faculty generally came "from the bench and bar of Chattanooga", and were active practitioners in the law.
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though still in operation, "enters a new term soon, without a single first year student for the first time in its 45 years of operation". Other notable alumni of the school included
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The History of Hamilton County and Chattanooga, Tennessee, Volume II
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Law School: Legal Education in America from the 1850s to the 1980s
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Annual Report of the American Bar Association, Volume 37
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Law school in Chattanooga, Tennessee, USA (1898–1942)
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