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law, "announced that he would experiment with a new teaching method" by dividing the law school into Junior and Senior classes, with the Junior class being assigned elementary readings in the law, and the senior class receiving lectures. The law school was described as "a large and successful law school, attended by students from many States", with
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he will, from its commencement, confine his practice to the Court of
Appeals at Lewisburg, and the Federal and Circuit Superior Courts in Staunton. The first session will begin on the first of October, and continue until the first of July next following, without intermission, except during the terms of the Federal and Circuit Superior Courts. The tuition fees, per session, will be seventy-five dollars.
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intends opening a Law School in the town of
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quickly established a new school referred to by the same name. Thompson doubted the value of lectures, and preferred to assign the students reading, and then quiz them on their knowledge of the assigned materials. The school then operated until its closure in 1849 due to competition pressures.
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