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HARVARD LAW REVIEW. Published monthly, during the Academic Year, by Harvard Law Students. SUBSCRIPTION PRICE $2 50 PER ANNUM 35 CENTS PER NUMBER. Editorial Board. Hugh W. Ogden, Editor-in-Chief. Justin D, Bowersock, Treasurer. Douglas Campbell, James P. Hall, Edward R. Coffin, Logan Hay, Robert Cushman, William H. S. Kollmyer, Robert G. Dodge, Herbert C. Lakin, Louis A. Frothingham, Archibald C. Matteson, Albert K. Gerald, Henry Ware. Edward K. Hall, The Law School. — In the November issue a " proportionally un- precedented increase " in the number of students in the School was predicted. The returns, complete up to December, fully justify the ex- pectation. The enrolment is greater by sixty-four than it ever has been in the history of the School. The exact registration for seven successive years oi) Dec. i, is given below : — 1889-90 1890-91 1891-92 1892-93 1893-94 1894-95 1895-96 Third year 50 44 48 69 66 82 95 Second year 59 73 112 119 122 135 138 First year 86 Id 142 135 140 • 172 224 Specials 59 61 61 71 23 13 9 Total 254 279 363 394 351 402 466 These figures show an increase over last year in each class, but a de- crease of four in the number of special students. The third year class is larger than any previous third year class by thirteen. The second year class shows an increase of only three. The greatest gain is natu- rally in the first year class, which numbers fifty-two more than the next largest first year class. One reason for the remarkable increase in the number of candidates for the degree doubtless is that this is the last year during which the old rules of admission will be in force. This year, for the last time, all Bachelors of Arts, all " graduates of Law Schools which confer the degree only after an examination upon a two years' course of at least seven months each," and all holders of the degree of Bachelor of Science, or other similar degrees, if they represent " an amount of linguistic training equal to that required of those who offer themselves for examination," — all such are admitted without examination to be candidates for the de- gree of Bachelor of Laws. Those who pass the regular examinations in, Latin, French, and Blackstone are also admitted as candidates for the degree. But, beginning with next year, the new rules will be in effect. By these, only holders of certain specified degrees, and persons qualified to 36