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Pacman: New page: '''Theodore Dwight''' was the first dean of the law school. He first came to Columbia in 1858, the first law professor since the departure of James Kent in 1798. He remaine...

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'''Theodore Dwight''' was the first dean of the [[law school]]. He first came to Columbia in [[1858]], the first law professor since the departure of [[James Kent]] in [[1798]]. He remained the sole instructor in the law department until it was expanded into a formal law school in [[1873]], at which point he became dean. Dwight stayed on until [[1891]], when the [[trustees]] foisted the case method of teaching on him. In protest, Dwight and other faculty left to found New York Law School.

[[Category:Former professors|Dwight]]
[[Category:Law professors|Dwight]]

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 Dwight stayed on until [[1891]], when the [[trustees]] foisted the case method of teaching on him. Dwight had developed his own, eponymous method, which emphasized memorization of treatises and frequent moot courts, in contrast to the parsing of cases. In protest over the rejection of his method, Dwight and other faculty left to found New York Law School. Today, the case method is taught even there.
-Dwight is honored on campus by the north [[Pylon]] on the [[116th Street]] [[Gates]] at [[Amsterdam Avenue]], which was installed and inscribed on order of the [[Trustees]] in [[1932]].
+Dwight is honored on campus by the north [[Pylon]] on the [[116th Street]] [[Morningside Heights campus gates|Gates]] at [[Amsterdam Avenue]], which was installed and inscribed on order of the [[Trustees]] in [[1932]].
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 Dwight is honored on campus by the north [[Pylon]] on the [[116th Street]] [[Gates]] at [[Amsterdam Avenue]], which was installed and inscribed on order of the [[Trustees]] in [[1932]].
 [[Category:Deans of the Law School|Dwight]]
 [[Category:19th century professors|Dwight]]
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 [[Category:Deans of the Law School|Dwight]]
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 Dwight stayed on until [[1891]], when the [[trustees]] foisted the case method of teaching on him. Dwight had developed his own, eponymous method, which emphasized memorization of treatises and frequent moot courts, in contrast to the parsing of cases. In protest over the rejection of his method, Dwight and other faculty left to found New York Law School. Today, the case method is taught even there.
 [[Category:Deans of the Law School|Dwight]]
 [[Category:Former professors|Dwight]]
 [[Category:Law professors|Dwight]]

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	He first came to Columbia in [[1858]], the first law professor since the departure of [[James Kent]] in [[1798]]. He remained the sole instructor in the law department until it was expanded into a formal law school in [[1873]], at which point he became dean.		He first came to Columbia in [[1858]], the first law professor since the departure of [[James Kent]] in [[1798]]. He remained the sole instructor in the law department until it was expanded into a formal law school in [[1873]], at which point he became dean.

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-'''Theodore Dwight''' was the first dean of the [[law school]]. He first came to Columbia in [[1858]], the first law professor since the departure of [[James Kent]] in [[1798]]. He remained the sole instructor in the law department until it was expanded into a formal law school in [[1873]], at which point he became dean. Dwight stayed on until [[1891]], when the [[trustees]] foisted the case method of teaching on him. In protest, Dwight and other faculty left to found New York Law School.
+'''Theodore Dwight''' was the first dean of the [[law school]].
 [[Category:Former professors|Dwight]]
 [[Category:Law professors|Dwight]]