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46-616: WCL may stand for: Washington College of Law , American University's law school in Washington, D.C. Wellington City Libraries , the Wellington public libraries (New Zealand) West Coast League , summer baseball league in the Pacific Northwest Western Carolinas League , minor baseball league Western Coalfields Limited , India Wide curb lane , also known as

92-572: A captured Confederate soldier or officer of like rank (who was often under parole himself, making the practice a matter of honor and formality, which could be extended to individuals or even entire regiments en masse ). This was an old practice which was still commonly observed early in the war, until the Dix–Hill Cartel broke down under political distress. Unable to perform his duties under his officer's commission while paroled, he tendered his resignation as commanding officer on June 30, 1863. After

138-494: A friendship with the poet Walt Whitman , who considered Ingersoll the greatest orator of his time. "It should not be surprising that I am drawn to Ingersoll, for he is ' Leaves of Grass ' ... He lives, embodies, the individuality, I preach. I see in Bob [Ingersoll] the noblest specimen – American-flavored – pure out of the soil, spreading, giving, demanding light." The feeling was mutual. Upon Whitman's death in 1892, Ingersoll delivered

184-399: A full-fledged law school, they requested the law school of Columbian College to accept the six women for their final year. When Columbian refused the request on the ground that "women did not have the mentality for law," the two women became determined to complete the students' education themselves and found a co-educational law school that was specifically open to women. Although Gillett was

230-533: A graduate of Howard University School of Law , Washington College of Law only accepted white applicants. With its first graduating class, the Washington College of Law became the first law school founded by women, the first with a female dean, and the first law school to graduate an all-female class. Mussey's male law clerk enrolled in 1897, making the school officially coeducational. Washington, D.C. incorporated WCL in 1898. After several temporary locations,

276-457: A large library of both law and the classics. In addition to his job as a clerk, he and his brother began their law practice using the name "E.C. and R.G. Ingersoll". During this time they also had an office in Raleigh, Illinois , then the county seat of neighboring Saline County . As attorneys following the court circuit he often practiced alongside Cunningham's soon-to-be son-in-law, John A. Logan ,

322-417: A major political scandal in which his clients were acquitted. He also defended a New Jersey man charged with blasphemy . Although he did not win the acquittal, his vigorous defense is considered to have discredited blasphemy laws and few other prosecutions followed. For a time, Ingersoll represented con artist James Reavis, the " Baron of Arizona ", pronouncing his Peralta Land Grant claim valid. With

368-653: A new building, and in 1996 WCL moved less than a mile to The John Sherman Myers and Alvina Reckman Myers Law Center on Massachusetts Avenue in the American University Park section of Northwest Washington, D.C. The building was two and a half times larger than the previous Myers building and included the new Pence Law Library. In April 2012, the D.C. Zoning Commission approved the plans for American University Washington College of Law to relocate from Spring Valley to American University's Tenley Campus. The approval of plans for further processing and zoning variances for

414-639: A new generation. In 2005, a popular edition of Ingersoll's work was published by Steerforth Press. Edited by the Pulitzer Prize -winning music critic Tim Page , What's God Got to Do With It: Robert Ingersoll on Free Speech, Honest Talk and the Separation of Church and State brought Ingersoll's thinking to a new audience. There are 2 streets in the City of Madison, Wisconsin that are named after him. North Ingersoll Street and South Ingersoll Street. Ingersoll enjoyed

460-400: A time, Rev. John Ingersoll substituted as preacher for American revivalist Charles G. Finney while Finney was on a tour of Europe. Upon Finney's return, Rev. Ingersoll remained for a few months as co-pastor/associate pastor with Finney. The elder Ingersoll's later pastoral experiences influenced young Robert negatively, however, as The Elmira Telegram described in 1890: Though for many years

506-549: A wide outside lane, the outermost lane of a roadway World Chess Live , an internet chess server World Combat League , a defunct kickboxing promotion World Confederation of Labour , an international confederation of trade unions World Cricket League , a series of international cricket tournaments for teams without Test status World Cup Live , the World Cup show on ESPN and ESPN2 Workers Communist League (Gitlowites) , an American political party Topics referred to by

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552-640: Is accredited by the American Bar Association and a member of the AALS . Begun in 1896, WCL was the first law school founded by women, the first with a female dean, and the first to graduate an all-female class. Roger Fairfax was appointed as the school's dean in 2021. Ellen Spencer Mussey and Emma Gillett began teaching in Mussey's law offices in 1898 after they were approached by three women who wished to study with them. Not originally intending to create

598-615: Is considered to be among the best in the country, with 30% of the student body studying abroad every year. In 2012, the National Jurist recognized it as one of the "most robust study abroad programs out of the 200 U.S. Law Schools." Students can study law for a semester in over 20 countries. WCL also offers summer abroad programs in London, Paris, Brussels, Geneva, and The Hague. WCL participates in several popular study-abroad and student exchange programs with universities worldwide. In 2002,

644-479: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Washington College of Law The American University Washington College of Law ( AUWCL or WCL ) is the law school of American University , a private research university in Washington, D.C. It is located on the western side of Tenley Circle in the Tenleytown section of northwest Washington, D.C. The school

690-592: Is one of the most comprehensive in the nation. The school was one of the first law schools to develop a modern clinical legal education program. With over 200 students participating in the 11 clinics every year, the program is one of the largest in the country. The clinic serves various clients, including immigrants and refugees, victims/survivors of domestic violence, juveniles, criminal defendants, low-income taxpayers, individuals seeking help with family law, consumer, disability, and intellectual property issues, community groups, and nonprofit organizations. Clinics include

736-672: The Broadway Theatre on March 3, 1891; his address "brought many laughs". Ingersoll died from congestive heart failure at the age of 65. Soon after his death, his brother-in-law, Clinton P. Farrell, collected copies of Ingersoll's speeches for publication. The 12-volume Dresden Editions kept interest in Ingersoll's ideas alive and preserved his speeches for future generations. Ingersoll's ashes are interred in Arlington National Cemetery . Susan Jacoby credits Ingersoll for

782-581: The General Practice Clinic, Community and Economic Development Law Clinic, Criminal Justice Clinic, DC Law Students in Court Clinic, Disability Rights Law Clinic, Domestic Violence Law Clinic, Janet R. Spragens Federal Tax Clinic, Glushko-Samuelson Intellectual Property Law Clinic, Immigrant Justice Clinic, International Human Rights Law Clinic, and Women and the Law Clinic. WCL's study abroad program

828-571: The Ingersolls as a "very intellectual family; but, being Abolitionists, and the boys being deists , rendered obnoxious to our people in that respect." While in Marion, he learned law from Judge Willis Allen and served as deputy clerk for John M. Cunningham, Williamson County's County Clerk and Circuit Clerk. In 1855, after Cunningham was named registrar for the federal land office in southeastern Illinois at Shawneetown, Illinois , Ingersoll followed him to

874-591: The Jessup Moot Court Team was the top-ranked team in the United States and third in the World. WCL offers an online Master of Legal Studies (MLS) created for professionals who have law-related responsibilities. The MLS program provides professionals in a variety of industries with an understanding of the U.S. legal system, but it is not meant for students who want to become a practicing attorney. The program offers

920-425: The austere and gloomy surroundings in which his boyhood was spent is wholly wrong. On the contrary, the elder Ingersoll's liberal views were a source of constant trouble between him and his parishioners. They caused him to frequently change his charges, and several times made him the defendant in church trials. His ministerial career was, in fact, substantially brought to a close by a church trial which occurred while he

966-723: The beginning of the American Civil War , he raised the 11th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Cavalry of the Union Army and assumed command. The regiment fought in the Battle of Shiloh . Ingersoll was later captured in a skirmish with the Confederates near Lexington, Tennessee on December 18, 1862, then paroled – i.e. released on his oath that he would not fight again against the Confederate States of America until formally exchanged for

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1012-543: The class of 2020 obtained full-time, long-term, JD-required employment nine months after graduation, and 15% were employed in J.D.-preferred positions. Thirteen percent of the class of 2020 were seeking employment 9 months after graduation. Robert G. Ingersoll Robert Ingersoll was born in Dresden, New York . His father, John Ingersoll, was an abolitionist -sympathizing Congregationalist preacher, whose radical opinions caused him and his family to relocate frequently. For

1058-572: The condition that Ingersoll conceal his agnosticism during the campaign, which he refused to do. On October 30, 1880, Ingersoll was introduced as "the Great Agnostic" by Rev. Henry Ward Beecher , before a political speech delivered to a large audience at the Academy of Music in Brooklyn. In an unpublished 1881 lecture entitled "The Great Infidels", he attacked the doctrine of Hell: "All the meanness, all

1104-483: The cost of tuition, fees, and living expenses) at WCL for the 2021–2022 academic year is $ 82,842. The Law School Transparency estimated debt-financed cost of attendance for three years is $ 293,573. According to U.S. News & World Report , the average indebtedness of 2020 AUWCL graduates who incurred law school debt was $ 159,723 (not including undergraduate debt), and 76% of 2020 graduates took on debt. According to WCL's official 2020 ABA-required disclosures, 61.8% of

1150-547: The enemy, first of Calvinism, and later of Christianity in its other forms. During 1853, "Bob" Ingersoll taught a term of school in Metropolis, Illinois , where he let one of his students, the future Judge Angus M. L. McBane, do the "greater part of the teaching, while Latin and history occupied his own attention". At some time prior to his Metropolis position, Ingersoll had also taught school in Mount Vernon, Illinois . Ingersoll

1196-1048: The fifth best law school for Hispanic students in 2008. It ranked WCL the 4th best public interest law school in the nation. WCL is ranked tied for 89th in the nation among the 197 ranked schools in the Best Law Schools by U.S. News & World Report , and has ranked specialty programs in Clinical Training (tied #1), Trial Advocacy (tied #15), Part-Time Law (tied #16), International Law (tied #5), Intellectual Property (tied #7), and Health Care Law (tied #20), as well as program rankings in Legal Writing (tied #104), Business/Corporate (tied #60), Contracts/Commercial Law (tied #64), and Dispute Resolution (tied #64). The school maintains programs in both human rights and public interest law. WCL's Equal Justice Foundation (EJF) provides scholarships to students who obtain unpaid summer internships with public interest organizations. In 2021,

1242-441: The following concentration tracks: General MLS, Business, Health Care Compliance, and Technology. Each concentration features fundamental legal training and industry-specific knowledge to improve students' ability to make informed decisions and legitimize their credibility with clients, co-workers, and partners. The MLS can be completed in as little as 15 months and does not require a GRE/LSAT. The total cost of attendance (indicating

1288-553: The former home of Oscar Underwood and former residence of Archibald Butt . WCL merged with American University in 1949 and graduated its first African American student in 1953. The Women & the Law Program was launched in 1948, to promote the integration of women's rights and gender studies into legal education, practice and doctrine. After years of work by Dean Myers, the John Sherman Myers Law School building

1334-457: The law school was handed down after American University's full campus plan was approved in March. Construction began in the summer of 2013, with the relocation of the law school to the new campus completed in early 2016. Spring 2016 semester classes began at the new campus on January 11, 2016. The Washington College of Law is located on American University's Tenley Campus at 4300 Nebraska Avenue NW. on

1380-419: The most noted of American infidels, Colonel Ingersoll was born and reared in a devoutly Christian household. His father, John Ingersoll, was a Congregationalist minister and a man of mark in his time, a deep thinker, a logical and eloquent speaker, broad minded and generously tolerant of the views of others. The popular impression which credits Ingersoll's infidelity in the main to his father's severe orthodoxy and

1426-605: The northwest edge of Washington, D.C., approximately 1 mile from the Maryland state line. Construction on the Tenley Campus was completed in early 2016 and included three primary buildings: The law school campus is less than a mile from the main American University campus; however, a shuttle system is available for students and staff to travel between the two locations. The campus is accessible to students and faculty 24/7 with

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1472-484: The revenge, all the selfishness, all the cruelty, all the hatred, all the infamy of which the heart of man is capable, grew, blossomed, and bore fruit in this one word – Hell." He opposed the Chinese Exclusion Act and supported a more lenient policy toward Chinese workers coming to the United States. Ingersoll was elected to The Lambs Theatre Club in 1889 and gave an address to their first public "gambol" at

1518-518: The revival of Thomas Paine 's reputation in American intellectual history, which had decreased after the publication of The Age of Reason published during 1794–95. Paine postulated that men, not God, had written the Bible, and Ingersoll included this work in his lectures on freethinking. As the only freethinker of his time with a wide audience outside of the unbelieving circle, he reintroduced Paine's ideas to

1564-567: The riverfront city along the Ohio River . After a brief time there, he accepted the deputy clerk position with John E. Hall, the county clerk and circuit clerk of Gallatin County, and also a son-in-law of John Hart Crenshaw . On November 11, 1856, Ingersoll caught Hall in his arms when the son of a political opponent assassinated his employer in their office. When he relocated to Shawneetown, he continued to read law with Judge William G. Bowman who had

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1656-755: The school had an acceptance rate of 37.94%. The 75th, 50th and 25th percentile undergraduate GPAs were 3.71, 3.57 and 3.39 respectively, while LSAT percentiles were 163, 161 and 157 respectively. There was 36% minority representation and 64% female representation in the 2021 entering class, with representation from 42 states and 28 countries. WCL offers the Juris Doctor (J.D.), Master of Laws (LL.M.) in either international or constitutional law, and Doctor of Juridical Science (S.J.D.) degrees . The Washington College of Law now offers an online Master of Legal Studies degree. Additionally, students can enroll in one of several dual degree programs: WCL's clinical program

1702-555: The school moved to the Le Droit Building on 8th & F Streets in 1900. Enrollment rose to 55 students by 1908 and doubled in five years to 128 students. Dean Mussey secured a lease in 1909 in the Chesley Building on New York Ave until the school outgrew the six-classroom lease. The school moved to its first permanent home in 1920, the former residence of Robert G. Ingersoll on K Street. Continually growing, WCL moved in 1924 to

1748-442: The speech itself, known as the "Plumed Knight" speech, was considered a model of political oratory. His opinions on slavery , woman's suffrage , and other issues of the time would sometimes become part of the mainstream, but his atheism/agnosticism effectively prevented him from ever pursuing or holding political offices higher than that of state attorney general. Illinois Republicans tried to persuade him to campaign for governor on

1794-475: The state's attorney and political ally to Hall. With his earlier mentor Cunningham having moved back to Marion after the land office's closing in 1856, and Logan's relocation to Benton, Illinois , after his marriage that autumn, Ingersoll and his brother moved to Peoria, Illinois , where they finally settled in 1857. Ingersoll was involved with several major trials as an attorney, notably the Star Route trials,

1840-611: The university's library, the Library of Congress, specialized agency libraries, and other area law libraries electronically. The National Jurist placed WCL's Library 41st out of 199 in its Best Law Libraries ranking. WCL's Master of Laws (LL.M.) program ranked 13th nationally in the 2012 AUAP rankings. The Brian Leiter Law School rankings placed the WCL 47th in the 2012 Top 70 Law Faculties in Scholarly Impact. National Jurist ranked WCL

1886-601: The use of an AU ID card. The Pence Law Library is 54,000 square feet (5,000 m ), with more than 600,000 volumes, access to multiple databases, 14 group-study rooms and seating for over 600. The library is open 24 hours a day, seven days a week to students and faculty with the use of an AU ID card. The library collection includes European Community and US government depositories and the Baxter Collection in International Law. Students and faculty also have access to

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1932-536: The war, he served as Illinois Attorney General . He was a prominent member of the Republican Party and, though he never held elected office, he was nonetheless an active participant in politics. According to Robert Nisbet , Ingersoll was a "staunch Republican." His speech nominating James G. Blaine for the 1876 presidential election was unsuccessful, as Rutherford B. Hayes received the Republican nomination, but

1978-423: Was "inconsistent with his ministerial character," and forbade him to preach in the future. Elder John went before the higher church authorities and was permitted to continue his clerical labors. However, he soon removed to Wisconsin, going from there to Illinois, where he died. The Madison trial occurred when young Robert was nine years old, and it was the unjust and bigoted treatment his father received which made him

2024-460: Was constructed on the American University main campus and dedicated in 1963 by Chief Justice Earl Warren . In the same year, U.S. Senator Robert Byrd (D-W.Va.) graduated from WCL after ten years of night-study classes, the first time a sitting member of Congress had begun and completed a law degree while serving. By 1988, WCL had grown to over 1,000 students. Dean Milstein pushed for

2070-451: Was married, February 13, 1862, to Eva Amelia Parker (1841–1923). They had two daughters. The elder daughter, Eva Ingersoll-Brown , was a renowned feminist and suffragist. Later that year, the family settled in Marion, Illinois , where Robert and his brother Ebon Clarke Ingersoll were admitted to the bar in 1854. A county historian writing 22 years later noted that local residents considered

2116-535: Was pastor of the Congregational Church at Madison, Ohio , and at which his third wife appeared as the prosecutor. Upon this occasion, he was charged with prevarication and unministerial conduct. The evidence adduced – the trial is one of the abiding traditions of the dull little town of Madison – was of the most trivial and ridiculous character, but the committee which heard it decided that, though he had done "nothing inconsistent with his Christian character," he

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