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First law school in Texas established
On this day in 1855, the first law school in Texas was established at Austin College. Austin College, an independent liberal arts college, was incorporated at Huntsville in 1849. Five years later James Addison Baker, attorney and founder of the firm now known as Baker Botts, was appointed to a committee of three to consider adding a law school to the college, of which he was also a trustee. Previously, all legal training in Texas had taken place by apprenticeship. The innovation was discontinued at Austin College after four students had completed the one-year course, and in 1876 the Texas Synod of the Presbyterian Church, United States, decided to move the college to Sherman.
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- BAKER BOTTS
- AUSTIN COLLEGE
- BAKER, JAMES ADDISON [1821-97]
- LAW SCHOOLS
- PRESBYTERIAN EDUCATION
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