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Louis Arthur Grimes School of Law is the law school of the University of Liberia in Monrovia, Liberia. Founded in 1951, it is named after former Chief Justice of the Liberian Supreme Court, Louis Arthur Grimes. The school offers a three-year program leading to the granting of the Bachelor of Laws degree. Publicly supported, it is the only law school in the West African nation. ==History== In 1862, Liberia College was founded with the national legislature creating the University of Liberia in 1951.〔(About The University of Liberia. ) The University of Liberia. Retrieved on September 1, 2008.〕 In addition to the transition to a university, the legislature created the Louis Arthur Grimes School of Law and Government that same year at the university.〔Recent Developments in African Law Faculties. ''Journal of African Law'', Vol. 10, No. 3 (Autumn, 1966), pp. 192-207, p. 198; School of Oriental and African Studies.〕 In 1954, the law school began offering classes.〔 Joseph Rudolph Grimes founded the school, named it after his father Louis Arthur Grimes, and served as the law school’s first dean. In 1956, Anthony Barclay succeeded Grimes as dean and remained until 1961 when the school closed after conferring a total of 21 degrees.〔(“Liberia”, ) ''Journal of African Law'', Vol. 7, No. 2 (Summer, 1963), pp. 113-116. School of Oriental and African Studies.〕 In September of the next year the school re-opened with former Attorney General Joseph W. Garber as the dean and enrollment of 20 students.〔 For 1963 the school employed two full-time instructors and six part-time faculty for a program that held only afternoon and evening classes.〔 At that time the law school was housed in J. J. Roberts Hall, tuition was $27 per term, and the library contained approximately 500 volumes.〔 The Liberian Law Journal, a law review journal, began at the school in 1965.〔Szladits, Charles. Current Literature. ''The American Journal of Comparative Law'', Vol. 15, No. 4 (1966 - 1967), pp. 864-893, p. 866; American Society of Comparative Law.〕 By 1966 the law school had grown to 49 students enrolled in either the full-time or part-time programs with a department of 13 faculty members overseeing the students and the publication of the twice yearly Liberian Law Journal.〔 About half the professors were visiting professors, including some from the Peace Corps.〔 The law journal temporarily stopped publication from 1970 to 1974, resumed for a few editions, and then paused again until a final publication in 1986 with a total of eight volumes printed.〔(UO Libraries: Liberian law journal. ) University of Oregon. Retrieved on September 1, 2008.〕 Since its founding, the law school along with the university have closed on several occasions due to civil strife including in 1979, 1984, and 1990.〔Patrick N. Seyon. (Review: Historical Dictionary of Liberia by D. Elwood Dunn; Amos J. Beyan; Carl Patrick Burrowes. ) ''The International Journal of African Historical Studies'', Vol. 35, No. 1, Special Issue: Leisure in African History (2002), pp. 205-207.〕 The United Nations Mission in Liberia donated USD $17,000, computers, and law text books to the law school in May 2005.〔Liberian Observer. “Liberia; UNMIL Donates to Law School”. ''Africa News'', May 20, 2005.〕 In 2007, the American Bar Association paid for renovations to the law school. In April 2007, the school participated in an international moot court competition in neighboring Sierra Leone.〔Ngoufonja, Zelkifli Rahman. (Liberia: IHL Moot Court competition concludes in Freetown. ) International Committee of the Red Cross, 2007-04-30. Retrieved on September 2, 2008.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Louis Arthur Grimes School of Law」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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