English and continental roots of American legal education -- American antecedents of Harvard Law School -- Founding a university professional school of law -- School saved -- Joseph Story's law school in the young republic -- Greenleaf transition -- Gathering storm -- Civil war and aftermath -- Dean Langdall, first casebooks, and Justice Holmes -- Curricular and pedagogical revolution -- Creating the "new system" of legal education -- Paths of four students -- "New system," triumphant and invidious -- Students of color at Harvard Law School -- Beloved Dean Ames.
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