Talk:Sydney Law School
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[edit] LPAB
On several occasions the "first law school to be established in Australia" part has been edited to reference the Solicitors and Barristers Admission Boards, with the most recent edit ([1]) going so far as to conclude that the Boards are the first "law schools" in Australia, on the basis that they provided legal education.
A "law school", by definition, is an institution specialising in legal education. The LPAB and its predecessors served the primary function of adminsitering admission of barristers and solicitors. Part of this function was legal education, but that was not its primary function. (In fact, the original Barristers Admission Board in NSW examined candidates on Classics and Mathematics, as well as Law -- not exactly your typical Law School exam). This is a crucial difference. Law school doesn't admit lawyers. LPAB does.
See these links from the NSW state archive for more information about these former and present agencies in NSW: Barristers Admission Board, Examiners of the Supreme Court and Solicitors Admission Board, Joint Examinations Board, Legal Profession Admission Board. --Sumple (Talk) 07:10, 24 April 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Judges without LLBs
I have reverted the deletions of Sir Samuel Griffith, Richard O'Connor, and Sir Edmund Barton from the alumni list. Sir Samuel Griffith didn't study law in Queensland - he only received an Hon LLD (later). His university education was MA and BA (Hons) from Usyd. Just because he doesn't hold an LLB doesn't mean he didn't study law at Sydney: e.g. The Australian Dictionary of Biography says, concerning his education at Sydney: "He also studied law, taking general jurisprudence as an extra university course". He is listed as an alumni by the Sydney Law School site: http://www.law.usyd.edu.au/alumni/distinguished.shtml#judges
The same applies to Richard O'Connor, who was also MA, BA from Usyd, and Sir Edmund Barton, who was MA, BA (Hons) from USyd. There is no evidence that they studied law anywhere other than at Sydney. The only evidence which really points one way or other is the Law School's alumni list.
In fact, it is telling that the anon removed the three founding justices. All of them graduated from Sydney University at a time when the Law School was very young, and the normal course was probably to just a couple of courses in law as part of your BA/MA, and then go clerking. In fact, it wasn't until the time of Evatt and McTiernan - the 1930s, that we routinely see HC judges bearing LL.B. after their names. --PalaceGuard008 (Talk) 14:18, 26 July 2007 (UTC)
