Blue Book: Yale Law School Exams, 1874-2004 — A Bicentennial Exhibit

What is the ship's husband?
Is a will written in pencil valid?
What phenomena follow and are indicative of death?
What is meant by "adhering to the public enemy?"

Yale Law School’s examination papers offer a time capsule of the school’s expectations of its curriculum and students over the course of its history.  Drawing on the Rare Book Collection's archive of examination papers from 1874-2004, Blue Book traces the Yale Law School's transition from its early curriculum, emphasizing textbooks and recitation, to an approach centering the case study.