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  A Short History of the School of Law

  Joseph W. McKnight

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  As Old As Dallas Itself - A History of the Lawyers of Dallas, the Dallas Bar Associations, and the City They Helped Build (excerpts)

  Darwin Payne

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  Special Tribute: The SMU Law School and 50 Years of International Legal Education 1947-1997

  Southern Methodist University

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  The Early Years of the School of Law Reminiscences of the Dean

  Charles O. Galvin

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  The SMU Dedman Law School - a “Global Law Center” for Seven Decades

  Southern Methodist University, Dedman School of Law

  With his experience from the Nürenberg Trials1, SMU Law Dean Robert Storey saw the world growing smaller and smaller and the need for international cooperation greater and greater. In this context, he recognized the critical importance of developing international institutions and international law and of promoting of the rule of law and democratic values. He also recognized how little American lawyers and law students knew about these new international challenges and about the importance of building bridges among the differing legal systems in the world (i.e., the need for fostering a sound comparative law methodology). Thus, it is not by coincidence that in 1947 when Dean Storey articulated his vision of the SMU Law School as a “Legal Center”, he set about to establish a major international and comparative law program (one of the first in the country).

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  The SMU Law Quadrangle: Title History

  Lennart V. Larson

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  The Vision and Inception of the Legal Aid Clinic at SMU School of Law

  Amy Estes, '16