Observing that historically the American legal teaching profession has strongly objected to part-time legal education, the author traces those attitudes through the ninteenth century to the changes in the 1970s, listing factors contributing to full-time legal education's no longer needing to feel threatened by its part-time sibling. (JT)

Examines the history of the Houston Law School (Texas), a part-time night school that operated from 1919-1945 and was part of a brief period of ascendence for proprietary law schools. Discusses its competition with another institution, shifts in standards and enrollments, and other factors leading to its decline. Notes parallels between this…

Part-time day legal education--the need, purposes, drawbacks, and how it has been and is being utilized--is discussed. Part-time day legal education is seen as being available to a group of people who have been restricted from attending law school, i.e., parents, usually women. A survey is reported. (MLW)