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Legal Studies Program Records

 Collection
Identifier: UA 0112

Scope and Contents

This collection consists of a proposal for a law school, correspondence, working papers, notices of events and brochures. Working papers include course syllabi and the program self-evaluation. Correspondence includes letters from John Keiser, Dean of Public Affairs to various SSU faculties. The proposal is for the William Chamberlain Memorial Law School to be established in Springfield in the late 70s. Additional materials include LES records, correspondence, course schedules, part-time faculty information, LES UPEC Reports, and ABA Reports from 1979-2004. Includes the 25th Anniversary event/photos in 2002, Law Day event, and student graduation events/photos.

This collection does contain one series, which consists of reports and correspondence with the American Bar Association.

Dates

  • 1974-2006

Access

The collection is open under the rules and regulations of the University of Illinois- Springfield (UIS)

Copyrights

Copyrights to this collection are held by UIS.

History

Beginning in 1972 with the class, “Justic, Crime, and Law within the Social Order” and with the program creation in roughly 1974 as “Justice and the Social Order” (both a B.A. and a M.A.), the Legal Studies has had a long history at Sangamon State University (SSU)/University of Illinois – Springfield (UIS). The department, from its early years, has had a focus on justice and interdisciplinary study. Larry Golden, one of the first faculty members, helped create the student-driven project that would become the Illinois Innocence Project.

The current department of Legal Studies consists of three options, a B.A., a Legal Studies minor, and a M.A.

Extent

3.75 Linear Feet

Language of Materials

English

Provenance

Transferred to the Archives between June 3, 1985 and September 2009 by the Legal Studies Program Office.

Property Rights

UIS owns the property rights to this collection.

Processing Information

This collection was reprocessed in September 2025. The order was kept as close to the original as possible.

Title
Finding Aid to the Legal Studies Program Records
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Repository Details

Part of the UIS Archives/Special Collections Repository

Contact:
Archives/Special Collections LIB 144
One University Plaza, MS BRK 140
Springfield IL 62703-5407 US
217-206-6520