Baylor Law School
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Marion Price Daniel
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| Established | 1857, 1920 |
| Type | Private |
| Location | Waco, Texas, USA |
| U.S. News Rank | Second Tier, No. 51 |
| Website | law.baylor.edu |
The Law School at Baylor University in Waco, Texas was founded in 1857 and ceased operations in 1883. It was then established for a second time in 1920 under the leadership of Dean Allen Flowers. The mission of Baylor Law is to expose students to those basic legal principles that serve as the foundation for our system of justice; to develop in students the core lawyering skills of clear thinking, writing, and speaking; and to provide students using this knowledge and skill to perform a reasonable range of lawyering tasks.
Baylor Law teaches the practical aspects of the law in addition to the usual theoretical legal education. Baylor Law has a reputation for being the "boot camp of law schools" because of the rigorous curriculum and high expectations of faculty. For example, Baylor Law students are required to stand when speaking and to pass the notorious Practice Court program (where an average night's worth of reading will be 300+ pages in addition to various advocacy exercises).
Notable Alumni: Colonel Leon Jaworski USA (1924); Watergate Special Prosecutor; Senior Partner, Fullbright & Jaworski Houston, Texas; Served on the Warren Commission; President American Bar Association (1971-1972); Chief of War Crimes detatchment of the JAG Corps of the US Army (1944-1946);Treasurur and co-founder Democrats for Reagan.
Marion Price Daniel () United States Senator(1953—1957); Governor of Texas(1957—1963); Speaker of the Texas House of Representatives(1943–1945);Justice, Texas Supreme Court (1971-1978)
