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Letter from Dean Henry Brandis Jr. to Chancellor R.B. House regarding Law School admissions applications from J. Kenneth Lee, Harvey E. Beech, William C. Chance, Jr., and Pauli Murray
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Dean Henry Brandis Jr.
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School of Law of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Records, 1923-2005, University Archives (#40046)
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May 21, 1951
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THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA
CHAPEL HILL
SCHOOL OF LAW
OFFICE OF THE DEAN
May 21, 1951
Chancellor R.B. House,
South Building.
Dear Chancellor House:
I have received four Negro applications, three formal and one informal, and I enclose the application blanks together with the correspondence concerning them. Briefly summarized, they are as follows:
J. Kenneth Lee, of Greensboro, N. C. He is currently a student in the Law School of the North Carolina College at Durham, and is one of the plaintiffs in the case pending against the University Law School. His application to Summer School is not made on the basis of applying for complete admission to the Law School with advanced standing. It is made on the basis of applying for admission to the Summer School only.
Our policy with white students who wish to come only to the Summer Session has been to admit them upon a statement from the Dean of an accredited Law School to the effect that they are in good standing in his Law School. Lee has forwarded such a statement from Dean Albert L. Turner, of the College Law School.
Harvey E. Beech, of Durham, N. C., who has applied for admission to our Summer School on the same basis as Lee and has enclosed a similar letter from Dean Turner. He is not a plaintiff in the pending case. In connection with these two applications, the best information I now have is that the College Law School is not offering summer work. However, as of a few weeks ago, I know that President Elder had summer work under consideration because he called me to inquire about our summer program. I presume that the exact status of this could be ascertained from President Elder.
William C. Chance, Jr., of Parmele, N. C., who has been attending the New York Law School, from which he has received an LL.B. degree and in which he is currently taking graduate work. It appears that he wishes to enter as a regular student in this Law School in the fall and as a ’'special student" in the summer. The New York Law School is not a member of the Association of American Law Schools, and possibly this is the reason this applicant says nothing about transfer credits.
Pauli Murray, who is apparently a resident of New York and who holds a Masters degree in law from the University of California. He inquires about the possibility of taking graduate work for the purpose of earning the degree of J.S.D. We do not give any graduate work in law, and I assume this is the only answer we need to make in this case.
Sincerely yours,
Henry Brandis, Jr.
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CHAPEL HILL
SCHOOL OF LAW
OFFICE OF THE DEAN
May 21, 1951
Chancellor R.B. House,
South Building.
Dear Chancellor House:
I have received four Negro applications, three formal and one informal, and I enclose the application blanks together with the correspondence concerning them. Briefly summarized, they are as follows:
J. Kenneth Lee, of Greensboro, N. C. He is currently a student in the Law School of the North Carolina College at Durham, and is one of the plaintiffs in the case pending against the University Law School. His application to Summer School is not made on the basis of applying for complete admission to the Law School with advanced standing. It is made on the basis of applying for admission to the Summer School only.
Our policy with white students who wish to come only to the Summer Session has been to admit them upon a statement from the Dean of an accredited Law School to the effect that they are in good standing in his Law School. Lee has forwarded such a statement from Dean Albert L. Turner, of the College Law School.
Harvey E. Beech, of Durham, N. C., who has applied for admission to our Summer School on the same basis as Lee and has enclosed a similar letter from Dean Turner. He is not a plaintiff in the pending case. In connection with these two applications, the best information I now have is that the College Law School is not offering summer work. However, as of a few weeks ago, I know that President Elder had summer work under consideration because he called me to inquire about our summer program. I presume that the exact status of this could be ascertained from President Elder.
William C. Chance, Jr., of Parmele, N. C., who has been attending the New York Law School, from which he has received an LL.B. degree and in which he is currently taking graduate work. It appears that he wishes to enter as a regular student in this Law School in the fall and as a ’'special student" in the summer. The New York Law School is not a member of the Association of American Law Schools, and possibly this is the reason this applicant says nothing about transfer credits.
Pauli Murray, who is apparently a resident of New York and who holds a Masters degree in law from the University of California. He inquires about the possibility of taking graduate work for the purpose of earning the degree of J.S.D. We do not give any graduate work in law, and I assume this is the only answer we need to make in this case.
Sincerely yours,
Henry Brandis, Jr.
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