Pirsig's Judicial Administration Course, 1934-1992

Pirsig's course brochure, c. 1948 (click to enlarge)

In 1928 the University of Minnesota Law School's dean, Everett Fraser, chose Maynard E. Pirsig to create a new course. Pirsig spent a year at the Harvard Law School and a year in London with a barrister in order to develop the Judicial Administration Course which he taught from 1934 until 1992. In 1959 Dean Fraser wrote, "...I believe, this was the first course in any law school that emphasized the defects of the legal process and the duty of lawyers to remedy them."

Pirsig's application - Request for research support

Travel letter - Pirsig's travel letter issued by dean Fraser, 1930

Casebook - Excerpts: Preface; Contents; Cases; Articles, 1946

Casebook Reviews - ABA, Harvard, Yale, Columbia, U Pennsylvania, 1946 - 1947