Terrell Law School

The Robert H. Terrell Law School was a historically black law school in Washington, D.C., that offered evening classes from its founding in 1931 until 1950. It was founded by George A. Parker, Philip W. Thomas, Louis R. Mehlinger, Benjamin Gaskins, Chester Jarvis, and Lafayette M. Hershaw after Howard University ended its evening law school program. The school was named after Robert Heberton Terrell, a longtime African-American judge of the District of Columbia Municipal Court (predecessor to the Superior Court of the District of Columbia), who died in 1925.[1]

Robert H. Terrell Law School
Established1931
School typePrivate
LocationWashington, D.C., USA

Parker had previously served as dean of the recently closed John M. Langston School of Law at Frelinghuysen University. Terrell Law School attracted other Langston faculty.[2] During its 19 years of operation, the Terrell School educated the majority of black law students in the city. After graduating about 600 lawyers, it closed in 1950 as other law schools became integrated.

Alumni of Terrell Law School included:

Faculty of Terrell Law School included:

References
  1. Robert H.Terrell Law School, African American Heritage Trail, Cultural Tourism DC
  2. Smith Jr., J. Clay. Emancipation: The Making of the Black Lawyer, 1844-1944. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press. pp. 61, 90.
  3. Flora, Joseph M.; Vogel, Amber (eds.). Southern Writers: A New Biographical Dictionary. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press. p. 234. ISBN 0-8071-3123-7.
  4. "Hubert Pair, 84, Ex-Judge of D.C. Appeals Court, Dies". June 17, 1988. Retrieved 30 June 2017.
  5. "Biography of Wilhelmina Rolark", The HistoryMakers
  6. "Belford V. Lawson and Marjorie M. Lawson Residence". Cultural Tourism DC. Archived from the original on March 11, 2007. Retrieved January 5, 2008.

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