Law examinations - University of Virginia School of Law

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Access and use

Location of collection:
University of Virginia, Special Collections Dept.
Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library
University of Virginia
P.O. Box 400110
160 McCormick Rd
Charlottesville, Virginia 22904-4110
Contact for questions and access:
POC: Brenda Gunn
Phone: (434) 924-1037
Phone: (434) 243-1776
Fax: (434) 924-4968
Restrictions:

The conditions governing access vary across the collection. There are no restrictions on access to the examinations of deceased professors. However, access to the examinations of living professors is restricted. Researchers must first obtain written permission from living professors to view them. After a researcher presents written permission to the University of Virginia Law Library, the Library may allow them to view the examination in the special collections reading room. Researchers may take written notes, but the Library prohibits photography or scanning. Researchers may not borrow examinations or view them outside of the special collections reading room.

A few living professors have waived the requirement for written permission. Waivers are recorded in a conditions governing access note attached to the examination records in this finding aid.

Terms of access:

Because of the nature of this collection, copyright status varies across the examinations. Copyright is assumed to be held by the original creator of individual items; these items are expected to pass into the public domain 120 years after their creation. The University may grant permission to publish or reproduce intellectual property it owns in the name of The Rector and Visitors of the University of Virginia.

Summary

Extent:
.5 Cubic Feet 1 archival box, 47 Volumes, and .096 Gigabytes
Creator:
University of Virginia. School of Law
Language:
English

Background

Scope and content:

This collection consists of examinations that the University of Virginia Law School administered to students between 1890 and 2018. It also includes a few examples of examination answers.

The examinations exist in diverse media formats. Most of them are printed on paper, and most printed examinations are bound together into volumes. The other examinations were born digital and were initially made available to students online or on digital media (e.g., CDs, DVDs).

Acquisition information:

RG-32-401 contains examinations from different sources.

The items in Series I came to the Library from various sources including donations, purchases, and internal transfers. Most of them were at one time stored in a "memorabilia file drawer" or the Law Library's front circulation office.

Series II consists of bound examinations that the Law Library transferred from its reserve collection to its special collections department around 2018.

Series III consists of digital examinations that the Law Library transferred from an online environment to its special collections department around 2018.

Arrangement:

The Law Library arranged this collection into the following three series and ordered them chronologically:

I. Unbound examinations;

II. Bound examinations;

III. Examinations hosted online.

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard