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Includes materials used as class resources, generated by students, and related to curriculum. There are syllabi, practice exercise instructions, exam packets, photocopies of articles and assorted legal publications, lecture notes (by students and professors), class materials like seating charts, student essays, course and professor evaluations, and more. Course notes include those created by Marlyn Lugar, Robert Donley, and J. C. Powell. Course themes represent a range of COL offerings, including courses on civil rights, criminal law, mining and environmental law, contracts, and more. There is also a group of supplemental educational materials (subseries 1), which contains several reels of film. These items were not attributed to a particular course or professor, but they represent additional educational offerings from the COL. There are two sets of videos included in this subseries, each depicting the process of trying a case in court.

Includes programs, invitations, and planning materials from events held by the College of Law and various publications of the College. Event materials generally range from the 1970s through the 2010s. Featured events include lecture series that the College offers, like the Baker, Ihlenfeld, Donley, Cleckley, and Fisher series; hooding ceremonies and other academic recognition events; Law School Day; commencement; alumni engagement events; donor recognition programs; the Buffalo Creek Disaster Symposium; Moot Court Board events; Women's Centennial programming; and others. Publications in the series generally range from the 1920s through the 2010s and include various COL newsletters like OnPoint, WV Law, Alumni News, Jus et Factum, The Auction Gazette, and the Law School Adviser; catalogs, bulletins, and announcements; prospective student information booklets; COL student and faculty handbooks; alumni and graduating class directories, and more. Also includes some non-COL WVU materials.

Includes papers of various College of Law faculty, administrators, alumni, and associates. Noteworthy individuals whose materials are included are Carl Selinger, former professor and dean; Franklin Cleckley, former professor and WV Supreme Court of Appeals justice; Robert Donley, former professor; Thomas Hardman, former professor and dean; and Robert Lathrop, former professor. Additional faculty, alumni, and associates are also represented. The contents reflect the work of these individuals as WVU faculty, as faculty at other institutions, and in their legal careers outside of teaching. The most common material types are correspondence, notes, publications, course materials, case files, and related items, but there are a few diplomas, certificates, awards, and photographs as well.

Includes administrative materials and records of general College of Law operations. There are department reports; internal correspondence; records of extracurricular organizations, like the Order of the Coif and Justitia; practice court ledgers; operations ledgers; photographs of COL people, events, and facilities; scrapbooks; reports and conference materials from organizations that the College belongs to, like the American Association of Law Schools; alumni records and directories; legal reference materials previously held in COL facilities; and other similar materials. Some materials in this series are similar to those in series 1, but they were included here because they could not be attributed to a certain professor, student, or COL associate. This series contains the most diverse grouping of materials, and it includes both digital and audiovisual materials. There is also a small quantity of artifacts, like artwork and plaques taken from the former Law Building, COL merchandise, and a legal research board game.

Includes records of renovations, additions, and new construction of College of Law facilities. Most materials are related to the construction of the COL building on the Evansdale Campus, which was completed in 1974. There are architectural drawings and blueprints, construction specifications, and correspondence between contractors and various COL representatives.

Includes reports, correspondence, and other materials related to the process of maintaining and reviewing the college's accreditation status. This process is managed jointly by the American Bar Association (ABA) and American Association of Law Schools (AALS). Most common materials include self-study reports compiled by COL administrators and faculty, site visit questionnaires and related attachments, and correspondence among COL faculty and with ABA/AALS representatives about the review process. Reports and attachments feature information about course offerings, curriculum, student services, college finances, faculty qualifications and accomplishments, the application process, law library services, facilities, and more.

Includes correspondence and memoranda of Law Library Staff, including longtime Law Librarian Camille Riley; annual reports of the library; usage statistics; annual meeting and other membership materials from the American Association of Law Libraries and other regional law library groups; resource guides and material requests; copies of "Paragraph" newsletter; and information about library procedures for employees. There is a small amount of digital and audiovisual material in this series, but most materials are papers, books, pamphlets, and other similar items.