Augusta Law School was first established in Augusta, Georgia in 1833.[1] It was the first law school in Georgia and in the Deep South.[1] It was modeled after the influential Litchfield Law School, and was founded by William Tracy Gould, a graduate of Litchfield and the son of its director, James Gould.[1] The law school closed in 1854.[1]
A second Augusta Law School opened in Augusta, Georgia on December 7, 1947.[2] W. K. Miller was its dean.[2] It operated into the 1980s.[3] It had a chapter of Sigma Delta Kappa law fraternity.[4]
^ abcdHunter, Thomas Rogers. "Litchfield On The Savannah: William Tracy Gould And The Deep South's First Law School." Journal of Southern Legal History 19.(2011): 177–263.
^ ab"Augusta Law School". Aiken Standard. 1946-11-06. p. 3. Retrieved 2024-07-04 – via Newspapers.com.
^Anson, Jack L.; Marchenasi, Robert F., eds. (1991) [1879]. Baird's Manual of American Fraternities (20th ed.). Indianapolis, IN: Baird's Manual Foundation, Inc. p. VI-95. ISBN978-0-9637159-0-6.