The third floor of the YMCA (Young Men's Christian Association) Building, then located at Seventh Avenue North and Union Street, featured the John Hill Eakin Educational Institute. The institute offered courses in law, mechanical drawing, and business, and provided adult educational opportunities that the public school system could not yet support. In 1911, the Nashville YMCA Night Law School began in the same location. The founders, Morton Adams, William Cooper, Lee Douglas, and Robert Henry (1889-1970), were all graduates of Vanderbilt Law School. The school provided working adults the opportunity to earn a law degree. In 1927, the law school was incorporated as a non-profit educational corporation. In 1986, the name was changed to Nashville School of Law. Four years later, the school moved from the downtown YMCA to a new campus.
Nashville School of Law
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The third floor of the YMCA (Young Men's Christian Association) Building, then located at Seventh Avenue North and Union Street, featured the John Hill Eakin Educational Institute. The institute offered courses in law, mechanical drawing, and business, and provided adult educational opportunities that the public school system could not yet support. In 1911, the Nashville YMCA Night Law School began in the same location. The founders, Morton Adams, William Cooper, Lee Douglas, and Robert Henry (1889-1970), were all graduates of Vanderbilt Law School. The school provided working adults the opportunity to earn a law degree. In 1927, the law school was incorporated as a non-profit educational corporation. In 1986, the name was changed to Nashville School of Law. Four years later, the school moved from the downtown YMCA to a new campus.