Founding Faculty of George Washington University Law School
On February 3, 1826, the Columbian College board of trustees elected Justice William Cranch, a nephew of John Adams, and William Thomas Carroll, Esq., as the first law professors. On June 13 of the same year, with President John Quincy Adams in attendance, Professor Cranch delivered the first law lecture in the court room of the City Hall.
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