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The Legal Education of a Patriot: Josiah Quincy Jr.'s Law Commonplace (1763) Daniel R. Coquillette, Boston College Law School Appears in print as Arizona State Law Journal 39 (Summer 2007): 317-376. Download the Paper (PDF format) - December 1, 2006 Tell a colleague about it. Printing Tips: Select 'print as image' in the Acrobat print dialog if you have trouble printing. ABSTRACT: This article is based on the exciting discovery of a never before printed Law Commonplace, written by the 18th-century lawyer and patriot, Josiah Quincy, Junior. Quincy was co-counsel with Adams in the famous Boston Massacre Trial, a leader of Committee on Correspondence and the Sons of Liberty, and author of the first American law reports. His Law Commonplace provides an exceptional window into the political, racial and gender controversies of the evolving American legal system, and profoundly challenges our conventional views on the origin of American legal education. In certain areas, particularly jury trial, it also has present constitutional significance, as compelling evidence of the state of the law referenced by the Seventh Amendment. SUGGESTED CITATION: Daniel R. Coquillette, "The Legal Education of a Patriot: Josiah Quincy Jr.'s Law Commonplace (1763)" (December 1, 2006). Boston College Law School. Boston College Law School Faculty Papers. Paper 183. http://lsr.nellco.org/bc/bclsfp/papers/183 | REPOSITORY HOME  | SEARCH  | MY ACCOUNT  | NELLCO HOME | Powered by bepress.