# Night law school *Night law school in Saint Paul, Minnesota, founded in 1900 for working people; Warren E. Burger studied and taught there.* The night law school in this record is St. Paul College of Law, in [[Saint Paul, Minnesota]]. The validated record gives its founding year as 1900 and its purpose as serving working people. It also records an inaugural class of 20 and tuition of $60.[^1] Warren E. Burger, later Chief Justice of the United States, enrolled there while selling insurance by day. He took an LL.B., magna cum laude, in 1931, and taught Contracts and Trusts at the school for about seventeen years.[^2][^1][^3] The school figures in one at-issue pair, AI-Ramsey-008, which is anchored to a January 2025 White House presidential action.[^4][^5] The record documents the school's founding terms and Burger's degree and teaching service as dated facts. It does not, on its own, establish the pair's argument about who built federal race-conscious governance.[^4] ## Who Burger was born in Saint Paul on September 17, 1907.[^6] A history row in the record describes him as educated at "the county's night law school" and connects that education to his authorship of *Griggs v. Duke Power Co.*[^7] From 1925 to 1931 he sold insurance by day, took night extension classes at the [[University of Minnesota]], and enrolled at St. Paul College of Law.[^2] From 1931 to 1953 he practiced law in Saint Paul with Boyeson, Otis, Brill & Faricy, becoming a partner in 1935. During those years he taught Contracts and Trusts at the school.[^3] Burger was sworn in as Chief Justice on June 23, 1969, after confirmation by a 74–3 vote.[^8] On March 8, 1971, he wrote the Court's 8–0 opinion in [[Griggs v. Duke Power]], 401 U.S. 424.[^9] ## When - **1900** — St. Paul College of Law founded as a night school for working people.[^1] - **1925–31** — Burger attends night extension classes at the University of Minnesota and enrolls at St. Paul College of Law.[^2] - **1931** — Burger receives his LL.B., magna cum laude, from the school.[^1] - **1931–53** — While practicing in Saint Paul, Burger teaches Contracts and Trusts at the school for about seventeen years.[^3] ## Where The school was in Saint Paul, Minnesota.[^1] The history row calls it "the county's night law school" without naming the county.[^7] ## How much The record gives the school's tuition as $60. It lists this figure with the 1900 founding and the inaugural class, but does not state which term or year the figure covers.[^1] ## How many The school's inaugural class numbered 20.[^1] Burger's teaching service there is recorded as about seventeen years.[^3] ## In the at-issue record - **AI-Ramsey-008 (Tier I, rank 8).** The pair restates the school's founding terms and Burger's graduation and teaching service. It then argues that "the architecture of credentialed race-conscious governance was not built by the credentialing class."[^4] The pair is anchored to a White House presidential action dated January 2025.[^5] That argument belongs to the pair. The record establishes the dated facts about the school and Burger. It does not document any connection between the school and the anchor document.[^4][^5] ## Notes [^1]: Warren E. Burger Apex Dossier, *§III. The Man — Chain of Custody* (2026-09-02), row "1931", citing a Mitchell Hamline biography — establishes Burger's 1931 LL.B., magna cum laude, from St. Paul College of Law, and the school's founding in 1900 for working people, inaugural class of 20 and tuition of $60. Validated dossier section; no URL in the pack's allowed sources. [^2]: Warren E. Burger Apex Dossier, *§III. The Man — Chain of Custody* (2026-09-02), row "1925–31", citing a Mitchell Hamline biography — establishes Burger's daytime insurance work, his night extension classes at the University of Minnesota and his enrollment at St. Paul College of Law. Validated dossier section; no URL in the pack's allowed sources. [^3]: Warren E. Burger Apex Dossier, *§III. The Man — Chain of Custody* (2026-09-02), row "1931–53", citing a Mitchell Hamline biography — establishes Burger's Saint Paul practice, his 1935 partnership and his teaching of Contracts and Trusts at St. Paul College of Law for about 17 years. Validated dossier section; no URL in the pack's allowed sources. [^4]: At-issue pair AI-Ramsey-008, *Tier I — The Doctrinal Spine (Pairs 1–20)*, rank 8 (source: Warren E. Burger Apex Dossier §III) — establishes the pair's text and argument. Record row; no URL in the pack's allowed sources. [^5]: The White House, *Ending Radical and Wasteful Government DEI Programs and Preferencing*, presidential action (January 2025) — the anchor document of at-issue pair AI-Ramsey-008. https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/01/ending-radical-and-wasteful-government-dei-programs-and-preferencing/ [^6]: Warren E. Burger Apex Dossier, *§III. The Man — Chain of Custody* (2026-09-02), row "Sept 17, 1907", citing a Mitchell Hamline biography — establishes Burger's birth date and birthplace in Saint Paul. Validated dossier section; no URL in the pack's allowed sources. [^7]: History row HE-0075, *XI.1 The doctrine leaves and comes back* (1907) — establishes Burger's birth in Saint Paul in 1907, his education at the county's night law school and its connection to his authorship of *Griggs*. Record row; no URL. [^8]: Warren E. Burger Apex Dossier, *§III. The Man — Chain of Custody* (2026-09-02), row "June 23, 1969", citing a Mitchell Hamline biography — establishes the date Burger was sworn in as Chief Justice and the 74–3 confirmation vote. Validated dossier section; no URL in the pack's allowed sources. [^9]: Warren E. Burger Apex Dossier, *§III. The Man — Chain of Custody* (2026-09-02), row "March 8, 1971", citing Justia — establishes Burger's authorship of *Griggs v. Duke Power Co.*, 401 U.S. 424, decided 8–0. Validated dossier section; no URL in the pack's allowed sources.