Benton College of Law was a law school in St. Louis, Missouri. It opened in 1896 as Kent School of Law, but incorporated as Benton School of Law in 1897. George L. Corlis was its dean.[1]
The school initially only offered night classes.[2] In 1899, an act of the Missouri legislature allowed graduates to be admitted students to the Missouri bar without taking the bar exam.[3] By 1921, the college was offering both day and night classes.[4] It closed in 1937.[1]
James Avery Webb helped establish the school.[5]
Several documents related to the college are extant including copies of address given to gradyating classes.[6] Henry S. Priest spoke to the graduating class in 1914.[7]