Winchester Law School

Tucker closed it after being elected to the state Court of Appeals, because he had to move to Richmond, the capital.

In 1824 Henry Tucker was named Chancellor of the Equity Court of the Fourth District, with jurisdiction in Clarksburg and Winchester.

Since he had left the Virginia State Senate and a lucrative law practice to accept the judicial appointment, he needed to generate additional income.

In addition, he prepared, edited and published Tucker's Notes on Blackstone's Commentaries for the Use of Students.

Tucker's Commentaries provided the current state and federal law on each point covered by Blackstone, and was widely used because it focused on United States common law rather than English legal and political theory.

Henry St. George Tucker Sr., founder and operator of the Winchester Law School.
Title page of Volume 1 of Henry St. George Tucker's "Commentaries on the Laws of Virginia". This work includes lectures he delivered while operating the Winchester Law School.