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38 Harv. L. Rec. 1 (1964)

handle is hein.journals/hlrec38 and id is 1 raw text is: Percentage Failing Bar Exams Rises VOL. 38 NO. 1 CAMBRIDGE, MASS. FIFTEEN CENTS JAN. 30 1964 An alarming increase in bar exam failures of Law School graduates is a source of grow- ing concern to the Administration, Dean Erwin N. Griswold disclosed this week. Only 73% of the Law School graduates who took the New York bar exam in July passed it, Dean Griswold said. And in 1962 the figure was a hardly more impressive - 75%. Traditionally the figure of passes has run close to 90%, the Dean said. Of 73 persons who took the Massachusetts bar exam for the first time in June, ten failed it. The Dean said that the number of failures was at least twice what is normal. (Continuted on page 12) Georgia Alumni Charge Unfairness The Harvard Law School Association of Georgia has sharply criticized the RECORD for its irresponsible disregard of basic standards of factual accuracy and fairness in publishing an article headlined Albany, Ga., Called 'Police State' , last fall. The article, published October 3,1963, was an interview with Elizabeth Holtzman, 2L, who worked in Albany last summer with Negro attorney C. B. King. She made a series of charges about police brutality and repression of demonstrations which she said were based on sworn affidavits filed with the FBI, In addition to deploring the RECORD's lack of airness and objectivity, the Association submitted a series of answers to Miss Holtz- man's accusations. The findings were based on an investigation by Holcombe H. Perry, Jr., an Albany attorney who is immediate past president of the Georgia Bar Associa- (Continued on page 4) Wins Special Election by 2 to 1 Student Storms State House By Michael Hampden Despite an early write-off by political forecasters in his race for the Massachusetts State Legislature, Charles W. Long, 2L, a Republican won a decisive two-to-one victory over Peter J. Cloherty, a political pro, in the heavily Democratic Allston-Brighton ward of Boston. How did he do it? The answer seems to be that with a great deal of political skill and determination, Long took advantage of a situation ripe for such an upset. First, this was a special election to replace Rep. William F. Joyce, a Democrat, who was killed in an automobile acci- dent last fall. The very light vote characteristic of a special election can work to the advantage of a political outsider: more hinges on the organizational effectiveness of the indivi- dual campaign than on the district's sheer number of regis- (Continued on page 6) rvaO vat, Zcc r i If _0 zw *RccoO Charles W. Long

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