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...would they? That would depend partly on the temporary chairman of the convention Credentials Committee, who, for the first time, would select examiners to go into the states to probe reform challenges. The examiners' recommendations on whom to seat would then be accepted or rejected by the full committee. But by picking the judges, the temporary credentials chairman will be able to influence the outcome of disputes. As a result, when the National Committee convened in Washington last week to select the temporary credentials chairman for 1972, there was more than casual interest in the election. When...
...Harvard Glee Club and its associated groups have been reorganized for a one-year trial period. The Radcliffe Choral Society has been dissolved: in its place is the new Collegium Musicum, a select mixed ensemble of seventy singers. The Glee Club will no longer perform with a Radcliffe organization though it will continue cooperating with outside groups. The creation of a mixed chorus of uncommon quality will ease the tensions that came from having two single-sex systems. All the details have been carefully attended to: rehearsals are the same evening for both groups allowing men to participate in mixed...
...brevet jurists was proposed last year by the American Board of Trial Advocates, an association of Western lawyers. Francis McCarty, presiding judge of the county's superior court, decided to use the volunteers as replacements for absent judges. Trial lawyers willing to accept the arrangement select the temporary judge they want in a given case, as they might pick an arbitrator. Though six replacements tried only one case each this summer, litigants who had anticipated delays settled more than 30 recent cases out of court rather than face the immediate trials made possible by the presence of judges...
Fewer Hung Juries. Both temporaries and regulars in the superior court are benefiting from another efficiency measure: reducing jury size from twelve to eight when the contending attorneys agree. "Strangely enough," says McCarty, "the time to select such a jury is about one-fifth what it takes to select a jury of twelve. And whether it is psychological is not clear, but the trial itself progresses more expeditiously. Verdicts come in more quickly. There are fewer hung juries." Lawyers also like it, and more than 70% of the superior court's cases in the past two months have been...
...extra during the year for staying after class to take training classes or to develop new curriculums. Although only sixth-grade performance is considered in computing B.R.L.'s fees, at year's end all students took standard tests given by an outside consulting firm that B.R.L. helped select...