Griswold Tells Career Conference Law School Graduates Businessmen

Dean Griswold last night asserted that the Law School now graduates as many men fitted for administrative positions as does the School of Business Administration.

He said that where formerly business executives came almost entirely from business schools, in the past 20 years, due to labor problems, tax problems, and government regulations, businessmen had been looking to the law schools for administrative help.

"It is perfectly fair and honest to say," Griswold said, "that law is now a good entrance to business."

Griswold was the moderator of the first career conference of the year, held in the Adams House Dining Hall. The main speakers included Frank M. Coffin, Henry Harfield, and Charles A. Horsky. The represented a cross-section of the legal profession.

The Law School Dean made his statement in reply to a question at the end of the night's program.

Small City Variety

Coffin, a graduate of Bates College and the Law School, spoke on "The Small City Lawyer." Relying on his law experience in Lewiston and Portland, Mc., Coffin said that there is a distinct advantage in being a lawyer in a small city.

"By practicing in a small city, the lawyer is able to deal with a wide variety of cases," Coffin stated. "While the lawyer in a metropolis is forced to specialize, the small practitioner can try cases in civil, criminal, domestic, and other types of law," he added.

Harfield; a graduate of Yale College and Columbia Law School, discussed the work of "The International Lawyer." A member of the firm of Sherman, Sterling, and Wright in New York City, Harfield warned prospective lawyers against believing that they could become international lawyers "over night." He said it is a very difficult field to master.

Horsky, a graduate of the University of Washington and the Law School, spoke on "The Washington Lawyer." Using his firm of Covington and Burling as an example, Horsky said that Washington law has become one for the specialist.

It is important for a Washington lawyer now to learn the intricacies of one of the federal administrative agencies, he said. Horsky felt that only the specialist has a future in Washington.