Harlan to Judge Law Competition Final Argument

Associate Justice John Marshall Harlan of the United States Supreme Court will sit as chief judge at the Law School Ames Competition final argument this spring, it was learned last night.

Two other distinguished judges will sit on the mock appellate court but arrangements with respect to them have not yet been concluded. The arguments will be heard April 10.

Harlan, the grandson of a Supreme Court justice bearing the same name, is the junior member of the high court. He was appointed by President Eisenhower in November 1954.

The two finalist Ames clubs, which survived the December elimination; are the Scott Club and the Morgan Club. Each club consists of eight law students, two of which deliver the oral arguments, while the remaining six are of counsel on the briefs.

The case which the Ames finalists will argue remains confidential until about a month before the argument. However, a constitutional issue is generally involved.