Results of the semi-annual examinations for the New Jersey bar having been released by the State Board of Bar Examiners, an unofficial checkup shows that of 163 men and women qualifying for the attorney’s license, sixty-seven are Jewish.
Of eighty-two persons qualifying for the counselors’ license, forty-six are Jewish. State rules maintain that a lawyer must be practicing at least three years before taking the counselors test.
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