Continued Without a Finding 54

Charges Filed 39

Fine or Restitution 49

Straight Probation 17

Suspended Sentence 60

Jail Sentence 29

Bound Over to Grand Jury 41

TOTAL CHARGES

ADJUDICATED 342

CHARGES AGAINST CLIENTS

REFERRED, ETC. 35

TOTAL CHARGES 377

A final interesting statistic is the location of HVD's District Court appearances. Between April 1, 1970, and March 31, 1971, HVD members appeared on behalf of 176 clients in 38 District courts. Of those appearances 36 were in East Cambridge, 21 in Roxbury, 12 in Dorchester, 11 in Boston Juvenile District Court, and 10 each in Chelsea and Malden.

THE WORK required of HVD members is rarely exciting and often monotonous, but next year's officers expressed general satisfaction with the organization's policy. "You always wonder whether it's worth working your tail off whereas in most cases you'll only cut a guy down from a six-month suspended sentence to a three-month suspended sentence," says Katz. "It's surprising how we always tell them we're students, not attorneys, but maybe it's the name of Harvard and they think we're good, or they've gotten inadequate representation in the past. I've never known a single client to do anything but welcome us with open arms when we go back after an interview to fill out counsel forms."

Norman L. Wilky, a 2L who is the 1971-72 Vice President of Operations; admits that "HVD probably turns off as many people as it turns on about going into criminal law." "But we try hard to take the more interesting cases that have some pedagogical value, and the personal skills you pick up last forever," he says. To Gary L. Stone, also a 2L and the new Assistant Vice President of Operations, HVD is "a very together organization." When asked what he enjoyed most about his work for HVD, Stone commented, "There's an ego-satisfaction in defending the people-a general feeling of doing something worthwhile."

For Professor Hall, HVD's advisor since its birth in 1949 (who will be leaving it at the end of this year), there is no paradox between HVD's activities and Harvard Law School's staid reputation as a training ground for future corporate lawyers. "Where do you think Ralph Nader went to school?" asked Hall.