NAMES IN THE NEWS : JFK Jr. Fails First Bar Exam
John F. Kennedy Jr. has failed his first attempt at passing the state bar examination, it was reported today.
The 28-year-old son of the slain President failed the test in July when about 7,000 people took the exam, according to unidentified sources quoted by New York Newsday.
About 70% passed, the New York Law Journal said.
Kennedy’s sister, Caroline Kennedy Schlossberg, 31, was notified in May that she passed the exam in February, on her first try. But cousin Robert F. Kennedy Jr. failed the bar exam in 1983 the first time he took it. He passed it later and was admitted to the New York bar in 1985.
John Jr. is an assistant district attorney in the office of Manhattan Dist. Atty. Robert Morgenthau, earning $30,000 a year. Under office policy, he can take the exam twice more before being asked to resign if he fails to pass.
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