BRADLEY SILVER fought city hall, as it were, and won. “Well, yes, it was something like that,” said the mild-mannered Mr. Silver, a 29-year-old lawyer from Johannesburg, South Africa.
Single-handedly, Mr. Silver brought about a de facto policy change at the New York State Board of Law Examiners: no longer will graduates of top South African law schools be required to devote a year of their lives – and perhaps $30,000 in tuition, with at least that much more for living expenses – to earn a 20-credit master of laws degree (LL.M.) in the United States before getting a crack at the bar examination.
