Ford's father, Franklin Ford II (Don Porter), visits the campus to recruit the best-of-the-best for his prestigious law firm. He brings Ford's 16-year old sister, Tracy (Stacey Nelkin), along who becomes smitten with Hart.
Ford's overbearing father soon has his son close to a nervous breakdown trying to live up to the ""tradition of the Fords"" which includes great-great grandfather, Judge Ford, whose picture peers down from Kingsfield's classroom.
Anderson gets Hart to run for the Law School Council and Ford's father pressures his son to run. Ford believes Hart to be trying to show him up infront of his father and rebuffs all of Hart's attempts to listen to reason. Ford comes close to a melt down, but Hart finds him brooding and drinking in Kingsfields classroom, leaving Anderson to make speeches for Law Council. Anderson who his so proud of himself for winning the council seat gets his when he is forced, the next morning, to erase all of the banners Ford and Hart wrote (""Anderson for P
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