Harry H. Harkins, Jr., a Chapel Hill attorney, has been appointed by the Attorney General to serve as legal advisor to the Real Estate Licensing Board.

M r. Harkins attended Duke University where he served as Speaker of the Student Legislature and graduated magna cum laude in 1973. In 1976 he received his J.D. degree from Vanderbilt University.

Admitted to the North Carolina Bar in 1976, Mr. Harkins entered private legal practice in Chapel Hill where prior to his appointment by the Attorney General, he was a partner in the firm of Beemer, Savery, Jordan and Harkins.