[3] On December 5, 1931, Curley struck a woman with his car at the corner of Huntington Avenue and Forsyth Street.
[4] On December 18, Judge Frankland W. L. Miles declined to issue warrants charging Curley with manslaughter and operating an automobile to endanger the public, ruling that due to poor visibility the accident was unavoidable.
[7] In 1935 he played on a Collegiate All Star team that faced a barnstorming group of former Notre Dame football players at Boston Garden.
[8] Curley was also chosen as the best speaker in Georgetown's Philodemic Society and was a member of the school's debate team.
[1] He graduated from the University's College of Arts and Sciences in 1936 and was selected to give the senior address at commencement.
[9] Curley went on to attend Harvard Law School, however he withdrew in May 1937 after professor Warren A. Seavey compared his father to William Hale Thompson, the corrupt former Mayor of Chicago, during a classroom discussion.
Professor Seavey apologized for offending Curley and asked him to reconsider his decision to withdraw.
[16][17] During James Michael Curley's 1936 campaign for the United States Senate, Leo and his sister Mary filled in at campaign rallies after their father fell ill.[18][19] In 1938, Curley was elected as a delegate to the state Democratic convention.
[21] He was a candidate for delegate to the 1940 Democratic National Convention, but dropped out to focus on his law school studies and to prepare for the bar exam.