The Gazette 1993

GAZETTE

I M N A GEM N JUNE 1993

SADSI News

Regional Events

the 24 July. This year we hope to put SADSI back on the map where debating is concerned and to put forward a high class team for the Irish Times debate.

SADSI Auditor, Paula Murphy, reports on recent and prospective activities

Representatives in Cork, Limerick and Kilkenny (John Gaffney, Isabel Donnellan and Breda Fleming) have been put in funds to organise events for apprentices working in these areas. The Limerick table quiz in Costelloe's Tavern on 22 April last was apparently a great success. John and Breda will be in contact with details of forthcoming events in their areas. There will be a weekend of events in Cork on the 24/25 July. Central to the weekend agenda will be a debate on the Saturday night followed by a disco. We will have sports competitions throughout and an organised excursion on the Sunday. Anyone with ideas should contact John Gaffney (O'Flynn Exhams). Brian Roe, (Hugh & Liddy Solrs.), our sports representative, is organising a soccer league for the summer months. The social representative from each course should contact him with a list of team members so that preliminary rounds can get underway. The first SADSI debate of the year was hosted in the Law Society on Wednesday, 28 April. The motion was "That The Legal System is a Disgrace to the Name of Justice". Speakers included the Attorney General, Harry Whelehan; Captain James Kelly; Gerry Danaher; Ivan Yeats; David Norris and TWink. A further dimension to the debate was a Maiden Speaker competition. Three maiden SADSI speakers were selected from this debate to go through to the final in October. Three further speakers will be selected from the Cork debate on Sporting Events Debating

Accommodation Register

Education

Apprentices working outside Dublin are finding it increasingly difficult to find accommodation for the duration of the professional and, especially, the advanced course, which lasts only six weeks. To try to alleviate the problem, we are carrying out a survey of those currently attending Blackhall Place to establish where they are staying and how they came to find accommodation. We will contact those responsible for providing the accommodation with a view to compiling a register of locations available for apprentices for short terms. We are also exploring the possibility of having some type of arrangement with some of the letting agencies in town. It would be of great assistance to hear from anyone who can offer any form of accom- modation. Please contact Philippa Howley (Vincent & Beatty), with any queries concerning the above. With the Jessup Moot team sent well on their way to Washington thanks to the proceeds of the very successful Sixties Night last February, the Oliver St. John Gogarty depleted of Budweiser thanks to the March pub quiz, and three lucky couples planning romantic sojourns to exotic locations thanks to April's Blind Date; 1993 has set off to a good start! SADSI will host its Midsummer's Night Ball in Blackhall Place on Saturday, 3 July. There will be a drinks reception beforehand complete with string quartet. Tickets go on sale early in June and be warned of limited availability! Social

A major step forward on the education front has been the successful appointment of our educational officer, Garett Breen, to the Law Society Educational Advisory Committee. This will provide SADSI with a suitable forum within which to properly voice the various issues facing apprentices. authority grants and, in this regard, of considerable assistance will be Garett's appointment to the Law Society sub-committee set up to examine this problem. The sub-committee, consisting of Justin McKenna, John Shaw, Patricia Casey and Garett Breen, met on 30 March with two officials from the Department of Education and assurances were obtained that the following matters would be examined: 1. The non-eligibility of apprentices with post-graduate qualifications, including the Galway and Cork LLBs. 2. The position of 7 year law clerks without a primary degree. 3. The failure of the Department of Education to treat the full 3 year apprenticeship period as the basis of assessment. 4. The position of those students who did their professional course prior to the introduction of the scheme, and also those who turned 23 years (the eligible age) between the professional and advanced courses. Paula Murphy Auditor • 155 One such issue concerns the difficulties experienced by apprentices in obtaining local