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GAZETTE
JULY/AUGUST 1990
Incorporated Law Society of Ireland
Apprenticeship Procedures
The Law School of the Incorporated Law Society gives notice to the Profession that as and from Monday
5th March 1990 the following procedures will apply in respect of application for permission to become
Apprenticed and the Lodgment of Indentures.
All applicants to enter into Indentures of Apprenticeship, in order to be eligible to become apprenticed,
must submit to the Law School the following:
1.
A formal application for permission (standard form obtainable from the Law School).
2.
Evidence of having passed the First Irish Examination.
3.
Original Birth Certificate.
4 .
Character Reference.
5.
Evidence of Degree or of having passed or been exempted from the Society's Preliminary
Examination. (This is an Arts type Examination not to be confused with the Final Examination
- First Part).
On receipt of this formal application the Law Society administration will request the prospective apprentice
to attend for interview.
Subject to such interview, and any inquiries which need to be made, being satisfactory, a letter will
issue from the Society granting permission to the applicant to enter into Indentures of Apprenticeship.
Not later than six months from the date of such letter of consent the apprentice must lodge with the
Society the following:
1.
The executed Indentures of Apprenticeship.
2.
A copy of the letter of consent.
3.
A remittance in the amount of £350 for the Registration fee.
It should be noted that before any person can be considered for a place on any Professional Course such
applicant must either have passed or been declared to be exempt from the Final Examination - First
Part and also have entered into Indentures of Apprenticeship.
University graduates are advised to apply for permission to enter into Indentures of Apprenticeship
as early as possible provided they have passed their First Irish Examination.
B E C OM I NG A P P R E N T I C ED
In order to become apprenticed applicants must satisfy the following requirements:
1.
They must be over the age of seventeen years.
2.
They must have obtained the written consent of the Society to enter into Indentures of
Apprenticeship.
3 .
They must by a degree holder in Law or Arts from an Irish or United Kingdom University or be
the holder of an equivalent degree acceptable to the Education Committee.
or
They must be a Law Clerk of not less than seven years and have received written confirmation
from the Education Committee that their status as a seven year Law Clerk has been recognised.
or
They must have passed the Law Society's Preliminary Examination or have been exempted from
that Examination upon application to the Education Committee. The Preliminary Examination
is an Arts type examination in the use of English (with an English essay), General Knowledge,
and Government and Politics.
4 .
Most applicants for apprenticeship are degree holders, and, accordingly, any degree holder who
has also passed his or her First Irish Examination is strongly encouraged to make arrangements
for an apprenticeship as soon as possible.
5.
Applicants must have passed the First Irish Examination unless they were born prior to 1st October
1914.
6 .
The Indentures must be lodged not later than six months from the date of the consent and also
not later than six months from the date of execution. Unless the Education Committee otherwise
directs, service under Indentures of Apprenticeship which have been lodged more than six months
from the date of their execution will be deemed to commence from the date of lodgment and
not the date of execution.
NO T E :
Masters and prospective masters of apprentices are reminded of the Education Committee's
initiative in seeking to have each apprentice spend at least three months in the office before embarking
on the Professional Course.
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