The Gazette 1994

GAZETTE

MWH

APRIL 1994

idea of how much it would cost them

to take a case. He also pointed out that

solicitors would be obliged to give

clients an estimate of the cost of doing

work. "There are 4,000 solicitors in

practice in this country and I have no

doubt now that people can shop

around, the competition will be cut-

throat," said Mr. O'Dea.

New Career options for solicitors

All the daily newspapers of 1 March,

reported that the Law Society had

published a brochure aimed at

convincing employers of the benefits of

hiring newly-qualified solicitors for

other than legal posts. The papers noted

that the drive to broaden career options

was taking place because newly-

qualified solicitors were finding it

difficult to obtain jobs either in

solicitors' practices or by establishing

their own firms. The initiative was also

the subject of a feature article in the

Cork Examiner

of 11 March which

noted that, while in the past a school-

leaver who secured a place on a

university law course was perceived as

being set up for life, today all that had

changed as law graduates were finding it

increasingly difficult to secure

permanent employment in the legal field.

Barbara Cahalane

•

S e m i n a r o n C a r i n g

L e g a l l y f o r t h e

I n c a p a c i t a t ed

The Public Relations Committee of the

Society is staging a half day seminar on

Wednesday 27 April 1994, on the theme

of "Caring Legally for the Incapacitated

- A Practical Response". The list of

speakers will include:-

• John Costello

, Solicitor, Eugene F.

Collins

• Gerry Ryan

, General Secretary of the

National Association for the Mentally

Handicapped of Ireland

• A representative from the office of the

Registrar of Wards of Court.

The seminar which takes place from

2.30 - 4.30 p.m. in the Members

Extension, Blackhall Place, will examine

the legal aspects of caring for mentally

incapacitated persons including any

special provisions that they may require.

Members of the profession are welcome

to attend the seminar. If you would like

to book a place please contact

Catherine

Kearney

Andrea MacDermott,

Law

Society, Blackhall Place, Dublin 7. Tel:

6710711 Fax: 6710704.

There is no charge for attending the

seminar.

•

Be r na rd J . Sea l es

Re t i r es

Bernard J. Seales.

At the ripe age of almost 89 years

Bernard J. (Bertie) Seales

has decided to

retire quietly. This word is chosen with

intent because it epitomises the manner

in which Bertie practised for so long and

competently and with such honour.

On qualifying in 1932 he joined his

father Peter in the firm of Peter M.

Seales & Son.

Peter Seales

had been President of the

Society in 1929/30 and died in January

1937.

James (Jimmy) Seales,

another son

of Peter, qualified as a solicitor and at

his premature death c.50 years ago had

been appointed Law Agent to the

Hibernian Bank.

Bertie ran the practice successfully at 20

Wicklow Street until 1987 when it amal-

gamated with that of his nephew,

Peter Fagan,

under the style of Seales

& Fagan.

The profession was indeed embellished

by the presence, honesty and participa-

tion of Bertie and we wish him many

years of happy and peaceful retirement.

•

At thefinal of the Inaugural UCD Law SocietyHenry Ford Masters Debating Competitionwere

l-r: Eddie Murphy, Strategy/Marketing Director, Henry Ford & Son Limited; Jennifer Curry,

Auditor of the H3rd Law Society, UCD; Eimear Scully, 1994 Ford Masters Champion; Elma Lynch,

Solicitor and member of the Law Society Council, who was on the adjudicating panel and the Hon.

Mr. Justice Vivian Lavan, who chaired the debate.

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