The Gazette 1981

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GAZETTE SEPTEMBER 1981
Apprenticeship —
Some Changes
The Council of the Society, at its meeting on October
15th, increased from £40 to £50 the recommended
minimum weekly wage for apprentices attending the
offices of their Master during the eighteen month period
from the end of their Professional Course in the Society's
Law School to the beginning of their Advanced Course.
The Society now requires — it is no longer a recom-
mendation — that every apprentice, before commencing
the Professional Course, should spend at least one month
.in the office of the master (or other agreed office) becoming
familiar with office procedures and the work of a solicitor.
Apprentices have found this familiarisation period
beneficial when taking the Professional Course.
Conversely, the absence of such a period of
familiarisation proves to be a distinct drawback and those
without the benefit of it are immediately so identified in
tutorial work. There is no recommendation as to payment
of a wage to the apprentice during this period; this would
be a matter for the individual Master and apprentice. This
requirement will be of immediate interest to the students
who will be entering the 7th Professional Course at the
end of next March.
Practitioners are reminded that in the Professional
Course, an apprentice will have obtaining a grounding in
the following areas of practice: Civil Litigation; Criminal
Litigation; Family Law; Wills & Settlements;
Conveyancing; Landlord & Tenant; Planning Law;
Probate & Administration of Estates; Company Law;
Commercial Law; Insolvency; Labour & Social Welfare
Law; Taxation (both of Capital & Income).
The apprentice should quickly be able to contribute to
the work of the office and it is of benefit to both Master
and apprentice that the latter be given a busy (and,
hopefully varied) work load. •
For Your Diary . . .
28 November, 1981: Kerry Law Society. "Wills and
Taxation Planning", Earl of Desmond Hotel, Tralee,
Co. Kerry.
4-6th December, 1981: Irish Association of Law
Teachers. Annual Meeting, Queen's University,
Belfast. Full details from Professor D. S. Greer,
Faculty of Law, Queen's University, Belfast.
11th December, 1981: Mayo Bar Association Annual
Dinner Dance. Breaffy House Hotel, Co. Mayo.
Tickets available from Patrick O'Connor, Solicitor,
Swinford, or Anne Nolan, Solicitor, Castlebar.
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