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GAZETTE
FEBRUARY 1989
Younger Members News
Committee Members 1988 - 89
Miriam Reynolds,
Chairman
(1988)*;
John Larkin,
Vice Chairman
(1984);
Brian O'Connor (1987);
Eva Tobin (1982);
Frances Twomey (1988);
Peter Power
(Apprentice);
Eugene O'Connor (1984);
Justin McKenna (1979);
Richard Cooke (1983);
Patricia Boyd (1988);
Gabrielle Dalton (1986).
•Indicates year admitted.
PROFILE
The Younger Members Committee
(YMC), a Committee of the
Council, is probably best described
as a Special Interest Group for
Younger
Members
of
the
profession. Historically it was
viewed as a Committee primarily
concerned with social activities but
it is now anxious, while main-
taining this role, to promote itself
as a Committee representative of
the views and needs of Younger
Members.
Over the last few years, for
example, the YMC has concerned
itself with payment conditions and
in September of 1988 was
successful in having its motion to
increase the recommended salary
scale for Assistant Solicitors, to the
£ 1 0 , 0 0 0 - £ 1 1 , 000
bracket,
passed unanimously by the Council
of the Law Society - a
development which is most
encouraging from the YMC's point
of view.
In 1987, the YMC hopes to
increase the participation of
Younger Members countrywide in
the Committee, consequently
making it more representative of
Younger Members. The YMC
hopes to achieve this through the
establishment of a countrywide
network system whereby each of
the
Committee
members
mentioned above has regional
responsibility for a number of
counties. To complete the
network, the YMC is aiming to
select a YMC officer in each county
who will communicate with his/her
"Regional" YMC member on a
monthly basis in relation to any
issues affecting the Younger Mem-
bers in the area in question and/or
to communicate any views of the
local Younger Members.
Reverting to the social aspect of
the Committee, the YMC is
organising a series of table quizzes
around the country during the
course of the next few months (a
full list of which is published in this
month's
Gazette),
and would
welcome the support of all
members of the profession (and
others) in the locations listed. •
AND THEN THERE WAS . . .
And then there was the apprentice
who went into the Adjudications
Office to inquire as to what stamp
duty was payable on an oral
agreement!
And then there was the
apprentice who was sent down to
the Law Library by his Master. Not
knowing how to call a Barrister, he
consulted his pals who informed
him that the correct procedure was
to stand at the entrance and shout
out the Barrister's name clearly.
This he duly did and the Barrister
ran the other way!
AND THEN THERE WAS . . .
The YMC would like to hear from members
with similar items before Friday, 17th March 1989.
The best anecdote will be published
and a prize of £10 sent to the winner.
YOUNGER MEMBERS COMMITTEE
YMC DIARY
Tuesday, 7 March 1989
YMC Quiz Night, Welcome Inn, Galway at 8p.m.
(Organiser: Eva Tobin, Garvey Smith & Flanagan)
Tuesday, 14 March 1989
YMC Quiz Night, Old Ground Hotel, Ennis
(Organisers: Frances Twomey, Leahy & O'Sullivan and David Casey,
John Casey & Co.)
Wednesday, 29 March 1989
YMC Quiz Night, Ardree Hotel, Waterford at 8p.m.
(Organiser: Gabrielle Dalton, Nolan Farrell & Goff)
Wednesday, 5 April 1989
YMC Quiz Night - Grand Final - Royal Marine Hotel, Dun Laoghaire
(Organiser: John Larkin, A. & L. Goodbody)
Thursday, 13 April 1989
YMC Bowling Night - Stillorgan Bowling Centre - 7.30 for 8p.m.
(Organiser: Justin McKenna, Sheridan & Kenny)
Saturday, 27 May 1989
YMC Soccer Blitz - The Law Society, Blackhall Place, Dublin 7.
(Organisers: John Larkin, Justin McKenna, Patricia Boyd and Peter
Power)
FORTHCOMING EVENT, YMC QUIZ NIGHT, CORK
(Organiser: Simon Murphy, Barry M. O'Meara & Son)
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