The Gazette 1993

GAZETTE

GEM N

JUNE

1993

SADSI News

SADSI Auditor, Paula Murphy,

reports on recent and prospective

activities

Accommodation Register

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.

Social

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!

Regional Events

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).

Sporting Events

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.

Debating

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

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.

Education

A major step forward on the

education front has been the

successful appointment of our

educational officer,

Garett Breen,

the Law Society Educational

Advisory Committee. This will

provide SADSI with a suitable forum

within which to properly voice the

various issues facing apprentices.

One such issue concerns the

difficulties experienced by

apprentices in obtaining local

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

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