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GAZETTE
NOVEMBER 1993
Appr ent i cesh ip
There is now a considerable time-lag
between the date a student becomes
eligible to enter the Law School and
entry on the Professional Course. (See
notice on page 296 of October, 1993
Gazette)
It is timely to remind practitioners
entitled to take apprentices that the 1954
Solicitors Act requires an apprentice to
serve a bona fide apprenticeship during
the whole term of indentures.
The period of training in a solicitor's
office and apprenticeship should reap
benefits for both apprentice and master.
This is possible only if the apprentice is
engaged full-time in meaningful legal
work in the master's office. This is,
indeed, the requirement not merely of
the Solicitors Acts but also of the con-
tract of "Indentures of Apprenticeship".
If a practitioner completes a document
which avers that an apprentice has
attended at the office or has gained
experience in certain areas of practice
where this is subsequently found not to
be the case such conduct may be viewed
as a disciplinary matter and that
solicitor may be referred to the
Registrar's Committee.
In the same way, a student who
improperly or inaccurately represents
that s/he will complete or has completed
a full-time apprenticeship may be
brought before the Education
Committee. It may then report to the
President of the High Court that the
apprentice is not, in its opinion, a fit and
proper person to be admitted as a
solicitor.
Education Committee.
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Law School
T imetable
1994 Courses
Professional Course 34
(had started
on 26/10/93)
January 4 - February 24
Professional Course 35
March 21 - July 15
Professional Course 36
August 22 - December 14
Advanced Course 30
February 21 - April 25
Advanced Course 31
June 6 - July 29
1994 Examinations
1st Irish
- January 11/12 & July 19
2nd Irish -
January 13 & July 20
Preliminary -
March 29/30
F.E.-l
- September 2 - September 9
(section 1)
September 23 - September 30
(Section 2)
Dates and duration of courses are
liable to change
Professor Richard Woulfe
Director of Education
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Sol icitors Group on
mental handicap
legal issues
Some members of the Society have
expressed an interest in establishing a
group of solicitors with a special
interest/expertise in the area of mental
handicap legal issues. The group, if
established, would liaise with a
similar group in the Law Society of
Northern Ireland.
Among the issues that crop up are
matters such as drawing up a will for
the parents of a mentally handicapped
child, in which provision would be
made for the special needs of the handi-
capped child after the testator's death.
Any practitioner interested in
participating in such a group is asked
to contact
Linda Kirwan
, Solicitor, at
the Law Society, 6710711 Ext. 331,
by 10 December, 1993.
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SADSI Elections
Pursuant to a resolution passed by the
Committee of SADSI, all apprentices
who wish to run for the office of
Auditor in the forthcoming elections
may do so, regardless of the date of
expiration of their indentures. This is
departing from a practice which has
developed in the Society over a
number of years, which has no basis
in the constitution. Provision for such
a rule has been made in the draft
constitution which will be presented at
the forthcoming AGM to be held on 2
December next.
Paula E Murphy, Auditor.
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