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GAZETTE
APRIL. 1984
Education Note
Final Examination — First Part 1983 : A Report
The Society held its Final Examination — First Part
(the "Entry" Examination) in December 1983. The
provisional results were announced by the Education
Committee on January 31st, 1983.
The Society's examiners for the Final Examination —
First Part were:
Subject
Tort
Contract
Property
Constitutional Law
Company Law
Criminal Law
Subject
Tort
Contract
Property
Constitutional Law
Company Law
Criminal Law
Internal Examiner
Mr. Patrick McGovern,
Solicitor
Mr. William Johnston,
Solicitor
Ms. Mary B. P. O'Mahoney,
Solicitor
Mr. Eamonn G. Hall,
Solicitor
Mr. Owen O'Connell,
Solicitor
Mr. Brendan Garvan,
Solicitor
External Examiner
Professor Bryan M. McMahon
(U.C.C.)
Dr. Henry Ellis,
(N.I.H.E.) Limerick)
Professor J. C. Brady,
(U.C.D.)
Professor R. F. V. Heuston,
(D.U.)
Mr. Patrick Ussher,
(D.U.)
Professor Kevin Boyle,
(U.C.G.)
The examination papers are set by the Internal
Examiners, subject to the approval of the External
Examiners. The External Examiners review a cross-
section of all scripts and all scripts of those candidates
whose marks are on the borderline of Pass or Failure and
are the Final arbiters of the marks to be awarded to such
candidates.
The Internal Examiners present written reports on the
examinations and all the Examiners are invited to meet
with the Education Committee immediately prior to the
consideration of the results.
312 candidates sat the full examination in 1983. 159 of
them were declared to have passed the examination. 77 of
the candidates passed all the subjects which they sat (Law
Graduates are exempt from Criminal Law which is not
one of the five competitive subjects). 82 candidates were
allowed compensation from other subjects.
209 candidates were graduates in law, of whom 129
(62%) passed. Other candidates totalled 103, with a pass
rate of 29%, i.e., 30 passes.
The following compensation rules were applied on this
occasion:
1. No candidate who failed to reach the pass mark (50)
in three subjects or more was allowed to
compensate.
2. No candidate who achieved less than 40 marks in
any subject was allowed to compensate.
3. Candidates who had not achieved a total of over 250
marks were not entitled to compensate.
4. Any candidate who had achieved less than 50 marks
in two subjects was only entitled to compensate if
that candidate had achieved 45 marks or more in
both of those subjects and had a total of 260.
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