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GAZETTE
JULY/AUGUS
T 1982
Apprentices
The Council, at its October meeting,
recommended a minimum wage of £60 a week as
from 1st January 1983 for apprentices who had
completed their Professional Course in the Society's
Law School and who were working full-time in the
offices of their masters during the eighteen month
office training period which elapses between the end
of their Professional Course and the beginning of
their Advanced Course. The recommended
minimum scale has been £50 a week since October
1981. The Education Committee stresses that these
apprentices are trained to do responsible work in the
office and that the volume and spread of that work
will benefit both apprentice and master.
Apprentices who have completed their Advanced
Course and have passed the Final Examination —
Third Part but whose Indentures have not expired
have — in the Committee's view — completed their
formal training and they should be able to take on the
range of duties normally discharged by a qualified
solicitor — apart from appearing in Court. Their
salaries should reflect that new status as
circumstances permit. These apprentices should be
advised whether or not they will be offered a position
in their master's firm when they qualify. If such a
position is not available, the Committee recommends
that masters should place no impediment in the way
of the apprentices' seeking other employment.
I would welcome the views (in writing) of Masters
on the new training programme.
Professor Richard Woulfe,
Director of Education.
International Bar Association
Protest at Arrest of
Bangladeshi Lawyers
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The Council of the International Bar Association,
a federation of Bar Associations and Law Societies
from 59 countries, themselves representing over
600,000 lawyers, at its meeting in New Delhi, India,
on 22 October 1982 was deeply concerned to learn
—that the Government of Bangladesh has arrested a
number of lawyers of its Supreme Court,
including present and past Presidents of the Bar
Association and two former Attorney-Generals
— that many other lawyers have been threatened
with imprisonment
— that lawyers are being prevented from freely
exercising their profession due to Government
interference
and as a consequence, urges the Government of
Bangladesh to respect the rule of law by releasing
those lawyers imprisoned and by permitting
a
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profession of practising lawyers who can exercise,
without State interference, their profession,
including the defence of their clients in the Courts,
and uphold the principles of Human Rights. •
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