The Gazette 1980

GAZETTE

JUNE 1980

SOCIETY WELCOMES NEW

UNIVERSITY COLLEGE

GALWAY LAW PROSPECTUS

The Society's Education Committee has welcomed the

new prospectus issued by the Faculty of Law at

University College Galway. Under the guidance of

Professor Kevin Boyle legal studies in the College have

been reorganised in recent years. To quote from the new

prospectus "Law is not taught at U.C.G. with the

traditional purpose of preparing students for careers in

•egal practice as barristers and Solicitors. The objective of

the recent reorganisation has been to both broaden the

scope of legal study and the range of career outlets which

graduates who have read legal subjects may take up.

There may be a misconception that the only point to read-

>ng law at university is to prepare the student for a career

as a private practitioner of law. In fact the study of law

can prove a valuable and enjoyable educational discipline

in its own right, while also providing an excellent basic

education for careers in a large number of fields in

modern society. There is now considerable evidence that

as a community we are educating a sufficient, if not an

excessive number of people hoping to follow careers in the

private practise of law. Students embarking on the study

law in the Republic should be aware that the demand

for Solicitors and barristers is likely to be limited for the

forseeable future. As a society our present need for legally

trained people lies in other directions including local and

central

government

administration,

industry

and

commerce and the international sectors of both govern-

ment and industry.

The programmes of legal study developed at Galway

are based on an appreciation of these facts. But within

this overall approach it remains possible at Galway to

read the necessary subjects in law which will enable a

student to prepare for entry to the solicitors or the

barristers profession, or to use such professional

qualifications for careers other than private practise."

It is not perhaps surprising to find the newer or smaller

institutions breaking free more easily from the traditional

Pattern of the law schools of the Irish Universities as

being simply conduit pipes through which under

graduates passed on their way to the legal profession. In

establishing this pattern the Irish Law Schools seem to

have gone even farther than their U.K. counterparts

where this pattern is discernible though less pervasive.

The Law Faculty in a continental European university

often the largest faculty, — attracting students most of

whom have no intention of ever practising law. The legal

degree, which also includes an economics or history

element is regarded as the appropriate grounding for

eareers in administration, government or business. With

the increasing importance of the E.E.C. — a community

of legal rules — a legal education — if not necessarily a

Professional qualification — will be of great benefit,

arguably essential, for those in the public service or

business whose work will be directly influenced by the

E.E.C.

This move in U.C.G. and the Law Option in the

European Studies degree offered by N.I.H.E. Limerick

are very welcome. It is to be hoped that consideration will

be given in the other three Law Schools to offering such

courses to their students in the near future.

The popularity of Law Faculties among prospective

students may well fade if no efforts are made to ensure

that career prospects for law graduates are improved.

1st July 1980.

SOLICITORS' ACCOUNTS

REGULATIONS

Approved Authorised Depositories for Solicitors Funds

at July, 1980.

Agricultural Credit Corporation Limited;

Algemene Bank Nederland (Ireland) Limited;

Allied Irish Banks Limited;

Allied Irish Finance Company Limited;

Allied Irish Investment Bank Limited;

Ansbacher & Company Limited;

Bank of America;

Bank of Ireland;

Bank of Ireland Finance Limited;

Bank of Nova Scotia;

Banque Nationale De Paris (Ireland) Limited;

Bowmaker (Ireland) Limited;

Citibank N.A.;

Chase & Bank of Ireland (International) Limited;

City of Dublin Bank Limited;

First National Bank of Chicago;

Forward Trust (Ireland) Limited;

Guinness & Mahon Limited;

Hill Samuel & Company (Ireland) Limited;

Industrial Credit Company Limited;

Investment Bank of Ireland Limited;

Irish Bank of Commerce Limited;

Irish Intercontinental Bank Limited;

Lombard & Ulster Banking (Ireland) Limited;

Mercantile Credit Company of Ireland Limited;

Northern Bank Limited;

Northern Bank Finance Corporation Limited;

Post Office Savings Bank;

Royal Trust Bank (Ireland) Limited;

Trinity Bank Limited;

Trustee Savings Banks;

Ulster Bank Limited;

Ulster Investment Bank Limited;

United Dominions Trust (Ireland) Limited.