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The Society will retain the Solicitors' Buildings at
the Four Courts for part of its services to the public
and the legal profession.
Architect for the project is Thomas G. Nolan
(Nolan and Quinlan) the building contractors are G.
& T. Crampton Ltd., and the Quantity Surveyor is
Mr. Thomas D'Arcy, FRICS.
It is anticipated that the premises at Blackhall Place
will be ready for full occupation in October 1978.
All the work to be undertaken at the former King's
Hospital is within the existing building and the areas
will be decorated in a manner suitable to the character
of the building.
The Structural Changes
The ground floor will provide a Lecture Hall, Ad-
ministrative Offices, a lounge area and restaurant for
members, cloakrooms, and toilets. In addition the re-
furnished Chapel Hall with ancillary services will .be
situated on this floor, as well as the Library for mem-
bers.
A library and cafeteria for students are main feat-
ures of the lower floor accommodation.
The first floor will contain the Society's Council
Chamber, Committee rooms, and seminar rooms for
the students.
of his legal knowdedge. While the length of the
combined academic and professional courses will be
greater than under the present system, the pressure
on students will be lessened, both by reason of the
reduction of the number of examinations which an
Apprentice will be required to take, and by these exam-
inations being more widely spaced.
High Court Journalists
Association
About 15 members of the British High Court Jour-
nalists Association, who were visiting Dublin, attended
a Reception given by the President, Mr. Osborne, in
the Council Chamber on Tuesday, 16th September,
1975, at 5.00 p.m. This is the Diamond Jubilee Year
of the Association, which was founded in 1915.
The Educational Changes
One of the primary functions of the refurbished
building will be to provide facilities for the Law Soc-
iety's new Vocational Course for Solicitors Apprentices
which will come into operation in October, 1978.
This course is part of the major reorganisation - of
education for Solicitors Apprentices which the Law
Society has initiated during the past year.
Apprenticeship in the future will normally only be
available to University Graduates, though the Society
retains the power to make special arrangements for
experienced Law Clerks to be admitted to Appren-
ticeship. Hitherto the prospective Solicitor, on leav-
ing school, has entered into Indentures of Apprentice-
ship and served under those Indentures while at the
same time he may pursue a Degree Course; as from
the 1st October, 1975 this will no longer be possible.
The Society has decided to separate the academic
and practical training necessary for admission as a
Solicitor. In the main the academic training will be in
in the hands of the University Law Schools and the
practical training will remain with the Society. The
practical training will be taken in three stages by
the Graduate, commencing with a one year fulPtime
Vocational Course. He will then spend 18 months work-
ing whole-time in his Master's office learning the skills
and practice of the profession. Following this period
the Apprentice will return to the Society's Law School
for a second four month course which will include
specialisation in advanced courses in 'two subjects of
the Apprentice's choice, as well as training in office
management, costing and professional ethics.
By the separation of 'the practical from the academic
training the future Apprentice will be able to learn in
a more orderly fashion the subjects and the application
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