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GAZETTE
SEPTEMBER 1983
Masters
and
Apprentices
Members who are contemplating taking apprentices
are reminded that copies of the Society's publication
"How to Become a Solicitor" (1983 Edition) together
with the standard forms of Apprenticeship Deed and
Application Forms are available from the Society's
Education Department.
Only solicitors who are principals or partners may take
apprentices. A solicitor who has been in practice for less
than 7 years requires the consent of the Society to take an
apprentice; such consent is also required by a solicitor
who wishes to take a second apprentice. No solicitor may
have more than 2 apprentices. The current practice of the
Society's Education Committee is to grant consent to the
taking of apprentices to solicitors who have been less than
7 years in practice and also to grant consent to practi-
tioners taking second apprentices where the first
apprentice has already served the full year of apprentice-
ship.
Applications for leave to take a second apprentice, or
by those who are less than 7 years in practice, should be
made at the earliest possible opportunity before the
apprenticehsip deed has been executed.
Another part of the monitoring process is the review
meeting, which is held for apprentices approximately half
way through their 18 month in-office training.
Practitioners who already have apprentices are
reminded that visits are paid to the offices by members of
the staff of the Society's Education Department. The
purpose of these visits is to monitor the progress of the
apprenticeship, to obtain the views of both master and
apprentice on the efficacy of the Society's professional
Course at a time when the apprentice who has been
trained in that course is in the field, to identify what areas
the master and the apprentice believe could usefully be
covered in the Society's Advanced Course and generally
to give advice which will help master and apprentice to
maximise the benefit of their association. Unhappily, time
will not allow a visit to every office.
Masters and those proposing to become masters are
reminded of the Society's recommendation that a wage of
not less than £60.00 be paid to apprentices who have
completed their Professional Course and who are
working full-time in the office of their master during the
eighteen month training period which elapses between the
end of their Profesisonal Course and the beginning of the
Advanced Course.
Apprentices who have completed their Advance
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
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 the 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. •
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