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GAZETTE
MAY/JUNE 1995
Society's regulatory obligations; public
relations and education and
admissions. Matters being considered
by the Review Group on which written
submissions are sought from the
membership are the method of election
to the Council; the method of election
of officers; the number and size of
Council Committees and the division
of authorify between the Council and
the Secretariat.
The Chairman reported that the Review
Group had received submissions from
13 members of the profession; 12
members of staff including a joint
submission; 3 Committee Chairpersons
and one former Director General. He
noted that not one bar association had
made a submission. He encouraged bar
associations to have a special meeting
on the issue of the Review Group. He
called for more submissions to be made
to the Review Group. He said he hoped
that the work of the Review Group
would result in a dynamic partnership
between Council and the Committees
and the executive staff.
The Review Group are to present a
written report to the Annual General
Meeting in November. The discussion
was opened to the floor. Many
speakers were of the view that the
regulatory and representative roles of
the Law Society should be separate.
Other speakers felt that the
Gazette
could be used more effectively as a
communication tool with the
profession. On the issue of Continuing
Legal Education
Duncan Grehan
was
of the view that CLE should be
mandatory.
Richard Grogan
concurred
saying that other professional bodies
have mandatory education and so
should the Law Society.
Don Binchy,
Chairman of the Review Group
thanked the members for their
contribution and again asked for more
written submissions.
Leo Mangan
said
that he was very impressed with the
staff submissions. He said that there
were not enough submissions from
members. He called on Council
members and Bar Associations to make
submissions.
Scrutineers for ballot for Council for
1995/95 were appointed and the
meeting was concluded.
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Pictured
at the launch of the new video library at the Law Society
were
(I r):
Mary Gaynor,
Assistant
Librarian;
Brian O'Reilly,
Practice
Management
Committee;
Paddy Glynn, President;
Frank Nowlan,
Technology
Committee
and
Ken Murphy,
Director
General.
New Video Library
New Service
A joint initiative
between the
Technology
Committee and Practice
Management Committee has resulted
in the establishment of a "Video"
library within the Law Society's
Library, designed to give
practitioners easy access to videos
and reference books on computer
and practice management issues.
Titles include:-
Management
* How To Create A Successful
Business Plan
* How To Really Start Your Own
Business
* Successful Negotiation
* The Service Challenge
* Creating A Winner?
* Telephone Courtesy & Customer
Care
* How To Survive & Profit in Tough
Times I
* How To Survive & Profit in Tough
Times II
* How To Deliver Customer Service
* How To Run A Successful Family
Business
* 50 Ways To Keep Your Customers
* Managing Time
Computers
* Getting Started with Your First
PC
* How To Computerise Your
Accounts
* How To Make the Most of
Microsoft Windows
* Word Processing
* Developing a Business-Led
Computer Strategy
* Computer Aided Design
* Teleworking
* Computer Security
* Desktop Publishing
* Databases
* Spreadsheets
* Networks
The Computers in Business videos
were purchased from the proceeds of
the Technology Committee's
exhibition/conference and course
held in 1994. Videos are available
from the Law Society's Library on
payment of a £20 refundable deposit
for 10 working days.
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