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very often did, to seek his invaluable advice. As I
said some of you may be like this. If you are, you
are blessed with good fortune.
Others among you may not have the good fortune.
To you, I say, (and mark you, this is merely a
personal opinion) that it might be as well for
you to try and gain some practical experience in
some senior solicitor's office for a year or two as an
assistant before trying to branch out on your own.
No matter how good an apprenticeship you may have
served you will not yet have the experience of dealing
with the thousand and one minute details of practical
work which only comes from time. Do not think I
would try to discourage you from opening on your
own at once if you feel that is what you want to do.
If you have the confidence to do so I would only
admire you for it.
I would like to point out here
that if you launch out on your own, never, never, be
afraid to go to an older solicitor and seek advice on
some snag in one of your cases. You will find that
in this regard no profession is more closely knit and
co-operative and as well as this the Secretary and
Council of the Law Society are always available and
ready to give advice and guidance whenever sought.
You have received lectures on solicitors' accounts
and the rights, duties and responsibility of solicitors.
If you have absorbed them and taken the key points
to your heart, you will be a credit to the profession
and people worthy of the name of solicitor. It is a
title you should be proud of.
People to-day are
looking up to us as leaders of men, honest, reliable
and trustworthy citizens whose primary concern is
the good of those who place their faith in us.
One other piece of advice ; at the earliest possible
moment join the Law Society and your local Bar
Association and attend all the meetings that they
hold and especially any talks or lectures on recent
legislation or changes in the law. They will keep
you up to date.
It only remains for me to wish one and all every
success,prosperity and happiness in your future lives.
Certificates of admission were presented to the
following solicitors :—lan A. Crivon, "Simonette",
Greenfield Park, Donnybrook, Dublin ;
Joseph T.
A. Deane, Longford; Michael N. Dolan, Bank
House, Bundoran, Co. Donegal;
Thomas D.
Durcan, Clew Bay House, Rosbeg, Westport, Co.
Mayo; Thomas W. Enright, Shinrone, Birr, Co.
OfFaly; Bartholomew J. Flynn, Hartland House,
Strokestown, Co. Roscommon;
John V. Glynn,
B.C.L., Mountpleasant, Ballinasloe, Co. Galway;
William B. Glynn, Tuam, Co. Galway;
John P.
Hayes, B.A. (Mod.), LL.B. (T.C.D.), 40 Belleview
Road, Dun Laoghaire, Co. Dublin ; Paul W. Keogh,
Claremount, Carrickmines, Co. Dublin; Patrick J.
Lavan, Bridge Street, Dungarvan, Co. Waterford;
Donnchadh D. Lehane, 134 Lr. Kimmage Road,
Dublin; Thomas A., O. Menton, The Newtown,
Moate, Co. Westmeath; Brian M. McMahon, 42
Abbey Street, Ennis, Co. Clare; Michael P.
McMahon,
25
Castle Ave., Clontarf, Dublin;
Christopher T. N. O'Meara, "Melrose", Nenagh,
Co. Tipperary; Thomas J. O'Reilly, 5 Palmerston
Gardens, Rathmines, Dublin; Miss Mary Raleigh,
B.A.
(N.U.I.), Kilbane House, Castletroy, Co.
Limerick;
lan A. Scott, B.C.L., 12 Myrtle Park,
Dun Laoghaire, Co. Dublin;
John R. Sweeney,
Abbey Street, Roscommon.
SOCIETY
OF
YOUNG
SOLICITORS
A meeting was held in Buswells Hotel, Dublin on
Thursday, 29th April, 1965 at which the above
Society was formally constituted and the following
were elected as Committee and Executive Officers :—
Brace St. John Blake, B.A., LL.B.,
Chairman
;
Norman T. J. Spendlove, M.A., B.A.I.,
Treasurer;
Graham M. Golding, P.R.O., B.A. (Mod.), LL.B.,
Marie T. Donnellan,
Secretary;
John F. P. Glynn,
B.A., B.C.L., LL.B., lan Quentin Crivon, Stuart L.
Cosgrave.
The annual subscription was fixed at
£i
is.
A most instructive lecture was given by Miss
Thelma King, LL.B., solicitor, on the subject of
Hire Purchase Law in Ireland which was followed
by a lively discussion.
The next meeting of the Society was held in
Buswells Hotel on Thursday, 2yth May, 1965.
(All
future meetings of the Society will be held on the
last Thursday of each month.) The Lecture was
delivered by Mr. Denis Greene, solicitor, on Office
Proceedure and Administration and followed by a
discussion.
A short talk was also given by Mr. McLoughlin
of the Voluntary Health Insurance Board on the
subject of Voluntary Health Insurance.
Further information can be obtained from the
Secretary, Marie T. Donnellan, 52 St. Alban's Park,
Ballsbridge, Dublin.
DAIL EIREANN
Legal Members of the Dail
The following members of the legal profession
were elected to the Dail:—
Senior Counsel and ~&arristers-at-Law.
Patrick Hogan, (Labour) Clare. Mr. Hogan being
the Speaker in the last Dail was returned unopposed.
Jack Lynch (Fianna Fail) Cork Borough. Stephen
D. Barrett (Fine Gael) Cork Borough.
Scan Collins (Fine Gael) South West Cork.