The Gazette 1967/71

Company Formation The Council considered a report of a special com mittee (Messrs Ralph J. Walker, A. C. Gore- Grimes, Walter Beatty) on the establishment of a Company Formation service for members and it was decided that the Society should provide such a service. The service is now in operation. EXEMPTION FROM PRELIMINARY EXAMINATION The following letter was circulated to all schools on the Department of Education's list, in April 1967. Dear Sir, The Council of this Society wishes to notify schools of the educational requirements for entry into the solicitor's profession. The statutory re quirement is that the applicant must pass either the Society's preliminary examination in the re quired subjects (including English, Mathematics and Latin) or the open public matriculation exam ination of an Irish university including the same subjects. The Society is empowered to grant exemptions and is guided by the circumstances in each case. As regards applications received before 1st July 1967 the present practice of granting ex emption to candidates who have passed the Leav ing Certificate with an average mark of not less than 50 per cent will be continued provided that the subjects passed include English, Mathematics and Latin. As regards applications for exemption from the preliminary examination between 30th June 1967 and 1st January 1968 the normal acceptable stan dard will be an average of at least 50 per cent in the Leaving Certificate or an equivalent examina tion with passes in English, Mathematics and Latin provided that the standard submitted would satisfy • the university as a substitute for matriculation. This in practice means honours in at least one subject. From 1st January 1968 a candidate will not be exempted from this preliminary examination unless he has passed the open public matriculation or entrance examination of an Irish university in the required subjects including English, Mathe matics and Latin or unless there are exceptional circumstances in the individual case. The average number of deaths and retirements in the profession is between thirty and forty each year. The average number of persons entering into indentures of apprenticeship each year stood at about this figure until some years ago. Since G2

King's Hospital The following motion was put to the Council : "That the Society should purchase the King's Hospital School, Blackhall Place, Dublin", pro posed Peter D. M. Prentice, seconded John B. Jermyn. The motion was unanimously carried. The minutes of this Council are published in full in the Annual Report of the Council. 25th July 1968: The President in the chair, also present, Messrs P. C. Moore, Desmond Moran, John Maher, William A. Osborne, Rory O'Con- nor, Thomas J. Fitzpatrick, Walter Beatty, Ralph J. Walker, Gerard M. Doyle, Peter D. M. Prentice, James R. C. Green, Robert McD. Taylor, George A. Nolan, Bruce St. J. Blake, Joseph L. Dundon, Francis J. Lanigan, Eunan McCarron, Daniel J. O'Connor, John J. Nash, John B. Jermyn, Augus tus Cullen, Brendan A. McGrath, Desmond J. Collins, Peter E. O'Connell, James W. O'Dono- van, B. J. Carroll, Gerald J. Moloney, Norman Spendlove. King's Hospital The following committee was appointed to deal with any questions arising out of the purchase of King's Hospital School: Peter D. M. Prentice, James R. C. Green, Eunan McCarronn, Norman Spendlove, Bruce St. J. Blake, James W. O'Dono- van. This committee has had several meetings. 26th September 1968: The President in the chair, also present, Messrs Ralph J. Walker, Thomas Jackson (Jnr), James R. C. Green, Thomas J. Fitzpatrick, Peter D. M. Prentice, Daniel J. O'Con nor, Brendan A. McGrath, Francis J. Lanigan, John Carrigan, George A. Nolan, Desmond J. Collins, Gerald Y. Goldberg, Peter E. O'Connell, Gerard M. Doyle, Norman Spendlove, Gerald Hickey, Walter Beatty, Joseph L. Dundon, Bruce St. J. Blake, T. V. O'Connor, P. C. Moore, Eunan McCarronn, John J. Nash. Exemption from the Society's Preliminary Exam ination The Council directed that a further circular should be sent to all secondary schools, drawing attention to the two circulars already issued informing car eers masters that intending apprentices should have passed either the open public Matriculation Examination or the Society's Preliminary Exam ination in subjects including Maths, Latin and English and that the Leaving Certificate would not be accepted as a substitute. It was directed that the latest circulars should also be published in the Gazette.