The Gazette 1981

GAZETTE

SEPTEMBER 1981

For Your Diary . . . 28 November, 1981: Kerry Law Society. "Wills and Taxation Planning", Earl of Desmond Hotel, Tralee, Co. Kerry. 4-6th December, 1981: Irish Association of Law Teachers. Annual Meeting, Queen's University, Belfast. Full details from Professor D. S. Greer, Faculty of Law, Queen's University, Belfast. 11th December, 1981: Mayo Bar Association Annual Dinner Dance. Breaffy House Hotel, Co. Mayo. Tickets available from Patrick O'Connor, Solicitor, Swinford, or Anne Nolan, Solicitor, Castlebar.

Apprenticeship — Some Changes

The Council of the Society, at its meeting on October 15th, increased from £40 to £50 the recommended minimum weekly wage for apprentices attending the offices of their Master during the eighteen month period from the end of their Professional Course in the Society's Law School to the beginning of their Advanced Course. The Society now requires — it is no longer a recom- mendation — that every apprentice, before commencing the Professional Course, should spend at least one month .in the office of the master (or other agreed office) becoming familiar with office procedures and the work of a solicitor. Apprentices have found this familiarisation period beneficial when taking the Professional Course. Conversely, the absence of such a period of familiarisation proves to be a distinct drawback and those without the benefit of it are immediately so identified in tutorial work. There is no recommendation as to payment of a wage to the apprentice during this period; this would be a matter for the individual Master and apprentice. This requirement will be of immediate interest to the students who will be entering the 7th Professional Course at the end of next March. Practitioners are reminded that in the Professional Course, an apprentice will have obtaining a grounding in the following areas of practice: Civil Litigation; Criminal Litigation; Family Law; Wills & Settlements; Conveyancing; Landlord & Tenant; Planning Law; Probate & Administration of Estates; Company Law; Commercial Law; Insolvency; Labour & Social Welfare Law; Taxation (both of Capital & Income). The apprentice should quickly be able to contribute to the work of the office and it is of benefit to both Master and apprentice that the latter be given a busy (and, hopefully varied) work load. •

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