The Gazette 1982

GAZETTE

JULY/AUGUS T 1982

Apprentices The Council, at its October meeting, recommended a minimum wage of £60 a week as from 1st January 1983 for apprentices who had completed their Professional Course in the Society's Law School and who were working full-time in the offices of their masters during the eighteen month office training period which elapses between the end of their Professional Course and the beginning of their Advanced Course. The recommended minimum scale has been £50 a week since October 1981. The Education Committee stresses that these apprentices are trained to do responsible work in the office and that the volume and spread of that work will benefit both apprentice and master. Apprentices who have completed their Advanced 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 they 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 that 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. I would welcome the views (in writing) of Masters on the new training programme. Professor Richard Woulfe, Director of Education. International Bar Association Protest at Arrest of Bangladeshi Lawyers The Council of the International Bar Association, a federation of Bar Associations and Law Societies from 59 countries, themselves representing over 600,000 lawyers, at its meeting in New Delhi, India, on 22 October 1982 was deeply concerned to learn —that the Government of Bangladesh has arrested a number of lawyers of its Supreme Court, including present and past Presidents of the Bar Association and two former Attorney-Generals — that many other lawyers have been threatened with imprisonment — that lawyers are being prevented from freely exercising their profession due to Government interference and as a consequence, urges the Government of Bangladesh to respect the rule of law by releasing those lawyers imprisoned and by permitting a free profession of practising lawyers who can exercise, without State interference, their profession, including the defence of their clients in the Courts, and uphold the principles of Human Rights. •

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