The Gazette 1983

GAZETTE

SEPTEMBER 1983

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. •

Masters and Apprentices

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Members who are contemplating taking apprentices are reminded that copies of the Society's publication "How to Become a Solicitor" (1983 Edition) together with the standard forms of Apprenticeship Deed and Application Forms are available from the Society's Education Department. Only solicitors who are principals or partners may take apprentices. A solicitor who has been in practice for less than 7 years requires the consent of the Society to take an apprentice; such consent is also required by a solicitor who wishes to take a second apprentice. No solicitor may have more than 2 apprentices. The current practice of the Society's Education Committee is to grant consent to the taking of apprentices to solicitors who have been less than 7 years in practice and also to grant consent to practi- tioners taking second apprentices where the first apprentice has already served the full year of apprentice- ship. Applications for leave to take a second apprentice, or by those who are less than 7 years in practice, should be made at the earliest possible opportunity before the apprenticehsip deed has been executed. Another part of the monitoring process is the review meeting, which is held for apprentices approximately half way through their 18 month in-office training. Practitioners who already have apprentices are reminded that visits are paid to the offices by members of the staff of the Society's Education Department. The purpose of these visits is to monitor the progress of the apprenticeship, to obtain the views of both master and apprentice on the efficacy of the Society's professional Course at a time when the apprentice who has been trained in that course is in the field, to identify what areas the master and the apprentice believe could usefully be covered in the Society's Advanced Course and generally to give advice which will help master and apprentice to maximise the benefit of their association. Unhappily, time will not allow a visit to every office. Masters and those proposing to become masters are reminded of the Society's recommendation that a wage of not less than £60.00 be paid to apprentices who have completed their Professional Course and who are working full-time in the office of their master during the eighteen month training period which elapses between the end of their Profesisonal Course and the beginning of the Advanced Course. Apprentices who have completed their Advance 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 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 the new status as circumstances permit. These apprentices should be advised whether or not they will be offered a position in

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