The Gazette 1990

GAZETTE

JANUARY/FEBRUARY 1990

tinuous - assessment examination in Commercial Law, will constitute the Final Examination - Second Part. . . at the end of each of the major modules, there will be a three hour written paper." The standard for these examina- tions will be such that the apprentices will have to work hard during the Professional Course in order to pass them. Candidates who fail to pass any examination will be expected to repeat the examination. Continuing failure will mean that a candidate will not be able to attend on the Advanced Course appropriate to his or her Professional Course. Examiners The examination papers will be corrected by Examiners especially appointed for this function. An advertisement for Examiners appeared in the December issue of the Gazette, and applications are still invited. Academic Law Sub-Stratum The Professional Course examina- tions will constitute the Final Examination - Second Part. In this regard, due recognition will be giv- en to the fact that the apprentices will either have passed or been exampted from the Final Examina- tion - First Part, and will be expected to have a familiarity with the core subjects for that examina- tion. It is unavoidable that in Litigation there will be repeated reference to Tort and Contract, in Conveyancing there will be repeated reference to Real Property Law, and in Com- mercial Law there will be reference to Company Law. Accordingly, a knowledge of the subjects con- stituting the Final Examination - First Part will be indispensable for a proper understanding of the Professional Course, and, unavoid- ably, for a proper approach to the xaminations which constitute the principal mode of testing. In certain subjects, which the students will not have encountered before, there will be an even greater emphasis on academic law. These subjects include, Family Law, Labour Law, Landlord and Tenant Law, Ground Rents, Social Welfare Law, and Capital Tax.

Premises All eight rooms over the lecture hall are now available for tutorials. Work is now in progress in the gym to enable that building to accommo- date a larger number of students than heretofore. The gym is being equipped with four concertina-type dividers which will allow it to be divided into five tutorial rooms. This involves the removal of the stage. More so than ever before, the continuing success of the Law School depends on the willingness

of members of the profession to contribute at least a modicum of their time as either a consultant or tutor in their particular areas of practice. The Law Society's Pro- fessional Course is now regarded internationally as a model for Solicitors' training in the Common Law World; it is hoped that this status will be materialised, and so ensure the high standards of professional conduct and expertise which both the public and the profession have every right to expect. •

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YOUNGER MEMBERS COMMITTEE QUIZ N I GHT in aid off the Solicitors Benevolent Association Thursday, 5th April 1990 at 8 pm. Jury's Hotel, Limerick (£20 per team off four persons) For further details please contact: Frances Twomey tel. 061/316456 or David Casey tel. 065 / 28159 YOUNGER MEMBERS COMMITTEE QUIZ N I GHT in aid off the Solicitors Benevolent Association Thursday, 1st March 1990 at 8 pm. Imperial Hotel, Cork (£20 per team off four persons)

For further details please contact: Kathy Irwin tel. (021) 270934 or S imon Murphy (021) 273305

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