The Gazette 1992

SEPTEMBER 1992

GAZETTE

Law Directory 1993 - Final Reminder

employment outside Dublin or the larger commercial centres cannot be over-emphasised. The same logic applies to a rural or city-based practitioner contemplating a phased expansion of his or her enterprise with the possible corollary of additional staffing requirements initially at a modest level. An apprentice retained by an expanding practice after the expiry of his or her indentures can be of greater intrinsic value to such an office than an assistant newly- recruited without prior knowledge or experience of their abilities. Furthermore, not infrequently, students on the Pre-Apprenticeship Register who are recruited by practitioners find that they can ease the worry of offices by securing admission to the next available course, provided they will have spent three months in the office before the course starts. As of mid-August 1992, the next Professional Course on which places are available will be starting on 8 June, 1993 and ending in October, 1993. This service is without charge and is absolutely confidential. It is entirely a matter for any solicitor contacting the Law School whether he or she wishes to recruit or even to interview a prospective apprentice whose details have been furnished. The Society strongly encourages practitioners to consider taking on an apprentice, and, furthermore, to consider the use of the Society's Pre- Apprenticeship Register.

Members of the profession who have not updated their entries in the Law Directory on the form distributed by the Society last July are asked to do so immediately, as work is now commencing on the compilation of the 1993 Law Directory. (If the information displayed on the form sent to you was correct, there is no need to return it to the Society.) The Society has no other method of verifying whether the information held on its database about each individual solicitor and each practice is correct. It is particularly important this year to check in regard to telephone numbers. In various parts of the country new dialling codes or additional digits have been introduced. Therefore, please ensure that the correct telephone numbers for your office have been notified to the Society. Likewise, an increasing number of firms and practitioners are acquiring fax machines and dispensing with telex machines.

to the Society by each practitioner and each firm.

Commissioner for Oaths Updating the section on

Commissioners for Oaths is particularly difficult. The information is printed on a street by street basis in Dublin and on a county basis for the rest of the country. It would be appreciated if practitioners would kindly check all the entries listed for their particular street/county and notify the Society of any changes of which they are aware. For example, a former neighbour may have moved premises, ceased to practise, or sadly, passed away. Please send all information, in writing, to Barbara Cahalane, Public Relations Executive, Law Society, Blackhall Place, Dublin 7.

Please note that it will not be possible to include information received after September 30, 1992 in the 1993 Directory.

The information in the Directory can only be as accurate as that supplied

Incorporated Council of Law Reporting for Ireland The Publication of Legal Works Notice to Lawyers The Incorporated Council of Law Reporting for Ireland invites lawyers to submit proposals for the writing of legal works which the Council would publish. Such proposals may cover any area of law, practice or procedure, including matters with limited commercial potential or of limited interest to a small number of practitioners. All related questions such as the length of the work, its format, royalties etc are open for discussion. Any person interested should contact the undersigned at the Law Library, Four Courts, Dublin 7. Carroll Moran , Barrister, Honorary Secretary.

For further particulars please contact:

Albert Power, Assistant Director of Education, Incorporated Law Society of Ireland, Blackhall Place, Dublin 7.

Tel: (01) 710711 Ext. 326 282