Education Committee
The Education
Committee consists of up to fourteen members:
* seven Council Members and
* seven Cooptees (non-Council members who had volunteer to assist the
Committee.
The Committee generally meets every five weeks with a break in the
New Year.
It deals
with policy and practical matters arising out of the education, training and
admission of solicitors in Northern Ireland.
The Committee considers applications for waiver of the
period of restricted practice, applications for admissions under the
alternative route for those with special qualifications or experience and
applications for admission from other jurisdictions including England and
Wales, Ireland, Scotland and overseas.
It reviews applications for registration from
prospective apprentices. It can review progress of apprentices throughout their
apprenticeship. It considers applications from trainees to transfer to another
Master. It considers applications for
secondment of apprentices.
To contact the Committee please email education@lawsoc-ni.org