26 February 2024
President welcomes newly admitted solicitors to the legal profession
The Assembly Buildings in Belfast City Centre was the venue for the Law Society of Northern Ireland’s 2024 Admission Ceremony which was held on 23 February 2024.
The Ceremony
is an important event in the legal calendar marking the admission of the next
generation of solicitors.
This
year over 200 family, friends and master’s supported the 80 newly admitted
solicitors as they were presented by the Registrar of Solicitors, David A.
Lavery CB to the Lady Chief Justice for Northern Ireland, Dame Siobhan
Keegan and the Society’s President, Darren Toombs.
Following
their admission, the Lady Chief Justice and the President took the opportunity
to present the Solicitors Accounts Prize to Paige Clements.
The Ceremony was also
attended by the family of the late trainee solicitor, Edward Bergin, and
a posthumous Admission Certificate and Professional Conduct Prize were
presented to his father, Sean and mother Rosemary Bergin.
Following the formal
Ceremony, the newly admitted solicitors were joined by The Lady Chief Justice
and Registrar for a series of year group photographs.
Commenting
on the admission of new solicitors the President of the Law Society, Darren
Toombs said:
“Today
we celebrate the achievement and admission of our newly qualified solicitors to
the legal profession in the presence of the Lady Chief Justice of Northern
Ireland, The Right Honourable Dame Siobhan Keegan and their Masters, families
and loved ones.
Today
also presents us with an opportunity to remind ourselves of the contribution
that the solicitor profession makes to our economy and its ongoing commitment
to the community throughout Northern Ireland.
On behalf of the Law Society of Northern Ireland I wish
each of our newly admitted solicitors a successful and fulfilling career. I
would also like to thank all of the Masters who offered the training
opportunities to the newly admitted solicitors, over the two year duration of
their training contracts”.
ENDS
Gallery
Newly admitted solicitors group 1
Newly admitted solicitors group 2
Newly admitted solicitors group 3
Newly admitted solicitors group 4
Newly admitted solicitors Group 5
Admission Certificates 2024
Admission Ceremony Booklets 2024
Darren Patterson, Head of Professional Development
Parents, partners, friends and masters in attendance
Paige Clements awarded the Solicitors Accounts Prize
Edward Bergin family receiving posthumous Admission Certificate and Professional Conduct Prize
President Darren Toombs addressing newly qualified
Lady Chief Justice for Northern Ireland, Dame Siobhan Keegan
David A Lavery CB, Registrar of Solicitors, Brian Archer, SVP, Dame Siobhan Keegan, Lady Chief Justice, Darren Toombs, President and Colin Mitchell, jVP