Trainee solicitors begin course at southern law school

TRAINEE solicitors began studying in Cork yesterday in the Law Society’s first law school outside Dublin.

Seventy-three students began the six-month professional training course at the school at Courthouse Chambers, just across the road from the city’s landmark Circuit Court.

The Law Society said the establishment of the school, which has room for up to 180 students, was in response to an explosion in the number of trainee solicitors — up about 90% in the past four years.