WOMEN SOLICITORS NOT WANTED.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1589, 5 November 1912, Page 8

WOMEN SOLICITORS NOT WANTED.

. ADVERSE VOTE OF THE LAW 1 ... SOCIETY. Mr. Edward A. Boil, London,' pleaded '.- v . nl ' l the Law Society Conference at, taruifT oil bc'ptem'ber 24. lor' atltnissic>n'-■ o£ wotiien .as solicitors. Ho ■ ■'could, hp Mid, ic■ r • -Himself to l>oiiove tliat tho ■selfish .and; timid attitude existed that tho profession was crowded. already. Tho owning of the legal profession to women ".' inght possibly have. a sobering effect . upon those advanced women who posses* great mental ability and impetus, .which ■ if employed ■ in tho calm and secluded shades o.t a serious profession would re'suit iu tho utilisation. of talents that ■'- might otherwise be' ■ more .fitted to be solicitors than barr.ts- ■' tors. No doubt when qualified women \ hnd been mellowed by experience as solicitors thev would become, bettor qualified '• to undertake tho duties of barristers. . Mr. Ivllctt. (Cirencester) thought many women would moke better lawyers. than 1 some male lawyers ho.knew.Mr. J. W. Rcid: (London), in,.opposine,- = said the average woman of this country Had not yet learnt to: be honest. . (L'augli- ■'■;■■■ :: ter and cries of "Oh, Oh," : When a proposal ■■was - put , the "next . busiiiess^' ,: .was:earncd bymajority. .