LEGAL TRAINING

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 438, 21 August 1928, Page 16

LEGAL TRAINING

NECESSARY STANDARDS OVERCROWDED PROFESSION “The proper training of men for the legal profession is a question of considerable importance to society,” said Mr. W. H. Cocker in an address at the Auckland Educational Society last evening. "No person should be qualified to practice law until he has attained wide cultural knowledge,” he continued. • Latin ought to be a compulsory subject at the B.A. standard for all who wish to qualify for law.” The overcrowding of the legal profession was referred to by the speaker, who said that in 1924 there were 586 law students to a population of 1.300,000. The number in New South Wales was 333 to a population of 2,200,000, and in Victoria 285 to 1.600,000. The attendance at the meeting was small, and Mr. A. G. Lunn presided. Dealing with accountancy, Mr. A. M. Seaman contended that the work of the ordinary accountant did not call for more than a nodding acquaintance with higher mathematics. The important requirements were accuracy, observation, analytical ability, adaptability, common sense and clear and accurate expression In speech and writing.