The Evening Star. PUBLISHED DAILY AT FOUR P.M. Resurrexi. SATURDAY, JUNE 23, 1888.

Thames Star, Volume XIV, Issue 4514, 23 June 1883, Page 2

The Evening Star. PUBLISHED DAILY AT FOUR P.M. Resurrexi. SATURDAY, JUNE 23, 1888.

Thi New Z^lwjd Herald inanelj refers to: Sir Geo. Grey's Legal Practitioner!' jtatendment Bill, and thinks that a- man: pn go into the Jaw as into a "retail ifc^i." This 'is absurd. ' The candidate l' : ibwt:p*&m an examination .in law, and if > he should succeed in that, ho has sufficient education to take the position he earns. A man cannot pass such an examination without bating an education sufficient to enable him to read the laws: he is examined upon. The only thing remored by the measure is time service, and if a man is competent to take his place amongst those already enrolled in th«: prof e*Bibn~~alter passing his 'examination \ as prof ided~there isno reajoo why statutoty/Jawrsaotild stead in; his way. Our oontemporary, appears to thinks that it is; very simple to show a knowledge of the law, but it evidently considers that a man should not be admitted to the practice of it, without passing" through an old-; fashipued ■term, and; undergoing an' examination in subjects not requisite to ai knowledge of his business. The •beard! • id£ tod' :^ : l>the '.that j "one would like to;thick of a lawyer as ■att edueatjon,;man"we, jare surprised at! How can a".man pass the necessary ex»» ami,o«tion in law without being well editcated? It if quite imponiible. The reading of ihe' matier necessary to enable is student to pass hi» examination, perforce fßtailt education, and that of no ordinary

1 kind. The peculiar trammel" snrronnd iog *n adaimion to the " charmed circle " )buttbeitn'ao nwterons tbatyftn entrance < wtj^.to be gained by those %^^:s&l#»k*&i6* would permit o| i^T/h^^w; '• article!," iod then—«ll, 'ire liiw h|p?i of ihree eißminntiooßW^been jiqdergdn«l;by articled cjerW. Tbis naeifol measure permits men of ability, - »i»., those who can make a study of the law, and gra<p it, to iWf^-* >h*ft«lioD they oisk* th«nMlTe« 'fitted for, apd preTed|^a necessary pro fession being" closed 'to* qualified men, llSrbaginaWi reaHtated "hf those de«irou»' of consemnjc their own interests .