LAW EXAMINERS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLV, Issue 13875, 8 October 1908, Page 8

LAW EXAMINERS.

r Sir.—l note in the"correspondence colnmnf V J ®- of your .issue of the 2nd inst. a :letter signed; ' by ''Disgusted" and complaining ;of harsh and unfair manner in which the papers ■ worked by law students are examined,'; slid little wonder he complains. The 'Examin- f ers " appear to" carry out their duties in the most arbitrary manner, a fact which may - be accounted for when we. remember that,, < the papers set for the examinations are pre- i pared by, men in the active practice of lav.'/ i Of course,. these gentlemen can scarcely be pS I blamed if they endeavour to make a elm'' corporation of their profession, but the sys- s tem is a disgraceful one which allows such . a , state of affairs to exist and to deliberately ■ i defeat the object of the framers of that - law whereby any candidate successful 'at j reasonable and fairly , conducted cxaminn- ' ] tion may practise as a solicitor. Let th&etv, j animation papers be bxamiiied and.'marked-? ■"j by members of the professorial staff of ; the* New Zealand University (which takes' Oar'; fees readily enough), who are as fully com*' j petent as the gentlemen mentioned 'by,;, j " Disgusted "not by practising members of. • ' the Bar— law students will be > asmiefl; ■ that they are getting a fair run for tbeil j money. ' < Lex. ■