I contacted the LS today as I was thinking the same thing. There is two '5 year' limitations that effect us.
1. Once you have pass your first 3 FE1s, you have 5 years from the 31st December of that year to get all 8 FE1s. 2. Once you have passed all 8 FE1s, you have 5 years to start PPC1. At least that gives a little leeway in the current climate. On Feb 18, 1:41 pm, John silverspoon <[email protected]> wrote: > I believe, just from what people have told me, it's once you pass all > 8 Fe1s that the clock will start ticking. > > It is ludicrous that the law society don't state this fact clearly on > the application form for the exam. > > As it is necessary to secure an apprenticeship before commencing the > PPC1, it is blatantly obvious to the law society that the numbers > passing the exam surpass greatly the amount of apprenticeships > available. Yet with each sitting the society disregard this fact and > collect more and more examination fees, without properly informing > applicants of this situation. > > Thus on the balance of probabilities, especially in the current > economic climate, many people passing the exam will find it very > difficult to find an apprenticeship within the 5 year period, so > because of this arbitrary statute of limitations, they will be forced > to re-sit these exams again and pay another minimum of €840 to the law > society. > > As it stands, it appears the law society and the government are happy > to maintain the status quo. It is up to those of us that may be > affected by this five year limitation period to lobby the relevant > authority, be it the law society or the government. An alternative to > re-sitting the FE1s could be to introduce an exam similar to those sat > by lawyers outside the jurisdiction seeking to practice in Ireland, or > even have the limitation period extended if needs be. > > Anyway, it looks like it will be up to all those of us affected to try > and initiate a change to this time limit. For a start it would be > worth writing to our local TD's, and bring this issue to their > attention. Surely it will be better than waiting for the clock to stop > ticking! > > On Feb 17, 9:18 pm, torres <[email protected]> wrote: > > > does the clock (5 years) begin to tick when you pass your first > > exam........eg I passed my 1st set in Sept 2007,...so do I have to > > begin blackhall by Sep 2012 yes?? Presume so....just want > > confirmation! ..............I might get an apprenticeship by > > 2012 :) --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "FE-1 Study Group" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.ie/group/FE-1-Study-Group?hl=en-GB -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
