Re: Articled clerks and apprentices

On Fri, 05 Aug 2005 15:35:45 +0100, "Laura F. Spira"
<laura@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>Tony Cooper wrote:
>
>> On Fri, 05 Aug 2005 14:40:49 +0100, "Laura F. Spira"
>> <laura@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>>>The concept of articles for trainee accountants and solicitors faded
>>>away in the UK in the 1970s, I think, although Ggling suggests that it
>>>might have lingered on in India. My students now enter into training
>>>contracts rather than articles.
>>
>>
>> What is the difference between an "article" and a "contract"?
>
>It's always plural, "articles". I'm not sure but I guess that a training
>contract is with a firm whereas one is articled to a specific individual.
>
I think in principle that's right, but in practice the responsibility
for a particular trainee's training devolves to an individual
solicitor. I ain't gonna wake Jeanne up to get clarification of this
at this moment...
--
Robin Bignall
Hoddesdon, England
.

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