THE public solicitor office is introducing a special programme for the young lawyers who need proper guidance, coaching and training to enhance their skills in the court so that the public may expect from them an improved performance in litigation matters.
The office was introducing a “mentoring programme” to groom their young lawyers so as to equip them with better skills they need in court.
The programme was part of the office’s long-term objective to improve litigation skills and to meet other requirements needed in the court.
“This is one of our key priorities for this year,” public solicitor Frazier Pitpit said.
“We hope this will improve our young lawyers’ skills and prepare them before they go to court,” he said.
In the late 1980s this programme was a key focus for the public sector office which had assisted in grooming many lawyers, some of whom had eventually become judges.
Under the programme, young lawyers will be trained under the tutelage of a senior lawyer who coaches, trains and ushers the young lawyer in court.
“Many of the lawyers are young and need guidance and this approach would see them learn a lot faster and more efficiently,” Mr Pitpit said.
He added that eventually they could make a representation in court and this kind of assistance would help them a lot to perform their profession.
Mr Pitpit said more and more new lawyers had since joined the public solicitor office including graduates and that had brought the strength to 41.
He said continuing education was a key priority for his office, and since its inception last year, it proved to be a key factor in preparing lawyers.