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Series VPRS 79
Articles of Clerkship Files
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Date Range: Series 1840 - cont
  Series in Custody 1840 - 1985
  Contents 1840 - 1985
Public Access: Open
Location: North Melbourne
Format of Records: Physical
 
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Date Range Agency Title Agency Number
1840 - 1851 Supreme Court of N.S.W. for the District of Port Phillip VA 914
1852 - cont Supreme Court of Victoria VA 2549
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1852 - cont Supreme Court of Victoria VA 2549
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  • How to use the Records
    For the file relating to a specific person, consult VPRS 5504 Register of the Articles of Clerkship for the number allocated at the time of registration and filing of articles with the Supreme Court.
    Consult the Records Description List for the unit containing the number of the file required.

  • Function / Content
    A person who planned to seek admission to practise as an attorney, solicitor and proctor was obliged to serve five years as an articled clerk and to file his articles in the Supreme Court within a certain time of entering into them. After the passing of the Legal Profession Practice Act 1891 all seeking admission to practise as barristers and solicitors were required to serve articles.

    This series consists of the files relating to articled clerks who filed their articles, but were not ultimately admitted to practise. When the application was made for admission, articles were removed from the file in which they had been originally placed and were put on to the file relating to admission. Contents of the file consist primarily of the Articles of Agreement between the articled clerk and the person to whom they were articled.

  • Recordkeeping System
    Files are arranged in numerical order. Each number is that allocated in VPRS 5504 Register of Articles of Clerkship.
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1843 - cont Register of Articles of Clerkship VPRS 5504
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Consignment Number Contents Date Range Public Access No. of Units
P0000 1840 - 1892 Open 6
P0001 1893 - 1984 Open 28
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1843 - cont Register of Articles of Clerkship VPRS 5504
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