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Final call for submissions to the 2018 South African Law Reform Commission Legal Essay Writing Competition

The South African Law Reform Commission in partnership with Juta Law is calling on young legal minds to submit articles championing law reform in South Africa into the 2018 SALRC Legal Essay Writing Competition. The competition encourages critical legal writing…

Provided By Juta

Legal Research: Purpose, Planning and Publication

Lawyers must be able to do research and should be able to do it well in order to honour their obligations, be those obligations commercial, in the field of criminal justice, constitutional, judicial or academic. Yet much confusion surrounds the nature of research,…

Provided By Juta

Are you creating intellectual property at university? Know your IP rights!

If you are currently studying or planning your studies at a university in South Africa, it is important that you understand your rights as an...

by Dawid Prozesky

Self-employment as an alternative career choice for law graduates

South Africa’s unemployment rate has risen to 27.2% during the second quarter of this year, up from the 26.7% of the first 3 months of...

by Jackie Lloyd

Self-employment as an alternative career choice for law graduates

South African Law Reform Commission relaunches 2018 student Legal Essay Writing Competition

The South African Law Reform Commission (SALRC) in conjunction with prize sponsors Juta Law, are proud to announce the relaunch of the long-standing annual legal...

Five reasons to study law

Monash South Africa shares five reasons why you should consider studying law: 1. Law degrees combine theory with practice A lot of theory goes into studying law,...

by Monash South Africa

Five reasons to study law

Sabinet South African National Legislation (NetLaw)

The cost of doing business within South Africa, along with the cost of running an educational institution is growing, and extremely quickly too. One essential...

The Council on Higher Education’s national review of the LLB

The CHE undertook a review of the LLB programme across the 17 Universities that offer it. While this was a process that began in 2013,...

by Prof Narend Baijnath

The Council on Higher Education’s national review of the LLB

The many career paths of the modern lawyer

There is no doubt that earning your Law degree is an admirable achievement and worth doing no matter which direction your career takes you, whether...

Career Paths of a Lawyer

LSSA calls on Council on Higher Education to consult the legal profession on issues related to the LLB degree

The Law Society of South Africa (LSSA) questions the decision by the Council on Higher Education (CHE) not to include the legal profession in its...

Succeeding in your role as a candidate attorney

The duties of a Candidate Attorney will make or break you It’s your first day at work. You’ve heard that the duties of the article clerk...

by Dean Raviv

Succeeding in your role as a candidate attorney

The functions and differences between state attorneys, state advocates and prosecutors

This article is specifically targeted at informing those who are currently studying or have completed a Bachelor of Laws (LLB) qualification at any accredited South...

by Melashnee Padayachee

The functions and differences between state attorneys, state advocates and prosecutors

A personal perspective on being a woman in the maritime sector

I come from very humble working class beginnings. My mom worked in an appliance factory and my father was a salary clerk. I attended government...

by Anisa Govender

A personal perspective on being a woman in the maritime sector

Two Exemplary Young South Africans Share Their Thoughts On The Real Importance Of A Law Degree

Two outstanding young South Africans, law student and Bowman Gilfillan Africa Group bursary recipient Kamogelo Sono and school pupil and future law student, Lesedi Nkwe...

Two Exemplary Young South Africans Share Their Thoughts On The Real Importance Of A Law Degree

Plight of a black law graduate

We recently received this thought provoking letters from one of our readers. It raises many questions about transformation in the legal profession and brings to...

by Jacob Bongani Hlongwane

Plight of a black law graduate

Is a candidate attorney an employee?

What is an employee? I recently read a letter titled the ‘Protection of candidate attorneys’ and it made me wonder whether article clerks / candidate attorneys...

by Chantel Cronje

Is a candidate attorney an employee?

Becoming an advocate – Leave the law firm and go to the Bar

At some point during or after your legal studies you will be faced with the choice. Should I become an advocate or an attorney? We...

by Yoni Balkind

Becoming an advocate – Leave the law firm and go to the Bar

Experts advise law students – Finding articles of clerkship

Law graduates today face increasingly great difficulty in securing articles of clerkship with a law firm. Hundreds of law graduates clamour for positions every year...

by Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr

The cry of a despondent law graduate

Read the tale of a law graduate who has applied to almost 500 law firms and still cannot find law articles.…

One chance to make a first impression

While we can’t travel back in time and amend your academic results or past work experience, we can help you sugar coat reality. Law firms...

by Hogan Lovells South Africa

One chance to make a first impression

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