Post on 15-Jan-2017
Sarvesh Nair
Worked in London UK 2000 – 2010
LLB – 2013LLM General Course Work
Completed Articles at Goldberg & De Villiers IncLaw School 2015
Life after your LLB
Final year of your LLB5 -7 modules outstanding per semesterLast stretch of your LLB degree
Keep on going
Topics • LLB Final Year NMMU
• Admitted Attorney ATTORNEYS ACT
• Law School Practical Legal Training
• Salary Scales $$$
Jobs for Law Students • Attorney or Advocate• Professional Counselling • Mediator : Negotiation and Conflict Resolution• Government and Politics• Non – governmental organisation • Journalism or writing• Corporate• Academia #www.forbes.com
Statistics
• Number of LLB graduates nationally 4 150• Number of LLB students enrolled 4 928• Number of Practicing Attorneys 23 712
LLB Graduates 2014 : Race
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LLB Graduates 2014 : Gender
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Attorneys Admitted : Race
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Requirements Attorney Attorneys Act 53 of 1979
• LLB Degree• Regarded as fit and proper by Law Society & High Court • Attorneys Admission Exams Past papers from Law Society approx. R1 000
• Paper 1 : Crim, High Court, Mag Court, MVA• Paper 2 : Wills and Estates• Paper 3 : Ethics – all encompassing• Paper 4 : Book Keeping
• Contract under Articles of Clerkship or Service Contract (Legal Aid)• Compulsory Legal Training: bi - annually normally 4 week duration
Contract of Articles – Duration of Service
• 5 years – this is if they are still studying towards a law degree,• 3 years – this is if they already have a B.Com, BA, B.Juris, B.Social Sciences
degree etc.• 2 years – this is once they have a LLB degree
• 1 year – this is when they have a LLB degree and have completed the full-time Practical Legal Training course offered by the Law Society of South Africa.
School for Legal Practice• School for Legal Practice established by Law Society of South Africa • Offers an intensive, postgraduate vocational course at one of the 9
centres nationally• 6 months to complete
2 years Articles are reduced to 1 year.Student can sit for the Attorneys’ Admission Examination immediately after
course.30 places available – cost approx. R12 000 Tel: (041) 504 2264
#www.lssalead.org.za
Average Salary Attorney R 185 066
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Average Salary Attorney R 292 546
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Postgraduate Studies NMMU
Average Salary Master in Law R 353 749 - R 439 297
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Tips for Articles• Cover Letter and CV• Practice drafting Bills of Costs, Letters of Demand & Summons and
Particulars of Claim• Practice interview techniques on friends• Practice speaking in Public• Brush up on Civil Procedure• Read De Rebus & other publications
Thank You
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