Job Description

Duties/Pligte Entering into, and abiding by, the required tripartite contract of service learning with a principal attorney and the Legal Practice Council. Duties include:

Providing support to other practitioners within the firm on all aspects of legal practice. Assisting in the preparation of matters for trials or hearings. Conducting research and preparing legal opinions. Attending consultations with clients, witnesses and experts. Attending court appearances, including pre-trial conferences and trial proceedings. Liaising with counsel, experts, clients and opponents. Attending to the day-to-day management of files under the supervision of other practitioners. Drafting agreements, letters and other legal documents. Assisting and supporting students as well as any teaching offered by the Law Clinic. Conducting other daily administrative and legal practices. Attending the Law Clinics three satellite offices monthly.



Kontrakteer, en dien onder, die vereiste drieparty-kontrak van indiensopleiding met 'n prinsipaal prokureur en die Regspraktykraad. Pligte sluit in:

Ondersteun ander praktisyns binne die firma met alle aspekte van regspraktyk. Hulpverlening met die voorbereiding van sake vir verhore. Doen navorsing en berei regsopinies voor. Hantering van konsultasies met kliente, getuies en deskundiges. Waarneming van hofverskynings, insluitende voorverhoorkonferensies en verhoorverrigtinge. Skakel met advokate, deskundiges, kliente en teenkante. Behartig die daaglikse bestuur van leers onder die toesig van ander regspraktisyns. Opstel van ooreenkomste, briewe en ander regsdokumente. Verleen bystand en ondersteuning aan studente sowel as enige onderrig wat deur die Regskliniek aangebied word. Voer ander daaglikse administratiewe en regsaktiwiteite uit. Woon die Regskliniek se drie satelliet kantore maandeliks by.



Job Requirements/Pos Vereistes
An LLB qualification. Fluent verbal and written in English

and

Afrikaans

OR

English

and

IsiXhosa. Good legal writing skills. The ability to work as part of a team and independently. The ability and willingness to work outside office hours, including weekends as may be required from time to time. The ability to maintain good interpersonal relationships. The ability to work under pressure. The ability to work on own initiative. Sharing the values upon which the Law Clinic is founded. The ability to function effectively in a multicultural environment.


'n LLB-kwalifikasie. Ten volle vaardig (mondeling en skriftelik) in Engels

en

Afrikaans,

OF

in

Engels

en

IsiXhosa. Goeie regskryfvaardighede. Die vermoe om as deel van 'n span en onafhanklik te werk. Die vermoe en bereidwilligheid om buite kantoorure te werk, insluitende naweke soos van tyd tot tyd vereis mag word. Die vermoe om goeie interpersoonlike verhoudings te handhaaf. Die vermoe om onder druk te werk. Die vermoe om op eie inisiatief te werk. Deel die waardes waarop die Regskliniek gegrond is. Die vermoe om effektief in n multikulturele omgewing te funksioneer.



Recommendation/Aanbeveling
Relevant prior work experience. Existing knowledge of and familiarity with the work of the Law Clinic.


Toepaslike vorige werkservaring. * Bestaande kennis van, en vertroudheid met, die werk van die Regskliniek.