By Louis Rood To grow your legal practice and attract more lucrative work, do you try to expand the range of services you offer, or do you concentrate on becoming […]
Read moreBy Louis Rood After action, satisfaction – client feedback When the time comes to close a file, there is one more thing to do. You have fulfilled your mandate, the […]
Read moreBy Robert Gentle It is many lawyers’ dream to see their names printed in the byline of an article holding forth on some relevant topic and making a name for […]
Read moreBy Clement Marumoagae University law clinics play an important role in training law graduates for the legal profession. Law clinics are traditionally understood to have two main objectives: Teaching law […]
Read moreBy Jenny Canau What is an article on mindfulness meditation doing in a legal journal? Why are mainstream law firms and law schools worldwide offering courses on mindfulness meditation? What […]
Read moreThe 18th Commonwealth Law Conference, which took place in South Africa for the first time from 14 to 18 April, brought over 900 Chief Justices, judges, lawyers, legal academics and […]
Read moreBy Kim Hawkey Following the public hearings on the Legal Practice Bill (B20 of 2012) in February, on 19 and 20 March the Justice Department (the department) presented its responses […]
Read moreBy Kim Hawkey In addition to the oral submissions on the Legal Practice Bill (B20 of 2012), the Justice Portfolio Committee received several written submissions on the draft legislation. This […]
Read moreBy Kim Hawkey On 19 and 20 February the Justice Portfolio Committee (the committee) held public hearings on the Legal Practice Bill (B20 of 2012), which is set to radically […]
Read moreBy Caryn Gootkin As a profession, one of the stereotypes that plague attorneys is the tendency to wear legalese as a suit of armour. Many believe attorneys use words as […]
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