LEAD empowers SAWLA members through DoJ

September 1st, 2014
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By Barbara Whittle

The Law Society of South Africa’s Legal Education and Development division (LEAD), in cooperation with the Justice Department’s Gender Directorate, has provided training to women lawyers who are members of the South African Women Lawyers Association (Sawla) in ten centres across the country. Training was provided in litigation techniques, labour law, insolvency, the new Companies Act and business rescue at various centres.

Delegates included candidate attorneys, attorneys, state attorneys, advocates, family advocates, directors, deputy directors, researchers, legal advisers, registrars from the courts and magistrates.

The Justice Department’s Gender Directorate is involved in several empowerment programmes – one of which is in conjunction with Sawla – aimed at facilitating gender transformation in the legal profession.

Barbara Whittle, Barbara@lssa.org.za

This article was first published in De Rebus in 2014 (Sept) DR 14.

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