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| Northern Cape Provincial Government | Northern Cape Provincial Candidate Attorneys Programme 2025/2027 (19 May 2025) |
| Legal Sector Charter Council | Legal Sector Transformation Fund establishment |
| Legal Sector Charter Council |
Legal Sector Charter Council has been established |
| Companies Tribunal | Companies Tribunal Bulletin – Volume 4: January to March 2025 |
| Department of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development | Invitation to participate in the Electronic Deeds Registration System beta/pilot (4 April 2025) |
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The Chartered Governance Institute of Southern Africa
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| Companies Tribunal |
Companies Tribunal Bulletin – Volume 3: October to December 2024 |
| Companies Tribunal | Companies Tribunal Bulletin – Volume 2 – July to September 2024 |
| Companies Tribunal | Companies Tribunal Bulletin – Volume 1 – April to June 2024 |
| Financial Intelligence Centre | Financial Intelligence Centre Act compliance: Suspicious and unusual transaction reporting for legal practitioners (4 July 2024) |
| North West University and the University of Fort Hare | Call for papers and colloquium in honouring late Justice Yvonne Mokogoro. |
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Pan African Lawyers Union (PALU)
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Call for Expression of Interest |
| Legal Aid South Africa | Umlungisi – Official Stakeholder Newsletter: Edition 3 |
| Companies Tribunal | Companies Tribunal Bulletin – Volume 4 January to March 2024 |
| Legal Services Ombud | Request for comments on draft Rules for the Office of the Legal Services Ombud |
| Department of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development | Deeds Registries Act: Schedule of Fees of Office |
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South African Law Reform Commission
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The LSSA hosted a successful webinar on 17 November 2023 on the SA Law Reform Commission’s (SALRC) Discussion Paper on the Review of Aspect of Matrimonial Property Law. It appeared that certain aspects of the Discussions Paper need clarity. The SALRC will be presenting a series of virtual workshops on 4, 6 and 7 December focusing respectively on religious marriages, customary marriages and the default matrimonial property system, unmarried life partnerships, discretion, technical issues at divorce, etc. Practitioners are urged to attend these workshops. Refer to the invitation from the SALRC by clicking here. |
| South African Judicial Education Institute | SAJEI Judicial Skills for Aspirant Regional Magistrates Course – Limpopo
Judicial Skills Course for Aspirant Regional Magistrates Programme |
| Financial Intelligence Centre | Failure to comply with Directive 6 of 2023 relating to the submission of risk and compliance returns (29 August 2023) |
| South African Judicial Education Institute | SAJEI Judicial Skills for Aspirant Regional Magistrates Course – KwaZulu-Natal
SAJEI Judicial Skills for Aspirant Regional Magistrates Course – Western Cape SAJEI Judicial Skills for Aspirant Regional Magistrates Course – Free State |
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Mediators of the Supreme Court of India (NIVAARAN)
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Nivaaran-Mediators of Supreme Court of India presents the 21st Lecture of the Lecture series on the topic, “The Mediator and the Lawyer-friends or foes? “Guest Address: Prof. Andrew Goodman LLB MBA PhD FCIArb FInstCPD FRSAOpening Remarks: Ms. Sangeeta Mehrotra, Advocate & Mediator, Supreme court of India.Closing Remarks: Mr. Aruneshwar Gupta, Senior Advocate & Mediator Supreme Court of IndiaWhen: June 14 2023 4:00 PM India / 11:30 AM BSTRegister for the session using the link below: https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZ0vcOqqqDgvGNdR5WIIZ2ygb8hcX7eRs9BiJoin us Live on YouTube https://youtube.com/live/nsfuU3a8tR4?feature=share |
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China Law Society |
The 10th Course of China-Africa Legal Professionals Exchange Program Invitation letter
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Public Engagement for KwaZulu-Natal legal practitioners invitation |
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Pan African Lawyers Union (PALU)
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Invitation to interested individual lawyers, as well as law firms to take up PALU membership and join the different Members’ Committees (5 March 2023). |
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Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development
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Kindly note that Pretoria Deeds office will be closed for business with effect from 6 –14 April 2023 and therefore there will be no business conducted with our clients. Please find herewith attached a relocation notices for ease of reference. Please don’t hesitate to contact the Office of the Registrar of Deeds Pretoria on the following email address: Nono.Mokale@dalrrd.gov.za or Francis.Ndlovu@dalrrd.gov.za should further clarity be sought. |
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Pan African Lawyers Union (PALU)
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PALU’s Annual Conference July 5-8, 2023, in Livingstone, Zambia. Click here for more information. |
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Pan African Lawyers Union (PALU)
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Watch Party of the United States- Africa Leaders Summit on Tuesday, December 13, 2022
If you have not already registered, please join us at a Watch Party of the United States- Africa Leaders Summit on Tuesday, December 13, 2022. Watch Party activities will feature panel discussions and presentations on topical democracy and governance issues in Africa and a live Watch of the Summit’s Civil Society Engagement session via livecast from Washington, DC. You can read more about the summit via this link.
Date: Tuesday, December 13, 2022, 2:00 pm (EAT) +3GMT
Venue: Sarova PanAfric hotel, in Nairobi, Kenya
Kindly register with the below link to attend virtually.
Pan African Lawyers Union has partnered with the following institutions to bring you this event; Mzalendo, Siasa Place, Humanity United, National Democratic Institute, and International Republican Institute.
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Nivaaran-Mediators of Supreme Court of India
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Nivaaran-Mediators of Supreme Court of India presents the 19th Lecture of the Lecture series on the topic, “Photography and Conflict Resolution, what do they have in common?”Guest Address: Helen Lightstone Founder, of Lightstone Academy for Conflict Resolution, Mediator, Trainer, and Professor.Opening Remarks; Ms. Prachi Bajpai, Advocate & Mediator, Supreme court of India.Closing Remarks; Ms. Anupama Ahluwalia, International Mediator and Mediation Trainer, Corporate Attorney, New York and India.When: Dec 10 2022 8:00 PM India / 9:30 AM ESTRegister for the session using the link below: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZIlceuorj0tHtwFrPGiYCBLJ5FOo_fKKUPDParticipation Certificate to all the Attendees. |
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Pan African Lawyers Union (PALU)
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Webinars on Promoting and Enabling an Environment for the Freedom of Expression of the Media: The Theory, the Practice and the Reality. |
| The Commonwealth Foundation |
The People’s Voice: A Stronger Commonwealth Code for Media Freedom 15 November 2022 – 2:00pm to 3:30pm GMT |
| Platform to Protect Whistleblowers (PPLAAF) |
Whistleblower Protection Workshop – 9 November 2022. Please register your attendance here by 4 November 2022: |
| Gambia Bar Association | Joint statement of the Gambia Bar Association and the Female Lawyers Association on the untimely death of 69 Gambian Children from acute kidney injuries linked to the consumption of substandard drugs imported into the country |
| Sierra Leone Telegraph | More political arrests in Sierra Leone as human rights lawyer Ady Macauley is locked up for interpreting the law on national TV |
| Law Society of Botswana | A call for the immediate resignation of the Chief Justice |
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Pan African Lawyers Union (PALU)
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PALU 20th Anniversary Celebration – 9th September 2022 Click here to read the newsletter. |
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Pan African Lawyers Union (PALU)
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PALU 20th Anniversary Celebration – 9th September 2022 Click here for more information and to register. |
| South African Judicial Education Institute | South African Judicial Education Institute Judicial Skills for Aspiring Regional Magistrates Course – Free State
Application form for Judicial Skills for Aspiring Regional Magistrates Training Course – Bloemfontein – 3 September 2022 Application form for Judicial Skills for Aspiring Regional Magistrates Training Course – Klerksdorp – 27 August 2022 |
| Nivaaran – Mediators of Supreme Court of India | 18th Lecture Nivaaran – Mediators of Supreme Court of India Topic: ‘The neutrality trap: Disrupting and connecting for social change’ Date: 21 June 2022 Click here for more information. |
| African Arbitration Association and African Institute of International Law | Workshop 2: Negotiating and Drafting Bilateral Investment Treaties (BITs) by African Court – 23 June 2022 |
| Attorney General Alliance – Africa and Pan African Bar Association of South Africa | Intermediate Advocacy Training – 13 to 15 July 2022 |
| Nivaaran – Mediators of Supreme Court of India | 17th Lecture Nivaaran – Mediators of Supreme Court of India Topic: ‘Mediation Mind Games’ Date: 9th June 2022 at 10:30 AM BST Click here for more information. |
Pan African Lawyers Union (PALU) |
2022 Annual Conference and Triennial General Assembly The Pan African Lawyers Union (PALU) cordially invites the Law Society of South Africa (LSSA) and its members to its 12th Annual Conference and 7th Triennial General Assembly, from 27 to 30 June 2022, in Arusha, United Republic of Tanzania. Attached are a series of documents to provide more information about the Conference and we would be grateful if you could disseminate them to your members, so we secure a numerous and vocal representation from South Africa at the events. They are:
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| KwaZulu-Natal Province Community Safety & Liaison | Law graduates recruitment programme |
| The Cyrus R. Vance Center for International Justice of the New York City Bar Association, the West African Bar Association, the West African Civil Society Forum, and Pan African Lawyers Union |
The Cyrus R. Vance Center for International Justice of the New York City Bar Association, the West African Bar Association, the West African Civil Society Forum, and Pan African Lawyers Union invites you to its four-part webinar series on Democracy, Elections, and Governance (DEG) to discuss democratic backsliding and resurgence of coups in Africa. This is part of a broader Africa-wide review of DEG to contribute to current discussions on democratic governance issues in Africa.
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| Labour Court | Labour Court Directive: LC/LAC 01/2022 |
| Financial Intelligence Centre | Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing Risk webinar (24 April 2022) |
| Legal Services Ombud |
Office of the Legal Services Ombud: Rules (24 April 2022) |
| Financial Intelligence Centre | Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing (ML/TF) risk webinar engagement: 14 April 2022 at 14:30. |
| Financial Intelligence Centre |
Assessment of the inherent money laundering and terrorist financing risks: Legal Practitioners (March 2022) (29 March 2022)
Media release (29 March 2022) |
| South African Human Rights Commission | Call for legal firms in the Eastern Cape province to form part of the Pro Bono Panel of the South African Human Rights Commission (29 March 2022) |
| South African Judicial Education Institute |
Invitation to apply for SAJEI Judicial Skills for aspirant regional magistrates in Limpopo (2 February 2022)
Application form: Judicial Skills for Aspirant Regional Magistrates Training Course |
| Association of Lawyers of Russia |
The fifth All-Russian Legal Dictation invitation, which will take place on 3 December 2021 (25 November 2021) |
| Legal Practitioners Development Fund |
Legal Practitioners Development Fund: Audit fee grant proposal (29 August 2021) |
| Rules Board for Courts of Law |
Practice Directives overlapping with rule making functions of the Rules Board (8 June 2021) |
| Southern African Institute of Government Auditors |
Advert – Southern African Institute of Government Auditors Disciplinary Committee (27 May 2021) |
| Southern African Development Community |
Nomination of candidates to be appointed as judges for the SADC Administrative Tribunal |
| SASSETA | Opportunity to apply for the SASSETA Economic Stimulus Business Mentoring Program – 2021
SASSETA Economic Stimulus Program – Frequently asked questions |
| The Office of the Premier Gauteng |
Correspondence to Legal Practice Council for services of letters from legal practitioners |
| ProBono.org | Free seminar for candidate legal practitioners and newly admitted legal practitioners on basic skills for drafting a liquidation and distribution account on Thursday, 22 October 2020 at 11:00 |
| Women’s Legal Centre | Invitation: Wills webinar on Tuesday, 29 September 2020 from 11:00 |
| Mark Heyink and The Michalsons Team |
Webinar invitation: How the Information Regulator’s plans affect your organisation? – 3 August 2020 |
| The Commonwealth | Rule of Law Webinar 28th July: The Impact of COVID-19 on the Rule of Law in the Commonwealth |
| The Office of the Chief Registrar of Deeds | Suspension of Registrars’ Conference resolutions regarding the interpretation of the word ‘alienate’ as far as it relates to mortgaging of immovable property |
| South Africa under lockdown |
President Statement on Coronavirus |
| Department of Justice and Constitutional Development notices | President Cyril Ramaphosa appoints new Senior Counsels |
| Editorial: CaseLines: Electronic case management system implemented | Practice Directive 1 of 2020 and the reference guide to using CaseLines |
| Notice filed on 16 September 2019 in terms of Rule 16A | |
| Judge President’s Practice Directive 2 of 2019 – Civil Trials, Issuing of Process and electronic service and filing – 10 July 2019 | |
| CV writing tips | |
| Council on Higher Education – The State of the Provision of the Bachelor of Laws (LLB)Qualification in South Africa – Report | |
| SALRC – Investigation into Legal Fees Project 142 ISSUE PAPER 36 | |
| Letters – May 2019 | Ex Parte: Goosen (GJ) (unreported case no 2018/2137, 25-3-2019) (Sutherland J) |
| BLA AGM: Fusion is the way to go | Thokwane Moloto – Godfrey Pitje Memorial Lecture speech |
| FSLS AGM: Legal Practitioners should not be afraid of change | FSLS annual report 2018 |
| Brics documents |
Brazil and Mutual Agreement Procedures – Enrique Lewandowski BRICS Legal Forum Conference – Des Williams Cape Town South Africa Declaration Comparison of Taxation Systems of BRICS Countries and Prospects for the Cooperation – Duoqi Xu Compliance and International Contracts – Gisela Gadelha Rules of Procedure of BRICS Expert Committee on Arbitration Rules of Procedure of BRICS Expert Committee on Commercial and Contract Law Streamlining the Tax Treaty Mutual Agreement – India – Mr V Lakshmikumaran Suggestions on Establishing Dispute Settlement Mechanism in BRICS Countries – Yundong Chen |
| LSSA and other documents |
The Law Society of South Africa promotes a strong, ethical,
and accessible legal profession by advocating for its members,
advancing professional development, upholding the rule of law,
and championing access to justice.
