Overview:
So you have finished your classes, passed your exams, gained some experience and maybe even been in a court a few times, but now its time to make it official!.
Join Adv Dwight Snyman on the 19th of October from 10:00 - 12:00 where he will enable you to get a stronger idea of what to expect and avoid as you tackle your very own admissions application and help to guide you on your final journey to becoming a full-fledged legal practioner.
Learning objectives:
By the end of this webinar the attendee should know:
- Statutory Requirements of the Legal Practitioners Act
- Interacting with the Legal Practice Council.
- Application requirements
- Supporting Documentation required
- Advocates v Attorneys
- Step by step guide
- Preparing your founding affidavit
Content:
The webinar will cover the following topics:
- Overview of the process
- The new statutory framework
- Requirements – Differences between advocates and attorneys
- Affidavits and supporting docs
- Bureaucracy Disease, and how to fight it?
- The LPC and Bar Council
- Examinations
- The Big Day! – A guide to decorum.
About the presenter:
Adv. Dwight is an admitted member of the Johannesburg Society of Advocates and is accredited by the Legal Practitioners Council as an Advocate of the High Court of South Africa.
Before being called to the Bar, Dwight completed articles of clerkship, and attorney’s competency exams under the auspices of the Wits Law Clinic. He completed his Advocacy pupillage under the tutelage of the esteemed Adv. Louis Du Bruyn.
Though still junior within the profession, Dwight has had opportunity and success in litigation, in the High and Magistrates’ Courts of the republic, the CCMA, Disciplinary Hearings and assorted other venues and forums, and has become possessed of practical litigation experience beyond what would normally be expected from a practitioner of his age and seniority.
Who should attend?
- Candidate Attorneys,
- Law Students,
- Pupil Advocates,
- Paralegals,
- Young/junior legal practitioners.
Price:
This event is FREE to attend
Additional material:
By attending this webinar you will be provided with:
- A summarised slide presentation.
- Reference documents and/or course material where available.
- You can ask questions during the webinar and you will also have access to the presenter after the webinar.