Advocates are organized into societies in the major centers in South Africa, historically known as “Bars”. As the body representing the advocates’ profession, the purpose of the Free State Bar is to maintain professional standards and conduct among practicing advocates, and to enforce discipline amongst its members.
Continue reading →This Association was previously called the “Corporate Lawyers Association of SA”. The Corporate Counsel Association of South Africa (CCASA), previously known as the Corporate Lawyers Association of South Africa (CLASA),was formed in 1982 to promote the common interests of corporate counsel in South Africa as the South African Government does not formally recognize or endorse CCASA or its members.
Continue reading →The Cape Bar is a society of advocates of the High Court of South Africa. Its members, each a specialist in litigation, practise independently. The Cape Bar is governed by a Bar Council, which is elected annually by members in accordance with the Cape Bar’s Constitution.
Continue reading →The South African Institute of Intellectual Property Law was established in 1952 and represents some 187 patent attorneys, patent agents and trade mark practitioners in South Africa who specialize in the field of Intellectual Property Law.
Continue reading →The LSSA speaks nationally on behalf of the attorneys’ profession;
provides leadership and support to the profession through policy development and stakeholder relations;
publishes De Rebus, the SA attorneys journal in print and digital format, which circulates to all attorneys, and judges as well as subscribers in print and digital format, as well as an app;
interrogates and makes input on policy and draft legislation in the public interest;
provides vocational training to over 1 400 candidate attorneys a year; attendance fees are subvented by the Attorneys Fidelity Fund;
has 10 Centres of the School for Legal Practice: Bloemfontein, Polokwane, Cape Town, Port Elizabeth, Durban, Potchefstroom, East London, Pretoria and Johannesburg as well as a distance training centre in cooperation with Unisa
is accredited as the premier provider of other practical legal training courses (PLT) for candidate attorneys in terms of the Attorneys Act, 1979;
is accredited as the premier provider of subsidised Practice Management Training (PMT) for mandatory practice management in terms of the Judicial Matters Second Amendment Act, 2003;
maintains standards by setting examination papers for the Attorneys Admission, Conveyancing and Notarial professional examinations for attorneys; and
maintains a national database on statistics and trends in the attorneys’ profession.
NADEL is an organisation of lawyers, legal practitioners and students committed to adhering to and upholding the principles and values of the Association and to the realisation of the goals and objectives as set out in the Constitution of the Association
Continue reading →The ELA is a non-profit organisation with its main objective to promote and assist in the development and application of environmental law in South Africa. The organisation attracts members from an array of different environmentally-relevant disciplines which results in the ELA being an ideal forum for networking and the sharing of information and knowledge in the field of environmental law. The organization endeavors to keep up with the needs of its members and is therefore open to suggestions and recommendations on the type of assistance that the organisation could offer to its members and to others.
Continue reading →POPCRU is an affiliate of Congress of the South African Trade Unions [COSATU] and the World Federation of Trade Unions [WFTU]. There is active participation in these two formations by the movement.
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Continue reading →The Johannesburg Society of Advocates is a distinguished voluntary association governed by a constitution and a set of rules. Its membership is exclusive to those who are briefed by attorneys. With a legacy spanning over a century, our society boasts a membership of over a thousand individuals, the majority of whom hail from historically disadvantaged communities.
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