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Job title : Senior Attorney/ Director : Law Clinic
Job Location : Gauteng, Randburg
Deadline : November 02, 2024
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Duties and Responsibilities :
Case Management and Legal Processes
- Interpreting laws, rules, and regulations
- Manage all matters from time of consultation until such time as matter is litigated, closed or referred to an Attorney or Advocate within the required standards of the profession
- Legal advice and guidance to clients
- Drafting of pleadings and correspondence
- Negotiating and drafting of various agreements and corporate documents
- Researching law and drafting legal opinions
- Managing of serving and filling through candidate attorneys
- Participating in the interview of witnesses
- Preparing cases for trial or alternate dispute resolution
- Undertaking the legal work to the highest professional and client care standards
- Co-ordinate legal training at the Clinic
- Analysing probable outcomes based on legal precedents
- Provide legal representation in matters within our jurisdiction
- Litigating in civil courts, tribunals, and arbitrations
Management and Administration of Clinics
- Maintaining the confidentiality of legal documents and client records
- Updating and managing case load of the IIE VC CLC in the region
- Update clients, stakeholders and attorneys on clients matters
- Play an active role in the development of policies and procedures of the Law Clinic
- Provide legal secretary/intern with instructions
Supervision and Student Engagement
- Supervising all law students in his/her care
- Managing the practical legal component of the Work Integrated Learning (WIL) module
- Managing the monitoring of and evaluation of student performance
- Train, supervise and guide candidate legal practitioners
- Provide individual mentoring for and coaching of legal practitioners and candidate attorneys
- Monitor and evaluate the quality of work performed by the 4th year IIE LLB students in their WIL module
Collaboration and Community Engagement
- Maintaining a professional and harmonious relationship with a wide range of stakeholders in the legal industry including NGO’s, Court personnel, law firms, potential donor funders, Legal Aid and other public interest initiatives.
- Facilitating Community and Attorney workshops
- Engaging with the different courts to hold Advice Desks
Competencies:
- Excellent English language, communication and writing skills
- Strong Analytical skills
- Computer literacy
- Conflict resolution skills. A high level of disciplinary expertise.
- Research Skills
- Excellent drafting, writing and editing skills
- Attention to detail
- Time Management Skills
- Ability to work in a pressurized work environment
- Problem-solving skills
- Ethical
- A demonstrable commitment to and interest in public interest law and social justice
- Active listening skills
Special Requirements
- Candidate must be able to organise outreach and other community engagement initiatives on the last Saturday morning of each month.
- Be able to monitor and assess performance of yourself, other individuals or organisations to make improvement or take corrective action
Minimum Education Requirements:
- Completed LLB degree at NQF level 8. LLM at NQF level 9 will be advantageous.
- Must be admitted as an attorney of the High Court with 10 years’ experience as an admitted attorney and right of appearance in the High Court.
Minimum Work Experience:
- 10 years post admission experience with 5 years general legal practice and 5 years management experience.
- Admitted Attorney on the Practising Roll
- Previous Magistrates and High Court litigation experience , civil litigation and family law will be advantageous.
- Proficiency in additional languages will be an added advantage
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