SEMINARS/COURSES FOR LEGAL PRACTITIONERS

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Heads of Argument - Cape Town: 06 August - Read more 
Legal Bookkeeping for Practitioners (preparation for admission) Various regions July and August - Read more
Divorce Mediation [Course] - Durban July/August 2019 - Read more
Civil Mediation [Course] - Durban August 2019 - Read More
Legal Practice Act: Port Elizabeth/East London  - August2019 Read more
Positioning your new law firm (Webinar) 21 May 2019 Read more
Commercial Drafting Skills Midrand 1 & 2 August / Read more 
National Credit Act (All Regions) August Read More 
 

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Coming soon:
Commercial Drafting: Midrand 01 - 02 August 2019 Read More
Exam Prep Conveyancing Various regions - August
Medical Law [Online Course]- 19 August - 23 October 2019 - Read more 
Personal Injury Law Various regions- August 2019 - Read more 
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ONLINE COURSES

Introduction to Medical Law for Legal Practioners (Online)
Learn basic principles of medical law and specifically on medical negligence. Increasingly, more Legal Practitioners are pursuing these types of claims without having received training in this sui generis type of delict - the principles of which differ from other delicts. 19 August to 23 October 2019 (Registration Closes: 8 August 2019) Read more here.

Office Administration and Client Care (Online)
This course focuses on how a law firm operates and the skills required for effective office administration. Participants will learn, amongst other things, about the tasks of the office administrator, effective communication, personnel management and client care. This one-month course is presented online exclusively and there are no contact sessions. It is a flexible equivalent to a full-time, three-day, attendance course. 9 September to 11 October 2019 (Registration closes: 1 September 2019) Read more here.

ATTENDANCE 

LEAD's ACT division provides a range of training courses aimed at upskilling legal practitioners and law firm support staff.

Civil Litigation in the High Court, Pretoria, 17 May 2019  (Gain basic skills to draft legal documents and pleadings when required in terms of the Rules ... Read more

Show me the money: A discussion on access to justice v legal fees

The Law Society of South Africa (LSSA) held a meeting in February to discuss the International Conference on Access to Justice, Legal Costs and Other Interventions, which was hosted by the South African Law Reform Commission (SALRC) in 2018. The aim of the meeting was to tackle issues connected with legal costs, particularly in view of s 35 of the Legal Practice Act 28 of 2014 (LPA).  Read more.

SCHOOL FOR LEGAL PRACTICE

Our nine residential centres and a distance training option provide vocational training for candidate attorneys to acquire the practical skills to become effective practitioners.

School attendance centres: East London | Johannesburg | Polokwane | Port Elizabeth | Potchefstroom | Pretoria
2nd Intake dates: Read more..
Day School: 06/05/2019 – 31/08/2019  Closing date for applications: 15 February 2019
Night School: 05/06/2019 – 08/11/2019  Closing date for applications: 15 February 2019
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LSSA-UNISA Distance Learning School: 
Intake 2: 03/06/2019 – 09/12/2019  
Closing date for applications: 22 February 2019 - Read more
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