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Welcome to Legal Education and Development
With 30 years of experience, LEAD understands the needs of a modern-day law firm. A wide range of top-quality seminars and courses give attorneys the knowledge and skills to manage and grow their firms successfully
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Well trained staff are the foundation of every successful practice.
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Immigration and Refugee Seminar
Cape Town 18 March, &
Durban 28 March 2019The fundamentals of securing work-related visas, permits and
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Train your Legal Support Staff
Debt Collection: 04 - 05 April 2019Gain the skills and confidence to complete debt collection documents independently.
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PRACTICE MANAGEMENT TRAINING
Section 85(1)(b) of the LPA provides that every legal practitioner (an attorney/advocate taking direct instructions from the public) who is obliged to be in possession of a Fidelity Fund certificate and who, for the first time, practices as such, must complete a legal practice management course approved by the Legal Practice Council (LPC) Read More. -
CANDIDATE ATTORNEYS
Contracts for articles of clerkship must be registered with the Legal Practice Council. Read more here. Registration for the Admission Exam is also with the Legal Practice Council. Read more here. -
SEMINARS AND WORKSHOPS
LEAD's seminars, courses and workshops are designed to update your skills in existing practice areas, to introduce new areas to you and assist you to practise effectively. View our training events for practitioners here.
SEMINARS/COURSES FOR LEGAL PRACTITIONERS
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Administrative Scrutiny - Midrand: 04 April Read More
Civil Mediation [Course] - 01 - 05 April - Johannesburg - Read More
Consumer Protection Act[Seminar] - Port Alfred, 25 March 2019 - Read more
Divorce Mediation [Course] - Midrand July 2019 - Read more
Eviction [Seminar] - Cape Town, 4 April - Bloemfontein, 16 April Read More
Heads of Argument - Midrand: 11 April - Read more
Immigration and Regugee : Cape Town 18 March | Durban 29 March 2019 Read More
Legal Bookkeeping [Online Course] 15 April to 28 June 2019 - Read more
Medical Law [Online Course] Registration closed- 11 March - 10 May 2019 - Read more
Office Admin and Client Care [Online] 25 March - 3 May 2019 - Read more
Risk Management [Online Course] 17 June to 19 July 2019 - Read more
Write an opinion [Seminar] - Bloemfontein, 18 March | Durban, 9 March Read more
View our training events for practitioners here.
Coming soon:
Legal Cost: Midrand 7 June 2019
Company Law:V arious regions July 2019
Commercial Drafting: Midrand 01 - 02 August 2019
Legal Practice Act: Various regions May - June 2019
Positioning your new law firm (Webinar) 21 May 2019
Labour Law: Various dates May - June
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FOR SUPPORT STAFF
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. 11 March to 10 May 2019 (Registration Closes: 1 March 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. 25 March to 3 May 2019 (Registration closes: 15 March 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.
Legal Bookkeeping [Course] - 11 - 13 March 2019, Pretoria (This course is aimed for Legal Support Staff... Gain an overall insight and understanding into the legal bookkeeping
systems ... 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.
Our Compulsory Course for candidate legal practitioners : The objective of this course is to supplement the training provided by law firms in the knowledge, skills and attitudes required of a competent candidate attorney. The LEAD course is practice-orientated and an important facet of preparation for the profession’s Admission Examination. The course is in compliance with the Legal Practice Act. Read more.
Admission examination 2019: Refer to the Law Society website. www.LSSA.org.za
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
(Download application form)
LSSA-UNISA Distance Learning School:
Intake 2: 03/06/2019 – 09/12/2019
Closing date for applications: 22 February 2019 - Read more
(Download application form)
