We are seeking a driven candidate legal practitioner with a recently obtained LLB degree to commence their articles of clerkship in 2024. This position offers a unique chance to gain practical experience under the guidance of experienced legal practitioners in a collaborative and supportive environment. This position is offered to disabled South African Citizens that are defined as 'black' under B-BBEE codes of Good practice 2013.

Responsibilities

-Perform court work, draft pleadings, opinions, agreements, contracts etc. under supervision of an admitted attorney;
-Prepare legal documents;
- Assisting with preparing of high court and magistrate court litigation papers as well as paginating and indexing of such papers;
- Conducting research as per mandate;
-All other duties generally accepted to be those of candidate attorneys within the cultural environment of the business;
-Legal research;
-Perform other duties in keeping with training that is required of a candidate attorney;
-Answering telephone calls, taking telephone messages and making notes on the file;
-Dealing with enquiries from clients via email, fax, letter and telephone;
-Keeping records of costs and do bills of costs;
- Arrange for delivery of legal correspondence;
-Assist attorneys in collecting information on and for clients using Windeed, Searchworks, Datasearch etc.
-Draft and type office memos;
-Performs related work as assigned;
-Liaising with advocates as instructed by attorney;
-Capture data electronically;

Knowledge, Skills, Abilities and other requirement:

-Knowledge of MS Office programs;
-Computer literate and ability to be trained in company used programs;
-Organizational and administrative skills;
-Good written and spoken communication skills;
-Knowledge of legal procedures (where applicable)
-High level of accuracy and attention to detail;
-Discretion, for dealing with confidential information;
-The ability to work well as part of a team and also on your own;
-Ability to use office equipment and the switch board effectively;
-A valid code EB/C1 (previously code 8/10) driver's license (recommended)

Qualifications

An LLB degree;