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Attorney

Stellenbosch
Salary: Market Related
Job Type: Permanent
Sectors: Legal
Reference: 2232903

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Employer: Stellenbosch University

Stellenbosch University

Faculty of Law

Law Clinic

Attorney (Job Level 8)

(Stellenbosch Campus)

Ref. RG04/303/1124

The Law Clinic at Stellenbosch University (SU) operates as a fully-fledged attorneys’ office, delivering free legal services to the indigent, whilst at the same time training final year law students and candidate legal practitioners in the practical application of the law. The Clinic also produces research outputs and engages in impact litigation.

Duties:

The Stellenbosch University Law Clinic seeks to appoint an admitted attorney. The incumbentwill be required to perform the work typically performed by a law clinician, which includes:

• Providing legal services, including consulting, researching, drafting and litigating.

• Supervising and mentoring candidate legal practitioners and students.

• Providing legal education and training to candidate legal practitioners, students and to members of the community, including the poor and marginalised.

• Managing relationships with Clinic stakeholders.

• Conducting administration relating to all of the above activities.

Required Skills

A Valid Driver’S Licence.
Admitted Attorney.
At Least Three Years’ Experience In Family Law, Including Experience In Children’S Rights Matters.: 3 to 4 years

Candidate Requirements

Requirements:

• Admitted attorney.

• At least three years’ experience in family law, including experience in children’s rights matters.

• A valid driver’s licence.

• Computer literate.

• The ability to work under pressure and independently.

• Must be diligent and hardworking.

• Must be proactive and innovative.

• Sound interpersonal relations.

• Competent written and verbal communicator.

• The ability to function effectively in a multicultural environment.

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About Stellenbosch University

Stellenbosch University is recognised as one of the four top research universities in South Africa. It takes pride in the fact that it has one of the country’s highest proportions of postgraduate students of which almost ten percent are international students.

The University lies in the picturesque Jonkershoek Valley in the heart of the Western Cape Winelands. The University has ten faculties, of which eight – AgriSciences, Arts and Social Sciences, Education, Engineering, Law, Science, Theology and the larger part of Economic and Management Sciences - are located on the main campus in Stellenbosch with the Faculty of Health Sciences situated on the Tygerberg campus and the Faculty of Military Science in Saldanha. The University's Business School is situated at the Bellville Park campus.