Sarvesh Nair

Worked in London UK 2000 – 2010

LLB – 2013LLM General Course Work

Completed Articles at Goldberg & De Villiers IncLaw School 2015

Life after your LLB

Final year of your LLB5 -7 modules outstanding per semesterLast stretch of your LLB degree

Keep on going

Topics • LLB Final Year NMMU

• Admitted Attorney ATTORNEYS ACT

• Law School Practical Legal Training

• Salary Scales $$$

Jobs for Law Students • Attorney or Advocate• Professional Counselling • Mediator : Negotiation and Conflict Resolution• Government and Politics• Non – governmental organisation • Journalism or writing• Corporate• Academia #www.forbes.com

Statistics

• Number of LLB graduates nationally 4 150• Number of LLB students enrolled 4 928• Number of Practicing Attorneys 23 712

LLB Graduates 2014 : Race

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LLB Graduates 2014 : Gender

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Attorneys Admitted : Race

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Requirements Attorney Attorneys Act 53 of 1979

• LLB Degree• Regarded as fit and proper by Law Society & High Court • Attorneys Admission Exams Past papers from Law Society approx. R1 000

• Paper 1 : Crim, High Court, Mag Court, MVA• Paper 2 : Wills and Estates• Paper 3 : Ethics – all encompassing• Paper 4 : Book Keeping

• Contract under Articles of Clerkship or Service Contract (Legal Aid)• Compulsory Legal Training: bi - annually normally 4 week duration

Contract of Articles – Duration of Service

• 5 years – this is if they are still studying towards a law degree,• 3 years – this is if they already have a B.Com, BA, B.Juris, B.Social Sciences

degree etc.• 2 years – this is once they have a LLB degree

• 1 year – this is when they have a LLB degree and have completed the full-time Practical Legal Training course offered by the Law Society of South Africa.

School for Legal Practice• School for Legal Practice established by Law Society of South Africa • Offers an intensive, postgraduate vocational course at one of the 9

centres nationally• 6 months to complete

2 years Articles are reduced to 1 year.Student can sit for the Attorneys’ Admission Examination immediately after

course.30 places available – cost approx. R12 000 Tel: (041) 504 2264

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Average Salary Attorney R 185 066

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Average Salary Attorney R 292 546

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Postgraduate Studies NMMU

Average Salary Master in Law R 353 749 - R 439 297

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Tips for Articles• Cover Letter and CV• Practice drafting Bills of Costs, Letters of Demand & Summons and

Particulars of Claim• Practice interview techniques on friends• Practice speaking in Public• Brush up on Civil Procedure• Read De Rebus & other publications

Thank You

Your attitude, not your aptitude, will determine your altitude.

#Zig Ziglar