NWU

VACANCY: ATTORNEY. POSITION NUMBER: PF 02565. The position is essential for the delivery of legal services to minor children in the North-West Province. The position is being funded in terms of an agreement entered into between the Faculty of Law and Legal Aid South Africa. The appointment is made for a fixed-term period of 12 months.

• Legal services (primary responsibility)
• Community engagement
• Monitor work-integrated-learning and service learning by students
• Present practical classes in the Legal Practice module (IURI 472) and the Law Clinic modules (IURE 416 and IURE 426)
• Committee work
• Project leader of the Child Justice Unit of the Potchefstroom Law Clinic
• Cooperate with management, OHS officials and colleagues to help everyone meet their legal requirements, whilst upholding and maintaining general occupational health and safety standards and practices

• LLB
• Admitted legal practitioner of the High Court of South Africa

• Legal language skills
• Basic research skills
• Computer literacy in MS Word and Office, as well as email, internet and electronic retrieval of legal sources
• Good communication skills (verbal and written)
• Good interpersonal relations
• The ability to accommodate multiculturalism
• Demonstration of language proficiency in order to function optimally in the various multilingual environments of the NWU

• Completion of B.A / B.Com with area of specialisation in law
• Completion of LLM (Masters in Law)
• Completion of the 6 months Practical Legal Training of the Law Society of South Africa / Legal Education and Development
• Community engagement
• Experience in Children’s Court matters