Profile
LLB graduate completing articles at a commercial law firm. Drafts contracts, pleadings and letters of demand, researches case law and attends court with the principal, and is preparing for the attorneys’ admission examination.
Experience bullets
- Drafted commercial lease agreements, letters of demand and summonses under supervision.
- Researched and summarised case law for opposed motions in the High Court.
- Attended the High Court with the principal, and appeared on the principal’s behalf in the district magistrates’ court in unopposed and interlocutory matters.
- Managed a diary of 40 active debt-collection files, meeting all court deadlines.
Skills
Legal researchDraftingPleadingsContract lawLitigationCourt procedureClient interviewsCase management
Firms look first at your LLB results, practical legal training and the kind of work you did in articles. Say which papers of the attorneys’ admission examination you have passed, if any.