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128: 150:" as a candidate attorney with a practicing attorney for a period specified according to the qualification of the candidate (generally two years if an appropriate legal degree has been obtained); the length of articles may be reduced by attending a practical legal training course or performing 218:(LSSA) consists of the regulatory and disciplinary bodies for practising attorneys in South Africa. Attorneys are required to register at the relative provincial law society where they practice in terms of the Attorneys Act, 1979. 379: 292: 409: 256:
in other Commonwealth countries, with attorneys having broadly equivalent roles to solicitors and advocates having broadly equivalent roles to barristers.
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Attorneys are engaged directly by clients, acting as the “manager” of litigious cases. Although both attorneys and advocates may appear in the
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Paper 1: Practice and procedure (criminal procedure, supreme court procedure, magistrates’ court procedure and motor vehicle accident claims);
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to clients, aiding individuals and businesses in their legal dealings, and as required, handling
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For admission as an attorney, the academic qualification required is an
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Although not formally required for practice, specialist training, e.g.
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The candidate must also write a "board exam" set by the relevant
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Paper 3: Attorneys’ practice, contracts and rules of conduct;
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Career guide to the legal profession in South Africa
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South Africa
Attorneys
lawyers
legal advice
representation
related correspondence
contracts
litigious
an opinion
Advocate
below
Family Law
Property Law
Tax Law
Commercial law
professional firms
partnerships
"Big Five" law firms
Law Society of South Africa
Legal education in South Africa
List of law schools in South Africa
Bachelor of Laws § South Africa
Master of Laws § South Africa

University of Pretoria Faculty of Law
LLB
South African university
articles
community service
provincial Law Society

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