Legal Aid South Africa Careers and Employment

I learnt a lot during my two years of Articles. Work load is a lot but you can manage . Didn’t like the fact that I can’t choose my clients but you leave the with great Criminal law experience.

Candidate Attorney in Johannesburg, Gauteng

on 21 December 2022

You’ll learn quickly and litigation driven.

Client based interactions. Demanding clients. Boost your confidence. Litigation based. Long working hours. Support from Management. Decent salary. Somewhat of a company culture

Paralegal Officer in Head office

on 2 December 2022

Best Employer

Great culture, integrity, living the best values and characterised by respect for human dignity.For more than fifteen years now, the organization has received unqualified audits consecutively

Candidate Attorney in Welkom, Free State

on 27 November 2022

Challenging

A lot of favouritism from the supervisors. So much independence, whatever you learn, 70% of the time you teach yourself. Stressful, you learn alot as you deal with a high volume of cases. Not for the faint hearted. Lovely pay

Candidate Attorney in Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape

on 20 October 2022

I would really love to go back and work for Legal Aid,its challenging and interesting

You learn on the job ,not much supervision,you learn to think on your toes and problem solving techniques.Colleagues and management are friendly,its a nice working environment. Its very challenging and much interesting at the same time. Drinks on friday after work are half price and they throw the best end of the year parties. Dedicated to team building.

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1. Mostly their questions focuses on criminal law and criminal procedure because they predominantly deal with criminal matters.

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