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Great place to gain experience
Candidate attorney (Former Employee) - Vereeniging, Gauteng - 21 January 2023
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The most useful review selected by IndeedI 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.
Pros
Salary and expeey
Cons
Work load and pressure
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You’ll learn quickly and litigation driven.
Candidate Attorney (Current Employee) - Johannesburg, Gauteng - 21 December 2022
Client based interactions. Demanding clients. Boost your confidence. Litigation based. Long working hours. Support from Management. Decent salary. Somewhat of a company culture
Pros
You will learn all the basics of litigation and some civil work
Cons
One on one client interaction.
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Best Employer
Paralegal Officer (Former Employee) - Head office - 2 December 2022
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
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Challenging
Candidate Attorney (Former Employee) - Welkom, Free State - 27 November 2022
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
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I would really love to go back and work for Legal Aid,its challenging and interesting
Candidate Attorney (Former Employee) - Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape - 20 October 2022
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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Productive fast paced environment
Candidate Attorney (Former Employee) - Klerksdorp - 7 September 2022
A very important place to learn and get used to the court environment although you only get exposed to criminal litigation. After signing your contract you spend 2 months doing court observation then from there you can start working. On Fridays you get back early from court then you work on drafting of documents eg summons. It’s a very healthy environment also the salary is good compared to what others get in private practice.
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Productive and progressing work place
Candidate Attorney (Current Employee) - Durban, KwaZulu-Natal - 27 July 2022
Being able to do different courts, from criminal, civil, children's court and all related matters provides one with great leadership abilities and strong work ethic.
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Great working environment.
Candidate Attorney (Former Employee) - Western Cape - 25 January 2022
Great culture, you will gain excellent experience. It can be very stressful and a heavy workload, but you manage to juggle everything. overall you will enjoy working there.
Pros
great salary
Cons
heavy workload
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Best place to grow your career and learn at entry level
Candidate Attorney (Former Employee) - Johannesburg, Gauteng - 12 November 2021
Fast paced environment you either adapt or die of work. Do thorough research and consultation before trial. Management is always checking files to ensure that you understand work.
Pros
Learn a lot
Cons
Fast paced
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Productive and exciting workspace.
Candidate Attorney (Former Employee) - Mthatha, Eastern Cape - 12 November 2021
It's a good experience for candidate attorneys. You attend court everyday. You are trained mostly in criminal law litigation with very limited civil work. There are trainings that are conducted for C. As. The hours are long.
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High paced.
Candidate attorney (Former Employee) - Empangeni, KwaZulu-Natal - 16 September 2021
You will break down n come up better with legal aid u will reach potential from within that u didn't even know u had. Best place to perfect your litigation skills. Thinking on your feet and all
Cons
Too much admin
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Relaxed and professional environment
Receptionist (Former Employee) - South Africa - 22 November 2020
It was an amazing experience having worked with friendly and team playing colleagues and it wasn't too formal it was fun and relaxed environment to work in.
Pros
Long lunch hour
Cons
Working with long ques
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Trained well. Experience team of PA willing to assist candidate on case discussion.
Candidate Attorney (Former Employee) - Benoni, Gauteng - 28 October 2020
I had a wonderful time working at Legal aid. Experience gained and confidence. Best place to learn, deal with elderly and valnerable. Learn to work under pressure.
Pros
Non
Cons
Long hours
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Collaborative Environment
Candidate Attorney (Former Employee) - Johannesburg, Gauteng - 17 August 2020
Great place for candidate attorneys to apply theory in practice. Though Legal-Aid focuses on criminal work, a request to gain Civil Litigation experience may be lodged.
Pros
Bonus and yearly salary increase
Cons
Workload may become unbearable
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Good
Admin Clerk (Former Employee) - Grahamstown - 23 May 2020
1st they work as group I learned a lot from them.Managegement of them is very good they give you chance of attending trainings and you need to apply t
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It is great way to learn
Candidate Attorney (Former Employee) - Makhado, Limpopo - 13 April 2020
One must be ready to work extra hard, there is a lot of administrative work and driving to court, one should also be multilingual and be able to communicate with the indegent
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Good for learning on the job
Office Assistant (Former Employee) - Johannesburg, Gauteng - 11 April 2020
I came to Legal Aid South Africa as an intern in administrative unit. I got an opportunity to work with professionals who understood that I was there to learn. And because of that I learned fast that I got the permanent post advertised there.
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I enjoyed working at Legal Aid
Candidate Attorney (Former Employee) - Upington, Northern Cape - 2 April 2020
The experience I got as a candidate attorney was immeasurable. I had the opportunity of leaving legal Aid as an admitted attorney and wouldn’t mind working for the institution again.
Pros
It’s a great working environment
Cons
None
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Invaluable experience and exposure
Locum Civil Legal Practitioner (Former Employee) - Germiston, Gauteng - 20 March 2020
I served articles at Legal Aid SA. Thereafter entered into a short term contract in the Civil department. Excellent organization to gain experience and exposure. Would definitely recommend.
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Excellent environment
Candidate Attorney (Former Employee) - Johannesburg, Gauteng - 11 February 2020
Diversity, hands on management and training provided when needed. Friendly staff and the staff is always willing to assist you in complex cases. Management engage you on morning case discussion should CA's have complex matters in which they need help with.
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Best employer for practical experience
Candidate Attorney (Former Employee) - Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape - 23 January 2020
Amazing company lots of training and criminal and civil litigation experience. Company also assists candidate attorney with preparation for the attorneys admission exams
Pros
Training, experience
Cons
Workload, pressure
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