Socio-Economic Rights Institute of South Africa (SERI) invites unemployed graduates to apply for a 24-month Candidate Attorney / Articles of Clerkship Programme for 2025 / 2026.
Location: Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa
Job Type:Â Articles of Clerkship
Closing Date:Â 28 June 2024
CANDIDATE ATTORNEYS
The Socio-Economic Rights Institute of South Africa (SERI) Law Clinic wishes to fill up to two vacancies for candidate attorneys (CAs).
These vacancies will arise on or after 1 January 2025.
The SERI Law Clinic has a first-rate human rights practice, which encompasses constitutional and administrative law, criminal defence, defamation, labour law, property law, contract law (insofar as it involves consumer protection) and actions against the police and other delictual claims. SERI concentrates its work in South Africa’s townships, informal settlements and other poor and marginalised communities. SERI’s practitioners appear regularly at all levels of the court system, up to and including the Constitutional Court. SERI has an enviable track record in obtaining and enforcing ground-breaking judgments. You can find out more about SERI on www.seri-sa.org and www.fightingforaliving.org.
SERI is authorised by the Legal Practice Council to accept and train CAs. CAs are
recruited for a fixed-term of two years, leading to qualification and admission as an
attorney. These posts carry salaries in the region of R340 000 per annum.
Requirements:
The requirements for the positions are as follows (essential);-
- Essential
- LLB Degree.
- Interest in and, some prior engagement with, human rights law or litigation.
- Desirable
- Interest in, and experience of, research and publication.
- Fluency in any of South Africa’s indigenous languages.
SERI wishes to contribute to the development of a new generation of human rights
lawyers at the national and international level. Accordingly, the positions carry with
them significant opportunities for travel and continuing professional training and
development.
How to Apply for Socio-Economic Rights Institute of South Africa (SERI): Candidate Attorney Programme 2025 / 2026
If you are interested, please send a CV, academic transcript and covering letter to
Princess Nkuna at princessn@seri-sa.org. In your letter, provide a detailed
explanation of why you are interested in working for SERI, and what qualities and
experience you would bring to the post.
Generalised covering letters, which do not engage with SERl’s activities and purpose,
will not be considered.
The closing date for applications is Friday 28 June 2024. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted, and will be expected to make themselves available for interview in August 2024.
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