Eversheds Law School

Application opening date for 2010: 1 November 2009

Introduction

The Eversheds Law School was launched on 10 September 2008. Its main aim is to provide training for candidate attorneys and to satisfy the statutory requirements of attending a Board Course approved by the relevant law society for the purposes of admission as an attorney. To this end the firm entered into a Joint Training Agreement with Legal Education and Development (LEAD), Law Society of South Africa.

The lectures commence in February and conclude in July each year, including sufficient time for revision purposes. Candidate attorneys can then sit for the August Attorney’s Admission Exam. Practice manuals and learning outcomes are determined by LEAD.

Lecturers are drawn mainly from the ranks of attorneys practicing at the firm with a minimum of three years’ experience in the relevant subject field. Advocates and academics with appropriate experience are also employed to carry out the training required.

Applications for 2010
Applications to attend the 2010 Part time Practical Legal Training Course at Eversheds Law School are now open.

Applications will close 29 January 2010.  No late applications will be considered.

Please note that space is limited and admission to the course is therefore not guaranteed on application. All students will be notified by 15 January whether their applications were successful.

All applications should be submitted to lawschool@eversheds.co.za or or can be faxed to 0866772547
The application form is attached below.

When completing the application for, please ensure:

• That your contact details and email address are legible.
• That you have enclosed all the attachments requested.
• That you have indicated in your covering letter whether you would like to apply for a bursary.



Contact
Nicky Sher
Tel +27 (0)11 523 6149
nickysher@eversheds.co.za

Yolande de Waal
Tel +27 (0)11 523 6120
yolandedewaal@eversheds.co.za

“If lawyering as a craft is to prosper, we need to foster it. Nowhere can this be done more effectively than by undertaking the responsibility of doing it ourselves in the daily practice of the craft. I have little doubt that this law school which is being launched today will play an important role in that endeavour.”

Justice Kate O’Regan on 10 September 2008 during the keynote address at the launch