Acts Online
GT Shield

Legal Practice Act, 2014 (Act No. 28 of 2014)

Chapter 3 : Regulation of Legal Practitioners and Candidate Legal Practitioners

26. Minimum legal qualifications and practical vocational training

 

(1) A person qualifies to be admitted and enrolled as a legal practitioner, if that person has—
(a) satisfied all the requirements for the LLB degree obtained at any university registered in the Republic, after pursuing for that degree—
(i) a course of study of not less than four years; or
(ii) a course of study of not less than five years if the LLB degree is preceded by a bachelor’s degree other than the LLB degree, as determined in the rules of the university in question and approved by the Council; or
(b) subject to section 24(2)(b), satisfied all the requirements for a law degree obtained in a foreign country, which is equivalent to the LLB degree and recognised by the South African Qualifications Authority established by the National Qualifications Framework Act, 2008 (Act No. 67 of 2008); and
(c) undergone all the practical vocational training requirements as a candidate legal practitioner prescribed by the Minister, including—
(i) community service as contemplated in section 29, and
(ii) a legal practice management course for candidate legal practitioners who intend to practise as attorneys or as advocates referred to in section 34(2)(b); and
(d) passed a competency-based examination or assessment for candidate legal practitioners as may be determined in the rules.

 

(2) An attorney qualifies to be enrolled as a conveyancer, if he or she has passed a competency-based examination or assessment of conveyancers as determined in the rules by the Council.

 

(3) An attorney qualifies to be enrolled as a notary, if he or she has passed a competency-based examination or assessment for notaries as determined in the rules by the Council.