This site uses cookies. By continuing to use this site you consent to our use of cookies. Close

Africa Legal

Africa Legal

  • NEWS
  • JOBS
  • COURSES
  • CLIENTS
    • Sign in
    • Sign up
  • NEWS
  • COURSES
  • JOBS
    • Sign In
    • Sign Up
  • News
  • Courses
  • Jobs
  • Events
  • Business A-Z
  • Post a job
  • Contact Us
  • Clients
CLIENT SIGN IN
Country
  • Uganda
  • South Africa
  • Kenya
  • Nigeria
  • Cameroon
  • United Kingdom
  • Cote d'Ivoire
  • Ghana
  • Tanzania
  • Zambia
  • Botswana
  • Morocco
  • Zimbabwe
  • Mauritius
  • Mozambique
  • Sudan
  • Rwanda
  • Ethiopia
  • Angola
  • Egypt
  • Togo
  • Mali
  • South Sudan
  • Swaziland
  • Senegal
  • Malawi
  • France
  • Guinea
  • Middle East
  • Democratic Republic of the Congo
  • Gambia
  • Sierra Leone
  • Germany
Category
  • Profiles
  • Analysis & Opinion
  • Career advice
  • In-house
  • Latest news
  • Press releases
  • Africa Legal Blog
  • Women in Law
  • Innovation
  • Human Rights
Practice area
  • Agriculture
  • Arbitration
  • Aviation
  • Banking and Finance
  • Capital markets
  • Charties and pro bono
  • Company commercial
  • Competition and antitrust
  • Construction and engineering
  • Consumer products
  • Corporate finance and M&A
  • Criminal
  • Education
  • Employment and benefits
  • Energy and natural resources
  • Environmental
  • Financial services
  • Fraud & white collar crime
  • Funds
  • Governance | risk and compliance
  • Government and public sector
  • Health and safety
  • Healthcare and pharmaceuticals
  • Insurance/Reinsurance
  • Intellectual Property
  • Litigation and dispute resolution
  • Logistics and transportation
  • Manufacturing and Industrial
  • Private client and family
  • Private equity
  • Projects and infrastructure
  • Real estate
  • Regulatory
  • Restructuring | insolvency and debt recovery
  • Shipping and maritime
  • Taxation
  • Technology media and telecoms
  • Travel and tourism
close

Registration

Registered Successfully!!!. We have sent you a confirmation email to your email address.
close


View My Saved News


close You must login to save your news
  • LOGIN
  • NEW USER

Login to your account

Forgotten your password?
or

Create an Account

close


View My Saved News


« Back

Collaboration on Courses

A series of new courses aimed at African legal professionals are to be produced addressing continent-wide need and encouraging cross-jurisdictional collaboration.

Sep 05, 2019
Share

Africa Legal and the University of Cape Town’s Law Faculty’s Law@workprogramme are to produce 10 courses for lawyers which will be accessible online and across Africa.

The courses, which include insights on how to use block chain and artificial intelligence in legal practise, will be rolled out over the next two years.

The announcement, made this week follows this year’s successful collaboration on the pilot, 'Practical Corporate Governance for the Modern African Lawyer'.

Wendy Bampton, Africa Legal’s Chief Operations Officer, said the collaboration with Law@work would centre on professional development, particularly in new areas of law.

“The goal, always, is to encourage a higher standard of practise and encourage lawyers in different countries to work together.” 

Irena Wasserfall from Law@work said the cost to the learner would be contained to make it accessible and affordable. All courses would be accessed online to avoid travel or additional costs.

“Legal tech and new law will be core to our development programme equipping junior and senior legal professionals alike for a changing industry,” she said.

Bampton said that, like the pilot, the courses would be practical, encouraging the learner to immediately apply principles, whatever their role or level.

This practicality was what drew the most kudos from all those enrolled for the pilot, she said.

Feedback included comments like:

  •       “I am currently assisting an international client with improving the corporate governance processes of its South African operations and found that this course has enabled me to think about corporate governance in new ways.”
  •       “I really enjoyed it so much that I kept doing and doing and doing the modules till I reached the end without noticing it.”
  •       "The course was great. I’m still in the office printing out all the articles for my file."

 

Irena said that, for UCT, working with Africa Legal provided an opportunity to deliver training outside of South Africa at a price people based in other African countries could afford.

“Legal professionals are so busy developing business and running their practices they often do not have the time or money to dedicate to longer term training programmes. Building a portfolio of courses with Africa Legal enables us to work with a pan African legal community to deliver what the market needs rather that what has been traditionally taught.”

Bampton said that production, as before, would be in Cape Town with UCT lecturers delivering the courses alongside industry experts.

To register your interest for the next programme of click here.

To tell us what courses you would like Law@work and Africa Legal to develop take our short survey here.

To purchase a seat on the first course ‘Practical corporate governance for the modern African Lawyer’ please click here.  The course is self paced and remains open. 




Copyright : Re-publication of this article is authorised only in the following circumstances; the writer and Africa Legal are both recognised as the author and the website address www.africa-legal.com and original article link are back linked. A bio for the writer can be provided on request.

RELATED CATEGORY NEWS

CMS enters Africa Top 50 ranking Read more
Joint Ventures in the BVI Read more
From the Ground Up Read more

RELATED COUNTRY NEWS

Hogan Lovells bolsters SA practice Read more
Two years of WMN striding ahead Read more
Niche firms with elephant-sized impact Read more
Africa Legal
  • About us
  • Contact us
  • Terms of use
  • Privacy and cookies policy
Members
  • Find a job
  • Take a course
  • Read news
  • Terms and conditions
  • Cancellations and refunds
Clients
  • Terms and conditions
  • Post a job
  • Host a course
  • Advertise
  • Share news
Connect with us
© Copyright 2023 | Africa Legal. All rights reserved. | Privacy Policy