Promoting the Recognition of Paralegals
Promoting the recognition of Paralegals
ABSA Conference Centre, Besembessie Street, Montana, Pretoria, SouthAfrica23 – 25 February 2015
Draft Conference Programme
/Monday, February 23, 2015
08:30 am – 9:30 am / Coffee09:30 am – 09:45 am / Opening Remarks
Opening Remarks & Welcome: Prof Lourens van Staden, Vice Chancellor and Principle of TUT (Acting)
09:45 am – 09:15 am / Keynote Address:
Deputy Minister John Jeffery, Department of Justice & Constitutional Development
09:15 am – 09:45 am / Keynote address
DrMatholeMotshekga, Chairperson of the Parliamentary Portfolio Committee: Justice & Correctional Services, Parliament of the Republic of South Africa
09:45 am-10:15 am / Keynote Address
Prof David McQuoid-Mason
President, Commonwealth Legal Education Association and Professor of Law, Centre for Socio-Legal Studies, University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
Challenges faced when seeking to include paralegals in legal aid legislation to ensure access to justice in developing countries with small numbers of lawyers: Some reflections
10:15am-10:45am / Ms Karen Smithers
Centre for Community Justice and Development
The development of a case management system for community based paralegals
10:45 am – 11:00 am / Tea break
11:00 am – 11:30 am / Ms Mandy Mudarikwa
Legal Resources Centre
A comparative analysis of the role of community based paralegals in the promotion of access to justice: seeking guidance for South Africa
11:30 am-12:00 pm / Dr K Buckemham
Centre for Community Justice and Development
Community-based Paralegals as a Critical Tier in the Justice System
12:00 am-12:30 pm / Ms Carol Friedman
Centre for Community Justice and Development
Keeping the passion alive in Paralegal Studies
12:30 pm – 14:00 pm / Lunch Break /
14:00 pm – 14:30 pm / MrFransHauptMsC van Sittert
University of Pretoria, Law Clinic
Debt counselling – a golden opportunity for paralegals
14:30 pm-15:00 pm / MsBusiTshabalala
Former Paralegal student, TUT
Paralegals in South Africa: The journey of a paralegal
END OF DAY 1
Tuesday, February 24, 2015
8:30 am – 9:00 am / Coffee09:00am-09:30 am / Keynote Address
The HonourableMr Justice Dunstan Mlambo, JP (Gauteng High Court)
09:30 am-10:00 am / Keynote Address
Prof Elsabe Coetzee
Executive (Acting) Dean of the Faculty of Humanities, Tshwane University of Technology
10:00 am-10”30 am / Mr Seth Mnguni
Chairperson, National Alliance for the Development of Community Advice Offices (NADCAO)
Community based Paralegals: the past, the present and the future
10:30am-11:00 am / Dr Omar Khan
Senior Lecturer, Department of Law, TUT
Paralegals should become knowledgeable with Islamic law as Islamic banks and Islamic Investment Companies gain momentum in the entire world, post the financial crisis 2007- 2009
11:00-am-11:15 am / Tea break
11:15 am-11:45 am / Mr TK Khangala
Lecturer, Department of Law, TUT
The role of paralegals in South African environmental law
11:45am-12:15pm / Mr Jerry Malange
Lecturer, Department of Law, TUT
Life after a paralegal qualification
12:15pm-12:45pm / Messrs C Chauke & K Mapokane
Former Paralegal students
An evaluation of the role of paralegals in South Africa: A comparative study
13:00 pm-14:00 pm / Lunch
14:00pm-14:30 pm / MrPfumelaneMakhubele
Former Paralegal student, Broker Consultant – Mmabatho/Mafikeng
Recognition of Paralegals by both Private and State Institutions
14:30 pm-15:00 pm / Mr Piet Hlongoane
Legal Aid SA Paralegal employee
The recognition of paralegals in South Africa
END OF DAY 2