Kagiso Langa
Johannesburg
Summary
Law student seeking position to apply legal knowledge, research skills, and analytical thinking in a professional setting. Eager to gain practical experience in diverse legal areas, improve understanding of legal procedures, and contribute to organizational success.
Overview
2
2
years of professional experience
Work History
Civil Procedure Tutor
University of Johannesburg
Johannesburg
02.2025 - Current
- Company Overview: Law Faculty
- Consulting with students regularly and holding tutorial classes.
- Being a tutor for this module honed my leadership skills, research skills and administration.
- I provide guidance and support to 3rd year students.
- One of my core duties is to ensure that students are able to transition from 2nd year of student to 3rd year.
- Law Faculty
- Reference: Ms. Du Preez moniquedp@uj.ac.za
- 083-690-2335
- Provided one-on-one tutoring sessions, tailoring instruction to meet the specific needs of each student while promoting independent learning skills.
Moot court Top 16
Public Interest Law Moot
Johannesburg, South Africa
01.2025 - 04.2025
- Company Overview: CALS
- Drafting legal documents such as Heads of arguments and supplementary Heads of arguments.
- Conducting legal research on a very complex matter related to public law.
- Participating in this moot court competition helped me gain deep knowledge of some aspects of the law and to improve my legal drafting and research skills.
- CALS
- Reference: PIL: pilmoot@mootcourt.co.za
Senior Law Peer Mentor
University of Johannesburg
09.2024 - 12.2024
- Company Overview: Law Faculty
- Guiding and providing support to the mentors, attending their meetings they hold with mentees and providing guidance and support during the meetings.
- Submitting reports to the faculty peer mentor administrator based on the performance of each mentor.
- Hold meetings with the peer mentors and guiding them on how they should perform their weekly functions as mentors.
- Law Faculty
- Reference: Dr Allison Geduld allisong@uj.ac.za
- Dr Vanessa Damons venessad@uj.ac.za
Law Peer Mentor
University of Johannesburg
02.2024 - 09.2024
- Company Overview: Law Faculty
- Guiding and providing support to the mentees for them to achieve their goals.
- All my mentees are first year law students, I help them to settle and get used to the varsity life.
- Every week I make sessions with my mentees sometimes online and sometimes in person.
- The sessions I have with my mentees helps them to make connections and I also help them to develop new skills and abilities.
- This position polished my leadership skills and my communication skills, and I have gained administrative skills.
- Law Faculty
- Reference: Dr Allison Geduld allisong@uj.ac.za
Adjudicator
Funda Mzansi
09.2023 - 08.2024
- Company Overview: Funda Mzansi Schools Competition
- Judging school children in activities such as reading, spelling bees and word ruffle.
- I improved my communication skills and my listening skills as I had to make sure that I judged each student based on their level of thinking.
- Funda Mzansi Schools Competition
- Reference: Mr. Neo Letswalo 0672600572
Volunteer Tutor
Classroom Buddies Organisation
06.2023 - 06.2024
- Assisting and monitoring the students in understanding the subject they are studying for; this includes explaining and concepts and guiding students throughout the problem-solving process.
- Monitoring students and providing them with feedback.
- I gained communication skills which include written and oral communication.
- I gained listening skills and being able to adapt my communication style to suit different students' needs.
- I gained problem solving skills and critical thinking, as a tutor I had to deal with a lot of problems which I had to solve by myself without being helped by anyone.
- Reference: Christian Kayembe 0649438086
Voter's Roll Officer
Independent Electoral Commission
02.2024 - 05.2024
- My role as a Voters' roll officer at IEC was to assist people registering to vote by checking their names on the VMD and to mark them off in the voter's role.
- During the election day my work was to confirm every voter appears on the voters' roll and all the information they provide matches the information on the VMD.
- This experience developed my administrative skills and my communication skills.
- Reference: Liza Marie 0718952858
- Sihle Ximba 011 073 9132/ ximbas@elections.org.za
Electoral officer
Independent Electoral Commission
06.2023 - 11.2023
- Overseeing various aspects of the electoral process which includes ensuring free and fair elections.
- My duty is to ensure that people who are eligible to vote register to take part in the 2024 National elections and also to provide them with information about the electoral process.
- The skills I gained include knowing the electoral laws, which tell how the IEC functions, the mandate of the IEC and which laws are binding to IEC.
- I improved my communication skills as I had to interact with the voters and communicate with them.
- I learned how to uphold a high standard of integrity and impartiality in all various aspects of the work.
- Reference: Liza Marie 0718952858
- Sihle Ximba 011 073 9132/ ximbas@elections.org.za
Education
Law
University of Johannesburg
Johannesburg, South Africa12-2025
Matric -
Umlazi Senior Secondary School
Durban, South Africa12.2021
Skills
- As a Law student, I have effective communication skills which include written and oral communication I developed these skills throughout my experience of being an academic tutor where I had to communicate with my students in both written and oral manner, also working as an electoral officer developed my communication as I communicate with people who came to register to vote, and working as an adjudicator and a mentor also strengthened my communication skills These skills will help me in future to be able to communicate with my clients when delivering legal advice to them or when making oral presentations
- Team leadership
Languages
English
Bilingual or Proficient (C2)
Zulu
Bilingual or Proficient (C2)
Sesotho
Upper intermediate (B2)
Timeline
Civil Procedure Tutor
University of Johannesburg
02.2025 - Current
Moot court Top 16
Public Interest Law Moot
01.2025 - 04.2025
Senior Law Peer Mentor
University of Johannesburg
09.2024 - 12.2024
Law Peer Mentor
University of Johannesburg
02.2024 - 09.2024
Voter's Roll Officer
Independent Electoral Commission
02.2024 - 05.2024
Adjudicator
Funda Mzansi
09.2023 - 08.2024
Volunteer Tutor
Classroom Buddies Organisation
06.2023 - 06.2024
Electoral officer
Independent Electoral Commission
06.2023 - 11.2023
Law
University of Johannesburg
Matric -
Umlazi Senior Secondary School