Dynamic and motivated newly admitted Attorney with a strong focus on lecturing and imparting both practical and theoretical knowledge. Over two years of experience at the University of the Free State, collaborating with students to enhance essential skills for successful learning outcomes.
Hi, I’m
MMAMOLOKO MALEMA
Attorney
Vanderbijlpark
Summary
Overview
4
years of professional experience
3
Languages
Work History
Nthuba High School
Assistant teacher
01.2016
Job overview
- Teaching grade 12 learners.
- Holding revision classes during matric camps.
- Subjects: Accounting, Economics, and Business Studies.
Volleyball South Africa (VSA) Committee
Legal Advisor
12.2023 - Current
Job overview
- Giving legal advice.
- Drafting, finalizing, and editing the Constitution, policies, and rules.
- Handling disciplinary hearings.
- Attending to every legal matter.
UFS Law Clinic
Assistant Officer
08.2023 - 10.2023
Job overview
- Researched, interpreted, and advised clients and students regarding compliance with laws and regulations.
- Wrote instructions for final year law students on how to interpret and implement new guidelines of the Law Clinic.
- Developed remedial action plans when needed if audit findings called for action.
- Supervise the work of students, provide advice on drafting skills and help them with learning problems.
- Supervise student work under guidance and supervision.
- Seek ways of improving performance by reflecting on teaching design and delivery and obtaining and analysing feedback.
- Develop own teaching materials, methods and approaches taking into account established or agreed practices where necessary.
- Set and mark assignments and set practical questions as well as assessing the work and progress of students by reference to defined criteria and provide constructive feedback to students.
- Reflect on practice and the development of own teaching and learning skills.
- Plan own day-to day activity within the framework of the agreed programme.
- Appreciate the needs of individual students and their circumstances. Use listening and interpersonal skills to deal with sensitive issues concerning students and provide support.
- Communicate information and ideas to students. Produce materials that support learning.
- Share responsibility in deciding how to deliver modules and assess students.
- Verified and authenticated validity and admissibility of evidence and preserved integrity for court hearings.
- Under the guidance of a senior attorney, evaluate complicated legal issues and provide legal advice to clients.
- Staying current with changes in laws and regulations by constantly updating my legal knowledge and abilities through study, training, and professional development opportunities.
- Maintaining client confidentiality and adhering to professional ethics, as well as ensuring compliance with applicable laws, regulations, and ethical standards.
- Working together with other legal professionals and clients to ensure efficient teamwork and the successful resolution of legal challenges.
- Consult with clients.
- Preparing cases for trial or hearing.
- Conduct legal research and draft legal opinions.
- Taking care of day-to-day file management.
- Drafting of settlements, letters, and other legal documents.
UFS Law Clinic
Candidate Attorney
08.2021 - 07.2023
Job overview
- Maintaining client confidentiality and adhering to professional ethics, as well as ensuring compliance with applicable laws, regulations, and ethical standards.
- Working together with other legal professionals and clients to ensure efficient teamwork and the successful resolution of legal challenges.
- Consult with clients.
- Prepare pleadings, notices and make appearances in court.
- Conduct legal research and draft legal opinions.
- Taking care of day-to-day file management.
- Strategizing on how to resolve the clients’ cases in a favorable and cost-effective manner.
- Finding ethical solutions to legal matters.
- Communicating with clients to understand their legal concerns and needs to help provide them with essential pieces of advice.
- Enlightening clients about legal options and making them know the possible outcomes or threats.
- Monitor legal risk in documentation and giving guidance on the acceptable assumption of risk.
- Interpret laws, rulings and regulations for natural and juristic persons.
- Conduct legal research and gather evidence.
- Ensure that appropriate approvals are in place before documents are executed.
- Draft, review and manage pleadings, applications, summons, wills, letters, settlements and contracts.
- Manage regulatory and compliance-related services.
- Facilitate innovative solutions to client problems.
- Offer legal representation to clients in court proceedings on civil or criminal matters.
- Manage and oversee final year Bachelor of Law students' work. Further, assessing and marking the work produced.
- Student supervision and guest lecturing in final year LLB classrooms.
- Training students and providing them with practice knowledge and file management.
- For a six-month period had a rotation in the student discipline department, wherein I was entrusted with receiving, examining, compiling evidence, laying charges, and preparing disciplinary hearing bundles for complaints received by the department.
- Participate in disciplinary activities, such as serving on a panel to assist the chairperson in reaching a decision.
- Explaining the plea agreement to the student, the potential consequences of signing it, and the nature of the charges brought against them.
- Communicating with lecturers, the relevant school the student is registered with, and the firm responsible for representing the University.
- In addition, had to report to the University of the Free State Centre for Human Rights, ad was tasked with conducting legal research for advocates, legal opinions, and drafting legal.
Education
University of Limpopo
Bachelor of Law from LLB
02.2021
University Overview
University of the Free State
Master of Law from specialization in Labour Law
University Overview
Incomplete
University of the Free State
Engaged Leadership Programme from Entry Level
07.2023
University Overview
Nthuba High School
National Senior Certificate from grade 12
01.2015
University Overview
Skills
Effective communication
References
References
- Christopher, Rawson, Supervising Attorney, RawsonCM@ufs.ac.za, 051 401 9969, UFS Law Clinic
- Ntokozo, Ntseto, Supervising Attorney, NtsetoN@ufs.ac.za, 051 401 9541, UFS Law Clinic
- Antonie, Mokoena, President of VSA, anthonymokoena77@gmail.com, 083 347 5048, Volleyball South Africa (VSA)
- Shaun, Hlatswayo, Former teacher, 076 014 6203, Nthuba High School
Interests
Reading, Preaching, Playing volleyball, Mentorship
Accomplishments
Accomplishments
Timeline
Legal Advisor
Volleyball South Africa (VSA) Committee
12.2023 - Current
Assistant Officer
UFS Law Clinic
08.2023 - 10.2023
Candidate Attorney
UFS Law Clinic
08.2021 - 07.2023
Assistant teacher
Nthuba High School
01.2016
University of the Free State
Master of Law from specialization in Labour Law
University of the Free State
Engaged Leadership Programme from Entry Level
Nthuba High School
National Senior Certificate from grade 12
University of Limpopo
Bachelor of Law from LLB