On acceptance of the University Gold Award for the Legal Resources Centre, presented by the University of the Witwatersrand, 23 March 2017 Speech by Janet Love, National Director On behalf of the Legal Resources Centre, I would like to convey our appreciation to the Council of Wits University for the honour and distinction bestowed upon […]
Category Archives: Judiciary
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Dec
Dec
In a recent low-key event, the Legal Resources Centre launched the prestigious Arthur Chaskalson Pupillage Fellowship which will provide financial support and training to one or more young candidates, coming from historically disadvantaged backgrounds, who have been admitted for pupillage. The LRC’s counsel or associates will provide the requisite training for one year, after which […]
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Nov
Nov
Note: This post was first published on the Oxford Human Rights Hub. South Africa’s Legal Resources Centre (LRC) launched a new book – Ready to Learn? A Legal Resource for Realising the Right to Education – on 25 October at the Open Society Foundations in New York City (see press release here). In this post, […]
Disability, Equality and Non-discrimination, Human Rights, Judiciary, Litigation
Judiciary urged to review its policies
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Mar
Mar
Please note that this article is an extract from the Legal Resource Centre’s Annual Report 2012 The LRC was instructed by South African National Council for the Blind and the League of Friends for the Blind to apply for their admission as amicus curiae in the case of Ms Parvathi Singh, a partially blind acting […]