Legal Intern

Our Commitment to Our Champions Our Champions work for a common purpose; to empower affordable and timeous access to justice through which individuals can enforce and defend their legal rights. Our Champions are integral to delivering on our brand purpose, and we constantly seek to grow our circle of Champions to enable us to expand our circles of influence. What is important to us is that our Champions feel connected with our purpose, are committed to our vision, feel empowered and recognised. We are thus focused on building people-centred strategies and practices and providing career development opportunities to enable our people to reach their full potential, both professionally and personally. As testament of our commitment to our purpose and vision, LegalWise continues to be recognised as a Top Employer by the Top Employer Institute for 2024. We value our Champions the way we value our members. Do you stand for justice, fairness and honesty in a democratic society? Do you believe in protecting the legal rights of South Africans, whoever the transgressor? We cherish our independence and our power to act without interference. We give our members legal power to enforce and defend their rights through professional legal representation. If our commitment to society resonates with your character, then please respond to this call to join our team of LegalWise Champions. About the role: LegalWise seeks to employ Two Legal Interns: Legal Services and Support to fulfil administrative and support functions in respect of a rendering first class legal advice and assistance to our members in respect of civil, criminal or labour matters. You will be responsible for: Assisting and supporting legal counsellors with administrative functions such as completion of Internal Referral Forms, document indexing, sending template SMS and emails to follow up on documentation from Members, distributing messages and any other ad hoc administrative functions as and when required. These are the prerequisites to join our Company: LLB or BCom degree. Proficiency in English and one other SA official language. Demonstrate strong oral and written communication skills. Demonstrate exceptional attention to detail. ITC/criminal check will be conducted. Applicable Psychometric assessment/s will be a requirement. LegalWise is committed to protecting your privacy. Your information will be used properly, lawfully, securely and transparently for the purpose of recruitment processes. LegalWise has implemented appropriate technical and organisational information security measures to help keep your information secure, accurate and current. Please note that LegalWise applies all recruitment and selection processes to the requirements of the EE plan and is committed to transformation. If you have not received feedback from us within two weeks of submitting your application, please consider it unsuccessful.