Overview
Key facts
The Advocates, attorneys and other legal practitioners mediation course offered by University of Cape Town has been specially designed to enable lawyers to become mediators and mediation advocates in their spheres of speciality, including commercial, medical negligence, intellectual property, RAF and other matters.
Programme Structure
The program focuses on:
- The legal landscape is changing rapidly, and lawyers must acquaint themselves with consensual mechanisms for the resolution of conflict.
- Attorneys, advocates and legal advisers will be able to ensure compliance with the new High Court rules regarding mediation.
- Lawyers are ideally suited lo become independent and impartial mediators in disputes not involving their own clients.
- Their clients or their companies will also benefit since lawyers will be equipped to advise their clients on all facets of mediation and to assist them during all phases of the process.
- Through mediation, clients will enjoy quicker access lo justice, easing overburdened court roles to the benefit of the judiciary and of all litigants.
Key information
Duration
- Part-time
- 5 days
Start dates & application deadlines
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- Registrations and payment must be received 7 days before the course starts.
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Disciplines
Legal Studies View 8 other Short Courses in Legal Studies in South AfricaAcademic requirements
We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.
English requirements
We are not aware of any English requirements for this programme.
Other requirements
General requirements
- Advocates
- Attorneys
- Members of the judiciary
- Legal advisors
- In-house counsel
- Academics
- State law advisers
- Persons with legal training or background that wish to facilitate the consensual resolution of litigious matter
Tuition Fee
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International
17495 ZAR/fullTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 17495 ZAR for the full programme during 5 days. -
National
17495 ZAR/fullTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 17495 ZAR for the full programme during 5 days.
- Online: R17,495
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