Description Law firm is Pretoria is looking for a General Litigation Secretary to join their team. Requirements: Minimum 5 years experience in Litigation and in a law firm Duties: 1. Matter and file management Opening, maintaining and closing physical and electronic legal files. Ensuring that files are properly indexed, organised and up to date. Maintaining accurate records of correspondence, pleadings, notices, expert reports and other legal documents. Monitoring important dates, prescription …
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About Legal work in Gauteng
Legal hiring in South Africa is dominated by candidate attorney posts, conveyancing and litigation secretaries, and in-house counsel roles. Admission as an attorney or advocate requires articles plus the relevant board examination, or the practical vocational training now required of candidate attorneys. Be specific about your exposure — conveyancing, litigation, corporate — because applications that describe themselves as general legal rarely shortlist. Firms hire into a seat, not into a profession.
Gauteng is the country’s employment engine. Johannesburg — particularly Sandton, Rosebank and Midrand — carries finance, technology and corporate head offices; Pretoria is the government and public sector centre; Ekurhuleni holds manufacturing and logistics. Weigh the commute carefully, because it is the real cost of a Gauteng offer.
Legal jobs on JobsJunction
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