Methods of lecturing:
In person contact
Methods of assessment: Practical assessments to test the delegate’s acquired skill
A delegate intending to enrol for the Advanced Trial Advocacy must have at a minimum have complied with the following requirements:
➢ Must have completed structured coursework for advocates or attorneys successfully (certified); or
➢ Must have completed the Advanced Drafting Course (certified); or
➢ Must have completed articles (with a registered contract at the LPC) as an attorney or pupillage as an advocate (with a registered mentor contract at the LPC) within the last 24 months; or
➢ An admitted attorney with not less than 24 months practice.
At Legally Law’s discretion.
The candidate must show at the completion of the course that he/she can:
➢ Assess the facts.
➢ Analyse the facts of the case.
The candidate must know how to:
➢ Adopt a strategy for trial - trial theory.
➢ Learn the essential difference between leading and valid questions in leading a witness
Candidates must learn to perform in a mock trial as legal representative for:
➢ The Plaintiff/Applicant
➢ The Defendant/Respondent
➢ Rotate as Plaintiff/Applicant and Defendant/Respondent between the mock trials.
Candidates must practice cross-examination in a criminal law trial:
➢ Opening statement.
➢ Examination-in-chief.
➢ Cross-examination (civil & criminal).
➢ Re-examination (to be avoided).
➢ Final argument.