What's the Difference Between Attorneys and Advocates??

[@LawyeredSouth]

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[@andrewnowell1695]

Thank you for this detailed refresher. Now that Advocates and Attorneys are governed by the same Act, and Advocates with Trust accounts can be approached directly, I wonder how long it will take for SA to eliminate the distinction between Advocates and Attorneys and have a single legal designation. Prospective legal practitioners would then have a single route to follow to be qualified. This would still allow practitioners to specialise but would simplify the requirements. It would also nullify the need for a conversion from Advocate to Attorney or Attorney to Advocate if the practitioner chose to change their focus and specialisation.

[@LawyeredSouth]

Interesting point. I personally doubt that the two professions will become one. There are still too many differences between the two. From what I have seen so far, not a huge amount of advocates are opening trust accounts.

[@malebogomorule6358]

Is it true that a pupil advocate starts billing clients in the last 6 months of pupillage?

[@leshegokekana]

thank you!

[@kimjongun1777]

How did Malesela Teffo become an advocate when he can’t follow basic procedures

[@LawyeredSouth]

You're asking the wrong person.

[@kimjongun1777]

@@LawyeredSouth what makes you think that I was asking you.

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