Johara Ally Email & Phone Number

My duties include, inter alia:• Updating and maintaining South African legislation at a national, provincial and local level• Outsourcing legislative materials to vendors• Proofreading legislation• Tracking Provincial Gazettes received and the content to be published• Perform online quality control checks• Compiling Gazette Watch (a weekly overview of the latest legislation Gazetted)• Summarising case law• Capturing of judgments• Capturing of Smart Precedents (converting precedents supplied by authors into an easy, online-based questionnaire for customers to populate)• Tracking the latest South African bills released and amendments to existing bills and affecting these changes online• Training new staff members

Served as a temporary Education Assistant at Northdene Primary School. My duties included, inter alia,:• Marking of workbooks and capturing of marks;• Supervising learners during class time;• Screening of learners and educators in accordance with Covid-19 protocol;• Monitoring learners during break time;• Facilitating the dismissal of learners at the end of the day;• Overseeing and assisting with programmes and events held at the school and• General office administration.

Durban, Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa

Served as a Candidate Legal Practitioner at Essack and Hansa Attorneys and Conveyancers for just over a year. My duties included, inter alia, consulting with clients, drafting of relevant correspondence, identifying and applying appropriate legal principles to facts, preparing for litigation in the Magistrate's Court and High Court, appearing in the Magistrate's Court, engaging in negotiations, settlement of disputes and mediations, drafting letters, agreements, wills, pleadings and heads of argument, drawing up Bills of Cost for taxation, rendering general legal advice, liaising with other legal practitioners, sheriffs and clerks and attending to routine office administration including the proper handling of files and documents.I primarily gained knowledge and experience in civil litigation including debt collection, contract law, commercial disputes, wills and estates, trusts and domestic violence and harassment matters.

Tutored Constitutional Law students as part of the Teaching Legal Skills module.My duties included preparing lesson plans and tutorial aids, facilitating tutorial sessions, marking tutorial assessments and providing feedback, assisting students with preparing for tests and examinations, consulting with students one-on-one.

Ukzn, Howard College

Served as a research clerk for Supreme Court of Appeal Justice Malcolm Wallis. Engaged with legal matters that were before the SCA. Read court records. Discussed and debated legal issues. Prepared memoranda for cases.

Master'S Degree, Business Law

Bachelor Of Laws - Llb Summa Cum Laude

8-12

Activities and Societies: Member of the school debate team (2010), netball team (2008-2010) and ToastMasters club (2011)

Education record

Activities and Societies: Member of the school netball, table tennis and scholar patrol teams.