Rudo Chitapi Email & Phone Number

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

With a background in law, I predominantly engage in legal research&consulting. In this capacity I have undertaken research projects. For example I have assisted with the research and drafting legal documents (heads, applications); edited PhD thesis, and articles & books for peer review publication. My research areas are broad, but for example they have included women & law, criminal, environment law, criminal, succession, corporate.

Zimbabwe

My favourite thing about writing is that there are a thousand different ways to say the same thing. As content writer, I can undertake [do; engage in; conduct] industry related research to write copy and content to promote products (content that is accurate, relevant, fresh, engaging). I proofread, I edit, and I propose content to match your business, to speak to your client. Pick me. Pick me.

Cape Town Area, South Africa

●Initially tasked to research and produce reports on aspects of organisation of Advocate’s Profession; and initially involved in helping the Unit build partnerships with legal professionals (e.g. SAC-International Association of Women Judges) as part of their stragety to catalogue barriers that women in the profession face and to combat those barriers. One of the projects entailed assisting to organise legal sector meetings in Bloemfontein and Durban to get insight from women. Another project entailed working with female students and judicial officers to produce research outputs in areas of law.●Currenty I assisting to run the Student Mentorship programme that partners female students with female magistrates of the SAC-IAWJ, our project partners. Programme is aimed to empower young women to build resilience and capacity, both personal and professional, in their legal careers.

Cape Town Area, South Africa

●Responsible for taking tutorials and student consultations for first years in Foundations of SouthAfrican law and African Customary Law ●Assist course convenor in marking and assessment; during examination period assist with invigilation

●Assist Miss Phelps in her capacity as CNN’s Legal Analyst on the Oscar Pistorius murder case – tasked with considering and then researching various legal facets of the case and compiling information sheets and reports both on substantive law and on contextual contemporary issues. ●Assist Miss Phelps as contributor to South African Journal of Criminal Justice- scanning law reports and legal databases for new developments or updates in law and summarising and compiling reports for such ●Provide support for Miss Phelps other administrative duties

Norman Henshilwood High School

●Trained to facilitate and deliver skills and mentoring workshops to high school learners (Grade 9 and 10) with a curriculum developed to cover topics that speak to the challenges youth face – certified trainer● Prepared and lead weekly sessions (twice a week) with grade 9-11 on relevant youth topics●Required to integrate programme within the school by building partnership with stakeholders and school staff● Prepared monthly reports on programme activities and events in order monitor and evaluate the roll out and effectiveness of the programme

Master’S Degree, Llm Criminology, Law & Society

Grade Point Average - 73.380 Course electives included 'Security Governance: Police and Policing'​ and 'Punishment and Human Rights'

Legal Practial Training, Law

●completed all modules of the school with satisfactory marks ●Won award for highest mark in Legal Ethics examination ●selected to give.

Bachelor’S Degree, B Soc Sci (Social Anthropology) Llb

Activities and Societies: • 2009: Dean’s Merit List • 2011-2012 Responsa Meridiana Co-editor: combined co-editor of undergraduate Journal.

High School, Law

Activities and Societies: • Head Girl • Soccer Captain