In an ever-changing world, we understand that businesses, including MDAs, need strong legal services to achieve their goals. In this recognition, we develop organic and creative thinking to support our domestic and foreign clients in various legal and regulatory fields. We provide services in the areas of corporate governance, restructuring, project finance, joint ventures, mergers and acquisitions and divestitures. We also advise our clients on complex business projects, import and export regulations and industry-specific trade regulations in industries such as oil and gas, real estate, technology, FinTech, etc. In an ever-changing world, we understand that businesses, including MDAs, need strong legal services to achieve their goals. What started as a small law firm has now grown into one of South Africa`s largest legal clinics. Wits is a research-intensive university dedicated to improving the quality and quantity of its research results. To do this, Wits has for several years created a separate legal services arm called Research Office: Legal Services, which focuses on managing, negotiating, and facilitating the research contracting process in accordance with Wits` delegation of authority policy. The research office: The legal department worked closely with the researchers to conclude research contracts as quickly as possible so that they could carry out the necessary research in a timely manner. This results in the best negotiated research contract for the researcher, Wits and each contracting party. The Office of Research: Legal Services was founded in January 2014 under the leadership of Dr. Robin Drennan under the direction of the Research Development Department.
Recognizing our clients` need for transparent dispute resolution, we offer tailored dispute resolution services that draw on our many years of experience. Recognizing our clients` need for transparent dispute resolution, we offer tailored dispute resolution services that draw on our many years of experience. We constantly use our expertise to meet our clients` expectations, not only by going the extra mile in resolving disputes, but also by ensuring that our clients` interests are protected. Our team is composed of lawyers who are certified experts in various areas of alternative dispute resolution, including arbitration, mediation, negotiation and their hybrid forms. All services of the clinic are pro bono. Legal assistance is available to clients who meet financial support requirements. Anyone who enters the clinic will at least leave the law firm, even if a file is not open, with a sense of clarity or direction regarding their legal matter. Our Immigration and Employment group provides advice on compliance with immigration and labour laws and regulations. The team has extensive experience in Nigerian immigration law and practice and is regularly engaged by Nigerian and foreign clients to act as immigration consultants. To this end, we advise our clients on the provisions of the law and, if necessary, assist them in obtaining the immigration facilities (permits, quotas, visas, etc.) necessary for their operations in Nigeria.
We do not use our shipping services due to our expertise and extensive experience in this area of practice and our excellent cooperation with relevant agencies and authorities such as the Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS). Every year, young insiders die needlessly at the hands of illegal operators. Our field of activity covers a wide range of legal services to companies and individuals. Large and small and medium-sized businesses, financial institutions and individuals can count on us for attentive and efficient legal services. We frequently work on assignments of intellectual property rights in multiple jurisdictions, in transactions where intellectual property rights are critical. We also deal with trademark, patent and copyright registration for Nigerian and foreign companies. In addition, we advise on laws and procedures relating to counterfeiting and compliance with various laws on trademarks, patents and designs, as well as copyright, among others. Today, Wits Law Clinic is one of the largest legal clinics of its kind in South Africa and is known for its work.
Wits Law Clinic has acted on precedents on several occasions, some of which have been reported in South African Law Reports and the Wits Law Clinic strives to be a leading and capable teaching hospital, recognized nationally, regionally and globally for excellence in teaching, professional service, research and innovative collaborative partnerships. Custody disputes, guardianship, labour disputes, civil cases, evictions and illegal arrests. It also has a Department of Refugee and Migrant Affairs. Our Immigration and Employment group provides advice on compliance with immigration and labour laws and regulations. The Wits University Law Clinic has been in operation for over 40 years. For specific technical assistance, contact Jim Cureton at x5411 Prof. Philippa Kruger talks about marriage fraud on SABC TV The University of the Witwatersrand Legal Clinic has been operating for over forty years. It started as a small counseling center with the help of students who participated on a voluntary basis. In 1989, the Practical Legal Studies course became a compulsory course for all law students in their final year of study. The Research Office: Legal Services has fully integrated its activities with those of the Research Development Department, the Research Office, the Legal Office, Wits Commercial Enterprise and the Wits Health Consortium.
Therefore, provides a “comprehensive” service to the WITS research community. The core values of the Office of Research: Legal services are transparency, efficiency and accountability, and the overall goal is to promote good research. The clinic does not help in criminal cases, traffic accident funds (RAF) and probate cases, Dass said. But he added that people are pointing in the right direction. For a research contract to be concluded effectively, a researcher must complete the research contract checklist before contacting the research office: Legal Advice – Legal Advisor for Research Contracts. This will assist the legal advisor and researcher in ensuring that sufficient information is provided and that any risks to which Wits may be exposed are managed and/or mitigated, that academic freedom is promoted and maintained, and that the vital purpose of Wits serving the common good is achieved. If you need general help with law school computer lab technology, contact the WITS helpdesk at 503-370-6767 If you need help with research, contact the law library reference desk at x4330.
