Legal Graduates 2023
Cognia Law, South Africa
Job Description
Company Profile
Cognia Law is an international law company, providing consulting, flexible resourcing and managed legal services to law departments and law firms. The company brings cost-effective, process-optimized and technology-enabled solutions to solve clients’ most pressing legal challenges. Cognia Law collaborates with those who are game changers in adjacent areas delivering holistic, value-based solutions and world-class delivery with best-fit talent.
Cognia Law is a Chambers-ranked law company and has a reputation for really making a difference and being focused on solving clients’ problems and enabling sustainable change in the legal sector. The key to success is our people not only do we attract and retain the best legal talent but focus on enabling our team to realize their full potential.
For more information, please visit www.cognialaw.com
Cognia Law offers an alternative to candidates who want to experience a different side of law. The successful candidate will be part of a team based in Cape Town who will receive in-depth training, so prior work experience is not a requirement.
As a graduate your responsibilities will include, providing support across Cognia Law’s legal service lines, including data collection projects, transactional due diligence accounts/ projects, and litigation support accounts/ projects, this will be done under the guidance of a line manager and/or senior associates.
This opportunity will stand the successful candidate in good stead when applying for articles after the program.
This program intends to run for 1 year.
Requirements
- Law degree from a top tertiary institution
- Languages: English spoken and written (required)
- Preference will be given to EE candidates
- Excellent interpersonal oral and written/ verbal communication skills
- Able to work both independently and as an integral part of a team
- Strong analytical skills and attention to detail
- Developed skills in legal drafting
- Commercial, proactive and business-like mind-set
- A good grasp of Microsoft Office applications
- Be comfortable with technological applications, plus a knowledge of legal review platforms will be beneficial
- Good time management skills and the ability to operate well in high-pressure environments
- Strong team player
- Risk sensitivity and the ability to know when to escalate an issue
NOTE:
This opportunity is only available to individuals who have not yet completed their articles
Benefits
- Hybrid working model
- Employee Assistance Program