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Opportunities with us

Open Days

Come and meet us at one of the Open Days at your university.

As each of the universities is different, please be sure to check with your law faculty/careers office when we will be on campus to avoid missing us!

Our recruitment team will be on hand to give you as much information as you would like to know about working at Cliffe Dekker and your future career with us.

Visit us at one of our open days and to pick up a hard copy of the application form and our student brochure.

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Candidate Attorney Recruitment

Applications for candidate attorney positions for 2010 with Cliffe Dekker in Johannesburg and Cape Town open on 1 October 2008 and close on 31 October 2008.

All candidate attorneys complete a two-year article period, irrespective of whether they have completed PLT prior to joining Cliffe Dekker. All candidate attorneys will move through the rotation system, completing at least one rotation in litigation and one in commercial.

Application Forms can be downloaded here.

Our Candidate Attorney Recruitment brochure can be downloaded as a PDF - please click here to download the brochure.

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Student Vacation Programme

We operate a formal two-week Student Vacation Programme at our Johannesburg and Cape Town offices.

Our 2009 Summer Vacation programme will run from 12 - 23 January.

Applications for our 2009 Summer Vacation Programme open on 1 October 2008 and close on 31 October 2008.

Why not come and spend some time with us and get a flavour of who we are and what we do?

During the vacation programme, you will be assigned to a fee-earner in the business and be given relevant case information to prepare and report back on. Our vacation programmes are active and involved and give you an intricate understanding of how our firm works, how our fee earners interact and the nature of our relationships with clients. You will gain exposure to at least two different practices areas during the course of your vac work.

Application Forms can be downloaded here.

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Bursaries

Cliffe Dekker's regional offices in Johannesburg and Cape Town award a number of bursaries to law students in their penultimate year of study. Bursaries are based on academic merit, as well as financial need and are no less than R10,000.00 per annum. The number of bursaries available from Cliffe Dekker differs annually - but there are at least 5 available in any given year.

Applications for 2009 bursaries open on 1 October 2008 and close on 31 October 2008.

Application Forms can be downloaded here.

Enquiries may be made with the various law faculties; alternatively with our Human Resources Departments in Johannesburg and Cape Town.

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