Corporate Lawyers Association Of South Africa
Legal in Johannesburg

The Corporate Lawyers Association of South Africa was formed in 1982.

In other words such person generally acts as an in-house lawyer who provides advice of a legal and business nature, to his/her employer, the corporation, its employees, related companies and stakeholders, and who does not write fees in respect of this advice, but instead gets paid a salary by the employer. Corporate Counsel, as compared with practicing attorneys and advocates who provide their services to the public at large on an independent basis and in exchange for a fee, provide their service to a single employer. When a practicing attorney elects to leave the practicing profession, he/she is required to remove him-/herself from the practicing roll held by the provincial Law Society and from this time he/she will no longer fall under the jurisdiction or control of the Law Society. In-house practice has showed tremendous growth in South Africa over the last several years. Talented and ambitious practitioners now routinely leave private practice for in-house posts that provide compensation and sophistication of work that rivals the cream of the profession\. to improve and promote the proficiency and competency of its members and the Corporate Counsel profession in general, and to encourage professional and ethical conduct\. to provide a forum for the exchange of views and mutual liaison on matters of common interest to Corporate Counsel in South Africa\. to effect liaison with such representative national and international organisations as may be desirable in the interest of its members\. to consider, and where necessary, deal with and make representations concerning the teaching and practice of law and the administration of justice in general\. to deal in general with all matters concerning the Association or any of its members\. Tools which unite and describe one universal profession and which allows for portability across the globe. Whilst CCASA operates as a non-profit entity, it is managed like a business under a sound business structure\. Promotion of Ethics and good Standards of Conduct amongst its members. CCASA is managed by a CEO under the direction of a properly constituted Board in accordance with CCASA’s Constitution\. Identify staffing responsibilities and needs (Full-time, part-time, contractors) The current CEO is Alison Lee who is consulted on a part-time basis to manage CCASA a position which she has held since The CCASA Board is currently composed of a number of independent members, who have offered their services on a voluntary basis, who are in good standing with CCASA and who are employed by companies as Corporate Counsel in South Africa. The Secretariat is responsible to manage the day-to-day administration and project management of the Association\. Corporate membership which applies to corporate entities with more than ten Corporate Counsel\. Associate membership which applies to law firms and legal service providers\. Each member receives a copy of the salary survey which was done at the end of On average some 25 courses are run over a year in Cape Town, Durban and Johannesburg. CCASA staple courses, which are extremely popular, include the Contracts Skills Workshop, Implementation of the Companies Act workshop and the Compliance Course, to name a few. Each year it sponsors a final year LLB student’s tuition and books up to the value of at least R25,000. The Trust has provided at least 6 students with funding over the past 7 years\. to be first approached when CCASA is sourcing and securing speakers for its various courses. CCASA is a non-profit association managed by a Board which is annually elected by CCASA’s members.