About Us
Walking together from Rookie to Rockstar
Long before the Bachelor of Laws degree (LLB), legal education was primarily by apprenticeship. In those days mentorship of young lawyers was a natural consequence of their legal training. In the legal education world of today, if mentorship is not intentionally grafted into a lawyer’s training and sustained throughout their career, it could very well be relegated to a ‘tale of times past’.
The streets are filled with people in need of a well-rounded legal professional. The closet has always been big enough for both the new and the old. We hope the content shared here will help build a community of allies who are eager to learn from each other’s experiences. A fireplace where lawyers gather to share tales of times past and dreams of the future.The proverbial new brooms still need the old brooms to show them the corners.
Dear Rookie Advocate is a mentorship platform where various legal professionals share insights and practical knowledge. The aim is to help each other, especially young lawyers, become well-rounded professionals that impact their spheres of influence. It has two contributors main contributors and features articles and interviews from other leading lawyers.
"A fireplace where lawyers gather to share tales of times past and dreams of the future"
Contributors
Meet Edwina
Edwina is a skilled corporate lawyer and seasoned litigator with a broad legal background in corporate law, commercial transactions, civil litigation, and conveyancing. Five years in practice has afforded her a combined corporate, law firm, and public service experience. She possesses strong written and verbal skills, combined with excellent research abilities.
Edwina led the biggest Committee of the Law Association of Zambia, the Junior Lawyers Committee (JLC) for a two-year term. She is the Editor of the Commonwealth Lawyers Association Africa Hub Newsletter and Chairperson of the Southern Africa Toastmasters Ethics Committee 2020-2022. She has served as a Speaker Coach at two Tedx Nkana events in Kitwe, Copperbelt Province.
Edwina is passionate about the mentorship of young lawyers, and that passion is part of her motivation for this blog. She believes that anyone who has practised even just for one day has learnt something they can pass on to someone else within the profession.
Edwina is witty, enjoys words that are well-put-together, that is books, poetry, and songs and believes she is an ambivert.
Meet Emmanuela
Emmanuela is an experienced adviser and litigator. She guides and represents Clients in various legal matters including civil and commercial litigation, employers’ obligations, contract review and drafting, conveyancing transactions, regulatory compliance and family law. With 5 years post qualification experience, she has represented clients from various industries, notably, a telecommunications company, an education institution, microfinance institutions, mining equipment suppliers, religious organisations, water utility companies and a statutory institution.
She serves as the Secretary of the Africa Hub Committee of the Commonwealth Lawyers’ Association and always enthusiastically takes up opportunities to serve the communities she belongs to. She has been part of the TEDx Lusaka Volunteer and Organising Committee for 3 years and is an active member of her local church.
Emmanuela is a legal technology and innovation enthusiast. Adventurous at heart, she loves camping and hiking and dreams of taking on Mount Kilimanjaro. She lives by a ‘Know better – Do better – Be better’ philosophy and believes that life must be lived in a community of people that help each other get ahead. She sometimes goes by the pseudo name of ‘Spring’ and wants to see all young lawyers and professionals ‘Bloom where they are planted’.