Dear Rookie Advocate, “indulge me for a moment, I’m actually reaching out for a bit of advice. I recently joined the Local Authority as Council Advocate. I’ll be establishing and heading the Legal Unit. It’s an exciting opportunity, but I’d be lying if I said I wasn’t a little nervous.” I received a request on […]
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This week, members of the Law Association of Zambia will be making their annual pilgrimage to the South (this is what I’m choosing to call the law conference and Annual General Meeting). The conference and AGM is a place to grow one’s network within the profession: meet new people, catch up with old acquaintances, have
Dear Rookie Advocate, I recently shared with the Law Association of Zambia (LAZ) Junior Lawyers (5 years post admission and under) my experience of being a litigation lawyer in-house. I thought I should share that insight here, in case you missed that mentorship webinar. By the way, the LAZ Junior Lawyers Committee (JLC) runs a
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Dear Rookie Advocate, It’s that wonderful time of year when the holidays approach and the Scholarship Boards begin to look mighty attractive. On the road to applying for further study, there arises the question: WHAT MAKES A WINNING SCHOLARSHIP APPLICATION? This is a deeply personal and at times technical question to answer. On the personal
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When I was at the Bar, I enjoyed the practice and endeavoured to represent my clients to the best of my ability. Having crossed over to the Bench has me noticing all the things young lawyers especially, do wrong in their advocacy and I would like to share some of these to hopefully, improve
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Dear Rookie Advocate, In my Chambers (legal parlance for office) I have draped one of my favourite pictures of all times. It’s a picture of my late father, Adada Mkhondo Danwood Lungu- former Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly of the Republic of Zambia, with the late Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela- the first black Head of
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Dear Rookie Advocate, After all the ‘parte after parte’ of the holidays, please allow me to say happy ‘twente twente’. Happy new year! You made it to the end of January, woop! woop! Hopefully by now you have shaken off the holiday feel and dived into beast mode. Our creative juices are already flowing, Emmanuela
Dear Rookie Advocate, You too have a story to share. I can count the number of times I’ve asked an advocate of less than 5 years at the Bar for an article for this blog, and their response was ‘I’m also a Rookie, what advice can I give?’ This blog was birthed from the strong
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Lweendo Haangala is one of my favorite Senior Counsel and the type to see potential in you and hound it out of you. She is an advocate of over 4 years of progressive legal experience which includes work in private practice and in-house, with a focus on commercial and corporate practice. I hope you enjoy
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Dear Rookie Advocate, We have a special treat for you today. Our guest today hardly needs an introduction. But just in case you need a reminder, she is the first and current Commonwealth Lawyers Association Vice President for Africa, Immediate Past Law Association of Zambia President(the first female LAZ President) and she’s on our top
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