It is common cause that South Africa is not in need of any more lawyers. The industry is saturated with lawyers and this makes for tough competition between job applicants in law firms. It is apparent from many legal practitioners that South Africa is in need of quality artisans and actuaries, just to name but a few. The corollary is that only the cream of the crop will make it while the rest look for employment either in different industries or for menial jobs within the legal industry.
This is most definetly a tough reality to face as law students and to further exaccerbate the situation the Centre for Development and Enterprise published a report in 2008 that illustrated, in various forms, that 65% of university graduates in South Africa are unemployed. One must put himself or herself in a position where he or she is an attraactive candidate for purposes of employment and this effectively means that a mere university degree is simply not enough to secure a person a job in today's ecnonmic climate.
Frank Talk
Tshepo Mothulwe
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