Welcome to the BLA
Welcome to the Black Lawyers Association. Our mission is mainly the improvement of the legal profession and we are committed to the effective management and development of human potential in accordance with our values and to promote egalitarian and equitable social order.
To read more about our organisation, please visit our "About" pages for further information about the BLA as well as the BLA - Legal Education Centre.
Continuing Legal Education 2012
The Continuing Legal Education department offers the following seminars but is not limited to these:
- Cyber Law
- Municipal Law
- New Companies Act
- Intellectual Property
- Constitutional Litigation
- Consumer Protection Act
- Refugee and immigration Law
- Family Law
- Divorce Law
- Corporate Tax
- Insolvency Law
- Competition Law
- Legal Practice Bill
Commercial Law Programme 2012
INVITATION TO APPLY
The BLA - LEC has been conducting a 13 - week course in Commercial Law Practice since 2004. The classes are conducted from Mondays to Thursdays from 17H30 to 20H00.
To date we have trained over 570 attorneys since inception in 2004. In 2012 the course will be held in Johannesburg, Cape Town, Durban, Eastern Cape and Mpumalanga.
Trail Advocacy Programme
Trial Advocacy Training
This training is designed to improve the advocacy skills, trial technique and confidence of lawyers. It is based on a Learn-by-doing approach, in that all exercises are conducted in a simulated courtroom session. Participants receive immediate feedback on ther performance from the faculty members.

