Local Law Clerk Programme

Applications for local law clerkships are called for and received on an annual basis. Typically, the application window opens at the beginning closes in February or March of the year prior to the year of (potential) appointment as a law clerk. Please see the latest call for applications which provides important information and sets out terms and conditions for applying – including the deadline for applications, as well as the formatting, structure and contents of applications. The latest call for applications can be downloaded in PDF via the following link: Call for Applications”

CONTACT US

  info@concourt.org.za

  Switchboard: +27 11 359-7400

   Constitutional Court , 1 Hospital Street , Constitution Hill , Braamfontein , 2017

   Constitutional Court, Private Bag X 1, Constitution Hill, Braamfontein, 2017

THE HISTORY OF THE IDEA

The notion of a bill of rights for South Africa can be traced back to an ANC document in the early 1920s. The Freedom Charter of 1955 carried the idea forward.