| Purpose: This capstone module purposes itself on applied skills and competencies arising from the laws of civil procedure, criminal procedure and evidence. The purpose is to equip aspirant practitioners (not limited to attorneys, advocates, prosecutors, and legal advisors) with skills, techniques and aptitudes in litigation, necessary to represent clients in various legal causes, motions and actions. It emphasises technique over theory, which is assumed to be in place from earlier studies. It concentrates on imbuing skills for confident litigation and premises these skills on the values of competent representation, justice, fairness and ethical professional conduct. The module explores legal representation and the impact of multicultural diversity and diversification of the legal profession in South Africa. Students accredited with this module will be able to apply litigation conventions in the civil and criminal courts of the Republic. |
