GLR PVT School lecturers

Subject
Constitutional law

Occupation
Legal fellow at Sakeliga’s Centre for Constitutional Dynamics since 2022. 

Field/s of specialisation
Constitutional Law

Background/experience in lecturing
Professor of Public Law at the University of Pretoria from 2004 to 2022. 
Appointed as Professor Emeritus at the University of Pretoria in September 2022. 
Lecturer in practical legal training at Justice College, the training arm of the Department of Justice, from 1991 to 1999. 
Senior lecturer at Vista University from 2000 to 2003. 

Number of years in practice
16 years; Since joining academia close ties with legal practice have been maintained.

Subject
Constitutional law

Occupation
Practicing Advocate of the High Court of South Africa 
Accredited Mediator 
Lecturer 

Field/s of specialisation
Constitutional Law
Cybercrimes
Civil Procedure
Criminal Procedure
Urgent Applications
Criminal Law
Family Law
Mediation

Background/experience in lecturing
Lecturer at Eduvos – 2023 
Course and Webinar Presenter at South African Legal Academy – 2023 
Guest lecturer at the University of Pretoria – 2023 

Number of years in practice
2 years in practice as a full-time advocate

Subject
Civil procedure & trial advocacy

Occupation
Practicing Advocate of the High Court of South Africa

Field/s of specialisation
Commercial litigation with a specific focus on consumer protection law, contractual law, and insolvency law.

Background/experience in lecturing
Member of the Pretoria Society of Advocates since October 2012, as a practicing advocate. Obtained an LLB-degree (cum laude) from the Northwest University (Potchefstroom Campus) in 2011.  Obtained an LLM-degree (Civil Procedural Law) from the University of Pretoria in 2016 and an LLM-degree (International Business Law) from the Danube Krems University for Continuing Education, Austria, in 2022.

Number of years in practice
Admitted as an advocate of the High Court of South Africa on 6 March 2012.

Subject
Ethics for legal practitioners, Legal practitioners account management, & Wills and estates - Theory

Occupation
Lecturer at Gawie le Roux Institute of Law – since 2019 

Field/s of specialisation
Conveyancing, Notarial Practice, Wills and Attorney’s bookkeeping 

Background/experience in lecturing
Lecturer at Gawie le Roux Institute of Law since 2019 

Number of years in practice
10 years’ experience in practice, of which 9 years are post-admission 

Subject
Labour dispute resolution & Alternative dispute resolution

Occupation
Sole proprietor at AH Dekker Consulting Training Teaching 
Part-time lecturer at Varsity College 
Part-time lecturer at University of South Africa School for Business Leadership (SBL) 

Field/s of specialisation
Labour Law 

Background/experience in lecturing
Junior lecturer at the University of Pretoria from 1993 to 1995 
Full Professor in Labour Law at the University of South Africa from 2003 to 2014 
Contract lecturer at the University of South Africa from 2019 to 2020 
External promoter for numerous LLM and LLD students at various universities 
External examiner for various universities 
Part-time lecturer for various institutions 

Number of years in practice
27 years in practice, of which 26 are post-admission

Subject
Criminal court practice and trial advocacy

Occupation
Senior Consultant at A L Maree Incorporated 
Senior Consultant at Clarke & Van Eck Attorneys 
Senior Consultant at Duane Marais Attorneys 
Senior Lecturer at the University of Pretoria  
Appraiser appointed by DOJ & CD: districts of Wonderboom & Pretoria from 2004 to date 
Commissioner of Small Claims Court from 2011 to date 
Lecturer Law School North West University from 2019 to date 
Lecturer at the Law School of LEAD, a division of the LSSA, Pretoria Campus from 2019 to date 
Lecturer Law School University of Pretoria Enterprises from 1995 to date 

Field/s of specialisation
Criminal Law 
Procedural Law 
Appraiser 

Background/experience in lecturing
Lecturer at the Institute of Valuers from 2000 to date 
Extra-ordinary lecturer and examiner at the University of Pretoria for both undergraduate and post-graduate students from 2006 to 2017 
Senior lecturer at the University of Pretoria from 2017 to date 
Part-time afterhours lecturer at Akademia for Civil Procedure final year LLB Students – 2023 

Number of years in practice
26 years in practice 

Subject
Drafting of contracts

Occupation
Admitted attorney (non-practicing) and lecturer. 

Field/s of specialisation
Contract law, drafting of contracts (including the relationship between law and language), legal education (teaching and learning), and legal ethics.

Background/experience in lecturing
She has five years of teaching and learning experience at a tertiary level and also holds a doctorate in the subject of drafting of contracts in South Africa. Her qualifications include BCom (Law), LLB, LLM, LLD, BTh, BTh (Hon), P.G. Dip. Interpretation & Drafting of Contracts, Dip. Corporate Law.

Number of years in practice
She is an admitted attorney of the High Court of South Africa (non-practicing). She has over a decade of practical experience in commercial legal work, with a specific focus on deal structuring and the drafting, reviewing, and negotiation of various types of contracts. 

Subject
Wills and estates - Practical

Occupation
Registered Auditor / Chartered Accountant (SA) / Executor of Deceased Estates 
Director at Optima Executors since 2014

Field/s of specialisation
Deceased Estates and their Taxes.  
Until recently, Jannie owned his own auditing firm and now dedicates his time exclusively to estate administration.  

Background/experience in lecturing
He is a seasoned Chartered Accountant (SA) with decades of practical experience.  
Senior lecturer at UNISA – 1985 to 1987 
Guest lecturer at UJ – 1991 
Guest lecturer at the Gawie le Roux Institute of Law. He has presented various webinars and workshops on topics ranging from how to prepare an L&D account and how to calculate and account for deceased estate taxes to the practical administration of deceased estates.
Presenter of various seminars and webinars on VAT, estate planning and trusts.
His qualifications include an MCom Accounting.

Number of years in practice
Since 1 January 1988 – 34 years

Subject
Matrimonial matters and divorce

Occupation
Partner, Clarke & Van Eck Attorneys

Field/s of specialisation
General civil litigation (High Court and Magistrate’s Court)
Criminal matters
Divorces
General family law 
Administration of estates
Drafting of contracts 
Collections

Number of years in practice
Over 20 years of experience in the legal fraternity.

Subject
Introduction to practice management

Occupation
Owner of Nienaber Attorneys, since 2018 

Field/s of specialisation
Estate planning and estate administration;  
Business and commercial law advisory and drafting of commercial contracts;  
Commercial and contractual litigation;  
Property law advice,  
Dispute resolution and conveyancing; notarial work 

Background/experience in lecturing
Training of candidate attorneys (as supervising attorney) since 2013, ad hoc presentation of candidate attorney training lectures at Adams and Adams from 2013-2018 

Number of years in practice
14 years’ experience in practice, of which 12 years are post-admission.

Subject
Introduction to cyber law

Occupation
Attorney at Clarke & Van Eck Attorneys, since 2010

Field/s of specialisation
General Litigation 
Family Law  
Criminal Law 
Legal costs 

Background/experience in lecturing
Various Presentations, for example on POPIA

Number of years in practice
17 years 

Subject
Legal costs

Occupation
Director at Beverly Shiells Attorneys & Legal Cost Consultants 
Lecturer 

Field/s of specialisation
Legal costs 

Background/experience in lecturing
Tutor for Commercial Law at University of Pretoria in 2004 
Practical Legal Training for candidate attorneys for purposes of Board exams (for private firms, LEAD, and the University of Pretoria) – 2017-2023 
IIE Varsity College Pretoria – Lecturer in Company Law for final year LLB students – 2021-2023 
Legal costs workshops in collaboration with the Pretoria Attorneys’ Association from 2022 to date 

Number of years in practice
Admitted as attorney in 2008

Subject
Delictual claims and personal injury claims

Occupation
Emeritus Professor of Private Law at the University of Pretoria
Leader of the Solutions Task Team of the Association for the Protection of Road Accident Victims (APRAV)

Field/s of specialisation
Third-party compensation (personal Injury) and competition

Background/experience in lecturing
Prof. Klopper has been a part-time practitioner specialising in third-party claims and intellectual property since 1982 and has practical experience in dealing with road crash-related personal injury claims. He is also an admitted and practising Notary and Conveyancer. He was employed by the Department of Constitutional Development, first as prosecutor and later as acting presiding officer. He was appointed as lecturer at the Pretoria Technikon in 1981. He also lectured in Intellectual Property at the University of Pretoria and became a full-time senior lecturer in the Department of Mercantile Law in 1988. He was promoted to associate professor in 1991 and to professor in 1994. He became a member of the Department of Private Law in 2009.

Number of years in practice
51 years in practice

Subject
Legal practitioners account management

Occupation
Programme administrator at Gawie le Roux Institute of Law since 2024.

Field/s of specialisation
Financial management sciences which include risk management, advanced management accounting, managing performance and strategic management.

Background/experience in lecturing
Mikayla worked in corporate finance for a year before joining the Gawie le Roux team. She previously worked for One Capital’s sponsor division which ensured clients complied with the JSE Listings Requirements, Debt Listings Requirements as well as the Companies Act and Companies Regulations. She drafted and published Stock Exchange News Services (SENS) announcements for clients and ensured that all published interim and year-end results complied with the JSE Listings Requirements.