About Lisa
"I have an LLB degree from Stellenbosch University and completed my articles of clerkship at a personal injury law firm in Cape Town, called DSC Attorneys.
Subsequent to completing my articles, I moved to Malta, where I worked for five and a half years in the financial services industry specialising in AML, regulatory compliance and company secretarial services.
When we moved back to South Africa in March 2024, I became a stay-at-home mom, but I was looking for opportunities where I could use my legal background to generate income, yet maintain flexibility around family life.
When I heard that the Deeds Registry was going online, the idea was born to upskill myself by writing the conveyancing exam, since this change would create opportunities to run a practice online from anywhere with more flexibility.
So on New Year's Day 2026, I made my decision to pursue a career in conveyancing and decided that writing the exam and passing both papers would be my new year's resolution.
I passed paper 2, and on 11 June, when the examiners told me I passed my oral examination for Paper 1, my New Year's resolution came true."
On enrolling at the Gawie le Roux Institute of Law
"I have known about the Institute through word of mouth since way back when I did my articles of clerkship. It was always the recommendation from anyone wanting to sit for the exam, and especially from those who have passed. So it was a no-brainer to purchase a course through the institute.
When I made the decision to sit in April, I knew that the five-month course and live lectures wouldn't work, since I was studying while looking after my two sons; one was a three-month-old baby. Therefore, the only logical option was to purchase the notes with the recorded lectures.
It allows you to study at your own pace, and the recorded lectures helped me to understand the work much better and to know how to approach the study material.
I loved the recordings. Erinda's passion for conveyancing is really contagious, and this, along with the notes, really re-ignited my desire to study and practice law.
Property law is truly something beautiful to behold."
Preparing for an oral
"I passed Paper 2 (the drafting), but I got an oral for Paper 1 (theory). I went through the exam paper and got the gist of where things might've gone wrong. I went through Part 1 and Part 2 of the study notes with the Registrars' Conference Resolutions again.
I also focused on the short questions at the end of the chapters and tried to answer them out loud.
The last days before the oral, I went through old exam papers and tried to answer the questions out loud, and then checked myself by reading the model answers. I also went through the most important aspects of Part 3 again, i.e., Transfer Duty, VAT, Alienation of Land Act, etc. Luckily, I made summaries before, so I went through those.
During the oral, they asked me questions across the board. I was thankful that I didn't spot, as I was able to answer all the questions, and it was enough for me to pass."
Climbing mountains
"I had no conveyancing experience, and I started studying in mid-January and wrote both papers in April, and it is so much content to work through.
When I found out I had an oral, I was really disappointed. It was hard to find the motivation again, but my faith helped me to start again and find that hope and strength to carry on and succeed.
I could not have succeeded without the support from my husband for carrying an extra load with the children and household chores since January, and my mom for helping out with the children the two weeks before the exam."
Lisa's conveyancing exam tips
"You need to make it part of your life, as you need to eat, breathe, and live conveyancing. Every possible moment you can find to study, you must use because the amount of work is always more than you think.
Study exactly the way Erinda guides you in the lectures and the way the study material tells you to study. Work through the examples along with the theory notes. Try to answer the questions without looking at the answer. Do the case studies without looking at the answer, and then check where you went wrong. Go through the Registrars' Conference Resolutions as you go through the chapters, as you will not understand them while reading through those on their own.
When you study a chapter, and the chapter refers to the Part 3 notes, go to that part and study it. It will make more sense, rather than studying Part 3 on its own."
What's next?
"For now, I want to focus on starting an online law firm specialising in property transfers."
Last updated on 29 June 2026.