Pretoria Society Of Advocates

In line with the Constitution of the Pretoria Society of Advocates (“the Society”) and the commitment of our members, the objective of the Society is to promote the interests of the Society and our members through professionalism and excellence in the practice of law, irrespective of race, colour, religion, or gender. The Society advances transformation by increasing the effective participation of historically disadvantaged members, and supervises the conduct of our members to consider and promote improvements in the teaching and the practice of law and the administration of justice by providing quality training for our pupils and continuous and specialised training to our members. The members of our Society strive towards building a centre of excellence and professionalism in the practice of law. The members recognise the need to develop and enhance ethical and professional conduct, accept the principles of non-racialism, non-sexism, non-discrimination, human dignity, and equality as enshrined in the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa. The members have committed themselves to promoting professionalism and excellence in legal practice, irrespective of the race, colour, religion, or gender of fellow members thus increasing the effective participation of historically disadvantaged members in the profession. The members are committed to transforming the Society and the legal profession by promoting the Constitutional right of equality with the goal of eliminating unfair discrimination in the legal profession. The members ensure effective skills transfer to fellow members of all seniority through pupillage and continuing training, while working towards gender and race representativity, while ensuring that fellow members act ethically and with integrity.