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The legal sector is being disrupted by legal tech and innovation as well as consumers’ increasing need for more efficient legal services at lower cost: What does the future hold for the practice of law? And can ‘doing law differently’ signal better access to justice?

Can South Africa become a digitally evolved economy? In short, the answer is yes. But the question remains whether we will embrace open data-flow policies that make digital business activities more accessible and reassure citizens of robust privacy protections and digital security. 

“Future” and “revolution”: two words that strike fear in the hearts and minds of many. The former leaves a bitter aftertaste of uncertainty and the latter conjures up images of conflict.

A look at what the law says about parental leave under COVID. 

How companies need to adapt to COVID and the lockdown. 

COVID has arrived the world over, opened our drawers and shone a torch on our dirty laundry. The world is unequal. 

In the wake of the Christchurch shootings, advocate Jackie Nagtegaal dissects our gun laws and identifies SA's biggest gun problem. New Zealand's Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has vowed to change the country's firearm laws in response to Friday's attacks on two Christchurch mosques, that left 49 people dead.

We often celebrate or, at times, are outraged by the sentences given to offenders for their crimes. As a public, we're either satisfied that the punishment fits the crime, or convinced that justice has failed us. However, how jail time is determined in South Africa depends on various factors. 

The African School of Mediation based in that city will train a group of women to resolve conflict and educate their communities about their rights. To tell us more about this project is founder of the institution Adv. Jackie Nagtegaal and Elsie Funa, one of the ladies who will be trained there.

Listen to  Bisila Bokoko, a Spanish-African-American businesswoman, Naleli Rugege, a fashion designer, performing poet and stylist from Rwanda, Jackie Nagtegaal, a futurist and CEO, Lipco Law for All, as well as Dr Jackie Chimhanzi, CEO, The African Leadership Institute (AfLI).

Tune in for a discussion about the pandemic triggering transformation in the global legal industry in this 25-minute podcast brought to you by the 2020 Influential Women in Legal Tech

In this series of professional development, the Jindal Global University tackle Impact and what that means for lawyers around the world. 

What the law says about leave during the pandemic. 

There are thousands of tweets and tiny social telegrams spreading the news that burgeoning technology, such as artificial intelligence, will mean the end of lawyers.

Wakefield, in collaboration with LawForAll insurance and SweepSouth cleaning services has launched South Africa’s first comprehensive information and resource portal for domestic abuse and gender-based violence, called the “The Warrior Project”.

The legal organisation Law For All says the government still has a long way to go in creating equitable parental leave. The legal organisation Law For All says the government still has a long way to go in creating equitable parental leave. This comes after President Cyril Ramaphosa officially signed the Labour Laws Amendment Bill into law.

South Africans have rallied behind a mother who is charged with stabbing a man to death, and injuring two other, after allegedly finding them raping her 27-year-old daughter. 

A bill that will introduce a demerit system for errant drivers has finally been passed by the National Assembly.

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Legal expert advocate Jackie Nagtegaal says administration will be the biggest challenge facing the implementation of the bill.

Tune in for a discussion about the pandemic triggering transformation in the global legal industry in this 25-minute podcast brought to you by the 2020 Influential Women in Legal Tech.

Tune in for a discussion about the pandemic triggering transformation in the global legal industry in this 25-minute podcast brought to you by the 2020 Influential Women in Legal Tech

In this episode of Fringe Legal Edge, host Abhijat Saraswat speaks with Jackie Nagtegaal on access to justice (A2J) and the future of the justice system.

At LAW FOR ALL, we believe in a future where the law works for everyone. This has been the core of our company since 1993. 

Violent crime in South Africa is rife and horrific, but the prevalence of sexual assault and rape has led to South Africa being dubbed “the rape capital of the world”. Unfortunately, the criminal justice system is failing survivors as few cases are reported and even less get justice. Do the Civil Courts offer an appropriate alternative and what does compensation look like locally and internationally?

Nagtegaal hails from a family of lawyers. Her mother dedicated her life to a more accessible justice system and her childhood home was “a train station for women suffering from domestic violence, needing divorces or setting up wills”.

According to a statement on Gov.za, Cabinet has this week approved the submission of the Recognition of Customary Marriages Amendment Bill of 2019 to Parliament. 

Covid-19 has arrived and it has shown that the world is unequal. The systems we’ve created work only for a few - the justice system being one of them. There is no denying we need a strong injection of hope and optimism during this time. Adv Jackie Nagtegaal, futurist and managing director of Law For All, believes that in order for that to take shape, we need perspectives and ideas that can help us envision the future.