ABEL LONGWE

Main duties

• Legal drafting and research
• Attending to court matters
• Drafting correspondence letters
• Drafting court documents
• Reviewing of contracts and interpretations of the terms
• Conveyancing and drafting of instruments
• Conducting searches at various Court Registries
• Rendering legal opinions.
• Drafted, reviewed and managed deeds, wills and other legal documents.
• Represented clients in court proceedings on criminal matters.
• Counselled businesses to comply with applicable implementation and strategy laws.
• Sourced valuable evidence and witness statements supporting client cases.
• Managed and oversaw paralegals and legal assistants.
• Negotiated settlements of civil disputes on behalf of clients.

Main duties

• Assessing the adequacy of the legal and institutional framework on Asset Recovery (AR) in Zambia and make recommendation to strengthen it;
• Analyzing the challenges encountered in managing recovered/ restricted assets, and utilizing them for lawful purposes, and providing recommendations on how to overcome these challenges.
• Conduct an AR tracking exercise covering a period of 10 years to establish a) How much was recovered, b) how it was managed (accounted for) and c) how it was used;

Main duties

• Stay abreast of political, legal, social and economic developments that have an impact on the protection environment
• Assist in implementing Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) for promoting the resettlement of persons of concern as protection tool and promoting access to complementary pathways for admission in the context of comprehensive solution strategies
• Assist in the development of country resettlement and complementary pathways for admission strategy and annual planning exercise
• Assist in promoting and monitoring the implementation of UNHCR's global resettlement and complementary pathways policies, procedures, and guidelines
• Assist in monitoring resettlement activities to ensure progress against targets, transparency and efficiency in case submissions and appropriate follow-up with resettlement countries and other key stakeholders
• Perform many other duties in line with the post ToR's

Main duties

• Participate in undertaking desk review of legal and policy documents from
• Government; UNHCR, and other international and local agencies;
• Assist the Lead Researcher in developing discussion guides for the Key
• Informant Interviews (KIIs) as well as Focus Group Discussions (FGDs)
• Assist the Lead Researcher in conducting interviews with various groups of stakeholders using the appropriate tools
• Participate in the consultative workshops and capture all key submissions by stakeholders and submit report on the same;
• Assist Lead Researcher in drafting reports and making presentations of finding to key stakeholders including the Working Group that has been set up for this purpose;

Main duties

• Undertake litigation on behalf of Legal Aid clients in civil and criminal cases in the Subordinate Court and High Court from commencement to completion
• Draw up and file originating process, arguments, court applications, notices, and all documents required for compliance with Orders for
• Direction in civil matters
• Conduct prison visits and obtain instructions from clients for purposes of trial preparation in monthly High Court Criminal Sessions
• Facilitate case management processes
• Assess and recommend out of Court settlements in civil matters and plea agreements in criminal matters
• Monitor and ensure progress of cases
• Negotiate settlements and contractual agreements
• Consult with clients to get full instructions
• Draft contracts and agreements
• Render legal advice on complex matters to enable clients to make informed decisions concerning their claims
• Prepare monthly reports on cases handled and internal reports on client files when need arises
• General consultation with clients and potential clients
• Assisting other Advocates in handling of civil and criminal legal cases from drafting of court documents to appearance in cases in Subordinate
• Courts and High Court
• Representation of clients in alternative dispute resolution proceedings, i.e
• Mediation and arbitration
• Legal research
• Correspondence
• Drafting of legal documents such as Deeds, Declarations, contracts etc
• Supervise, monitor performance of and provide guidance to learner legal practitioners and student interns.

Main duties

• Assisting the clinic with applications for permanent residence for integrated refugees from Somalia and Burundi and Democratic
• Republic of Congo
• Conducting client interviews in relation to helping them with permanent residence applications.

Main duties

• Documentation/information and referrals
• Helping asylum seekers with information on application process, including administrative appeals, reviews, judicial appeals, expired permits and documentation
• Assisting refugees and asylum seekers with reparations hate crimes and xenophobic incidences
• Deal with reports of hate crimes and xenophobic incidences and referral to appropriate persons
• Research compiling on policies relevant to unaccompanied and separated minors in South Africa and on a comparative level
• Referral of cases to appropriate person, provide follow up assistance and supervision
• Assist the Advocacy Officer in advising clients with regards to unaccompanied and separated minors, upkeep of database, assistance with translation
• Research on South African government legislation and policy of refugees
• Research on refugee issues in Africa
• Further related research on topics of migrants, refugees and human rights.

Main duties

• Filling of Court documents
• Conducting searches on case records, Registries and providingwritten reports to Principal
• Service of Court process
• Assisting in conveyancing, incorporation of companies andimmigration.