Jobs South Africa

Legal Counsel (Entry-level Employee)

Job Title	Legal Counsel (Entry-level Employee)
Employer	ZebraPath Logistics
Adress: Country	South Africa
Address: City	Bedfordview
Work type	Full-time
Expected Salary	23719 ZAR
Posting Date	Tue Jun 10 2025
End Date	Sun Jun 22 2025

Description:

We’re offering a Lawyer Trainee position for someone who’s ready to step into the legal world, learn fast, and grow with purpose — no previous experience required, just a disciplined mind and strong work ethic. You’ll support day-to-day legal operations, assisting with contract reviews, research tasks, and document formatting. We’ll show you how to read between the lines of legal texts, spot potential issues, and provide structured summaries for attorneys. You’ll participate in reviewing agreements, flagging potential risks, and learning how clauses protect business interests. Expect to observe real client interactions and understand how legal advice is delivered with clarity and confidence. We’ll show you how to research case law, summarize findings, and check for relevant legal precedents. We’ll guide you through how to track revisions, annotate documents, and maintain version control. You’ll support compliance checks, risk assessments, and see how internal policies align with local laws. You’ll also be exposed to regulatory frameworks and learn how to keep documentation legally accurate and audit-ready.

Basic Qualifications:

• Supervise or mentor junior staff, paralegals, or interns when applicable.
• Manage deadlines, filings, and documentation with strict attention to detail.
• Analyze risks, liabilities, and opportunities in both litigation and advisory matters.
• Attend legal seminars, obtain continuing education credits, and stay licensed in your jurisdiction.
• Provide legal advice to clients based on thorough research, case law, and current regulations.

Preferred:

• Pays strong attention to legal accuracy, logical reasoning, and risk mitigation in all documents.
• Familiar with legal databases such as LexisNexis, Westlaw, or local legal portals.
• Capable of advising individuals or businesses on rights, obligations, and strategic decisions.
• Able to supervise paralegals, junior lawyers, or interns and delegate research or drafting tasks.
• Comfortable liaising with clients, colleagues, regulators, or courts with professionalism and clarity.

Benefits:

• If you believe law should protect, empower, and solve — this is where you practice it best.
• Flexible work formats — hybrid, remote, or in-office based on your rhythm.
• Your wins are shared — your effort never disappears behind a partner’s name.
• Work on cases that matter — from contracts to courtrooms, your words carry weight.
• Billable hours with sanity — quality matters more than quantity here.

You’ll learn how to organize and catalog evidence, witness statements, or internal correspondence. You’ll be trained to spot contradictions, vague terms, or omissions in contracts and internal policies. You’ll receive coaching on legal tone, discretion, and how to communicate clearly without overcomplicating things. This is a great opportunity for someone who’s detail-oriented, responsible, and curious about how law operates in the real world. You’ll also be included in team reviews where legal strategies are discussed openly and collaboratively. You’ll leave with confidence, understanding of legal structure, and the experience to take your next step — whether that’s law school or paralegal certification. By the end of your traineeship, you’ll be comfortable handling legal basics and ready to take on more specialized paths. If you’re driven, sharp, and ready to take your first step into real legal work — we’re ready to train you on the job.