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Introduction vi
Study unit 1: The legal profession 1

1 Learning outcomes 1 2 Introduction 13
The legal profession 1 4 The attorney profession
2
4.1 What do attorneys do? 3
4.2 Admission requirements 3 4.2.1 Attorneys
3
4.2.2 Conveyancers and notaries 4
4.3 Professional associations 5
4.3.1 Law Society of South Africa 5
4.3.2 Attorneys Fidelity Fund 6
4.4 Regulated profession 6
4.4.1 Trust and business money 6
4.4.2 Trust and business accounts 7 4.4.3
Accurate and detailed bookkeeping records 10
4.4.4 Auditing of trust accounts 10 4.4.5
Reporting to and inspection by the Law Society
10
4.4.6 Fidelity fund certificates 10

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4.4.7 Interest earned on trust monies 11 4.4.8
Sharing of fees 11
4.4.9 Ethical rules prescribed by the law societies
12
4.5 Reserved work and exclusivity of profession
12
4.5.1 Drafting and preparation of certain legal
documents 12
4.5.2 Pretending to be an attorney, coveyancer
or notary 13
4.5.3 Practising as an attorney, conveyancer or
notary 13
4.5.4 Court appearances 13
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5 The advocate profession 17
5.1 What do advocates do? 17
5.2 Admission requirements 18
5.3 Professional associations 19
5.3.1 General Council of the Bar of South Africa 19
5.3.2 Independent Association of Advocates 19
5.4 Regulated profession 20
5.4.1 Referral profession 20
5.4.2 Sharing of fees 20
5.4.3 Ethical rules prescribed by the Bar 20
5.5 Exclusivity of profession and reserved work 20
5.5.1 Pretending to be an advocate 20
5.5.2 Practising as an advocate 21
5.5.3 Court appearances 21
6 A comparison of the attorney profession
and the advocate profession 21