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Latest LSSA News     15 May 2013: LSSA concerned at Parliamentarians' inappropriate questioning of Public Protector. Read press release. 23 April: LSSA supports the call made last week by the Commonwealth Lawyers Association for the suspension of Sri Lanka from the Commonwealth. Read press release. 22 April 2013: LSSA elects Matolo-Dlepu and Bekker as Co-Chairpersons. Read press release. Other press releases       Click here to take the LSSA's Survey on the Use of Technology in South African Legal Practice     Synergy Link   Read more on the LSSA Synergy Link empowerment initiative. View our 'transferring' and 'growing' firms.   Attend these LEAD training events now Evictions and Rental Recovery Consumer Protection Act Pension Law Update Drafting of Wills (focus - testamentary trusts) Emotional Intelligence National Credit Act Debt Collection Process Drafting of Contracts New Companies Act (focus - Memorandum of Incorporation) Sectional Titles Litigate to Win Labour Law (focus -  retrenchments) Protection of Personal Information (NB Special Rate)  for more on LEAD's learning activities                  Hot Topics      Legal Practice Bill latest:  The LSSA has made its further submissions on the Legal Practice Bill, 2012 to the Justice Portfolio Committee. These submission responded to a number of questions raised by the Portfolio Committee during the oral hearings in February 2012. In a separate annexure, the LSSA submissions also carried a full response to the oral and written submissions made by the Attorneys Fidelity Fund. Click here to dowload the further submissions by the LSSA made in May 2013. Click here to download LSSA submissions made in February 2013. Read all the background on the Bill here. Latest resource documents for attorneys: Practice Manual of the Labour Court:  Effective April 2013. Download. Conveyancing Fee Guidelines: March 2013 Download. Introduction to Social Media - Legal Implications for South African Law Firms: LSSA Guidelines and draft sample social media policy Download. View other resource documents Professional examination dates for 2013 Click here      To read the May 2013 issue, click above Advertise in De Rebus        Information for the Public     Your rights as the client of an attorney Your responsibilities as the client of an attorney Where to complain How to become an attorney Foreign lawyers wanting to practise as SA attorneys Buying and selling a house Deceased Estates Legal aspects of marriage