For Women in Law

This week, we chat to 25 year old Otlile Mooketsi who is an admitted attorney from South Africa, with experience in third party litigation, commercial law and labour law (a sphere she has just recently entered in.) Otlile describes herself as an alpha female and in this interview she tells us what it means to be an alpha female.  Below is the interview between For Women in Law (FWIL) and Otlile Mooketsi (OM) FWIL: Please tell us what qualifications you hold OM: An LLB degree and admitted attorney  FWIL: What is your area of expertise? OM: Third party litigation , commercial and I’ve recently entered into the labour law sphere.  FWIL: What inspired you to study law? OM: When I realized that the only way I could constructively make an impact in the lives of other black people was to challenge the laws that were designed to hinder their progress. The only way I thought I could challenge the laws was to become a lawyer.  FWIL: Where di...

Lawyer, model and former Miss Earth Zambia, Cartier Zagorski is a woman in law who is currently pursuing her 4 th  Legal qualification. Cartier strives to create a platform to empower young women in Africa to take on environmental and sustainability issues and build these young ladies to become Ambassadors for the extensive environmental, conservation and sustainable work that needs to be done Cartier believes that we each have a responsibility toward the earth and she has taken the responsibility of ensuring that people be made aware of this fact, as the green cause holds a significant place in her heart. Miss Earth Zambia Executive Director, Catherine Constantinides has described Cartier as “a bubble of fun”, and i n this interview, she talks to us about how she manages to balance being a legal professional, a model and an influencer. A jack of all trades, Cartier’s number one goal is to attain success in the legal field and to develop herself professionally and personal...

About a year ago, while browsing my twitter timeline, I came a across a tweet about a young woman who had recently obtained an LLM, and naturally I became captured by the tweet and the woman, so I took it upon myself to do a little bit more research about the phenomenal woman in law. Her name was Sinako Bomela. From humble beginnings in Colesberg, a small city in the Northern Cape, to the Constitutional Court. Sinako Bomela’s journey is quite an interesting one. She completed her LLB degree at the University of Free State and was the only black, female and youngest Masters graduate at her summer graduation. After completing her studies, she was appointed as a law researcher to deputy chief justice Zondo at the Constitutional Court of South Africa, the highest court in the land.  She is a proud founder of the Sinako We Can Movement, where she uses her access to the Constitutional Court as a platform to empower others. Sinako We Can is a project aimed at acquainting law student...

Aurelia Nxumalo is a Corporate Legal Counsel by profession who works for an Investment and Consulting boutique company. As the in-house legal counsel, her day to day work includes drafting and reviewing contracts as well as attending to any legal or governance matters for the company. Aurelia also describes herself as a budding Social Entrepreneur, bibliophile, student and self-proclaimed happiness ambassador. Aurelia is the founder of “The Professionista”, a platform aimed at creating a virtual space in which women in corporate can connect to impart, teach, inspire and unite. From those entering the corporate world to your seasoned corporate women. The platform aims to create a like-minded virtual community for women to share valuable information with each other. Below is the interview between For Women in Law (FWIL) and the beautiful Aurelia Nxumalo (AN), verbatim. FWIL: As a legal counsel, what inspired you to get into the legal profession? AN: As...