For Women in Law

This month we chat to 25 year old Nako Tebele, admitted attorney at Ramalepa Attorneys in Botswana. As a new entrant to the legal field, Nako’s hunger and eagerness is the motivation behind her willingness to realizing her full potential in this field. She completed her Bachelor of Laws at the University of Botswana. Earlier this year Nako was featured in Inbusiness Magazine and described as a youthful lawyer with a bright future. Below is our interview with the phenomenal woman in law. FWIL: Please tell us what qualifications you hold NT: I hold an LLB (UB). FWIL: What is your area of expertise? NT: I have almost 2 years’ worth of experience as a practicing attorney, so I am not specializing as yet, I take on all types of cases and learn as I go. However, I will state that lately, I am quite inclined to the Law of Estate Planning and Management as well as that of Corporate Governance. These are quite divergent, but that is the beauty of working in a law firm ...

Women make up a larger part of the human population but are relatively marginalized compared to their male counterparts. The topic on gender equality to some people, has become a rather boring topic and there is a perception (among those who are not directly affected) that this issue has been addressed, meaning that mechanisms have been introduced to deal with it, however it is clear that in some, if not most, fields it is still a struggle for women to advance up the corporate ladder.  Recent observers of the legal profession have noted that the number of women graduating from law school and entering the legal profession has increased significantly in the past two decades.  Nonetheless, women still comprise a very small minority of lawyers in leadership positions in large corporate law firms. So while the presence of women in law school and the legal profession has improved greatly, the uncomfortable. Irene Antoinette Geffen, the first woman to become a lawyer...