This month we chat to 24-year-old Medina Hassim who is a candidate attorney at Nothnagel Attorneys and Conveyancers. Medina holds a Bcom Law and LLB degree from University of Pretoria and as a new entrant to the legal field, her hunger and eagerness is the motivation behind her willingness to realizing her full potential in this field. Below is the interview between For Women in Law (FWIL) and (MH) Medina Hassim. FWIL: At which law firm are you currently serving your articles of clerkship? MH: Nothnagel Attorneys and Conveyancers FWIL: What inspired you to study law? MH: To be honest, law was one of the last things I thought I would study. It was in my first year of university when I had a law module that I decided this was exactly what I’m supposed to study. I loved the fact that the law is in everything we do, that you aren’t confined to only one industry but that the law is in all industries. I was also aware of the fact that there was so ma...
Resolved on empowering women within the legal profession through courageous convos, connecting and inspiring.