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7.4. Vacation Programmes

To provide students with practical experience relating to the law profession
as well as expose students to member firms, Group firms are increasingly
hosting vacation programmes for students at their firms, with programmes
ranging from shadow work, training sessions, practical sessions, moot court
and debating competitions, mediation and consultation sessions and more.
To assist firms in structuring their programmes the Group has developed
vacation programme formats which firms can use to structure their vacation
programmes. All vacation programmes are advertised via the Group’s online
graduate recruitment portal where students can apply to be considered for
these programmes.

7.5. Phatshoane Henney Honour
Medal Programme

Established in 2011 as an initiative to reward exceptional performance by
law graduates across South Africa, the Phatshoane Henney honour medal
programme is the highest award given to law graduates that achieve their
LL.B degree cum laude (with honour). The programme currently runs at the

• University of Stellenbosch
• University of KwaZulu-Natal
• Rhodes University
• University of the Free State
• University of Johannesburg
• North-West University
• Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University

• University of Pretoria
• University of the Western Cape

Since the Honour Medal Programme’s inception, honour medals have been
awarded to more than 350 law graduates.

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