Photo & copyright: Jurgen Schadeberg
Photo & copyright: Jurgen Schadeberg
Photo & copyright: Jurgen Schadeberg
Welcome to
A group of advocates founded in honour of the women who led the historic womens' marches of 1955-1956
“This march was led by a formidable group of courageous women whose shared conviction and visionary action formed a crucial part of the ongoing struggle for justice, substantive equality and human rights in South Africa. Our group comprises people who believe in these values and want to use their skills as lawyers to contribute to the transformation of society.”
Nasreen Rajab-Budlender SC, Founding Member
A group of advocates founded in honour of the women who led the historic womens' marches of 1955-1956
“This march was led by a formidable group of courageous women whose shared conviction and visionary action formed a crucial part of the ongoing struggle for justice, substantive equality and human rights in South Africa. Our group comprises people who believe in these values and want to use their skills as lawyers to contribute to the transformation of society.”
Nasreen Rajab-Budlender SC, Founding Member
Transforming the profession and our role in it
Our group is dedicated to the advancement of black, junior, and women advocates within the legal profession, as well as to the dismantling of inequality in broader society.
Our group values are underscored by a commitment to diversity, excellence, and the highest ethical standards.
Transforming the profession and our role in it
Our group is dedicated to the advancement of black, junior, and women advocates within the legal profession, as well as to the dismantling of inequality in broader society.
Our group values are underscored by a commitment to diversity, excellence, and the highest ethical standards.
Transforming the profession and our role in it
Our group is dedicated to the advancement of black, junior, and women advocates within the legal profession, as well as to the dismantling of inequality in broader society.
Our group values are underscored by a commitment to diversity, excellence, and the highest ethical standards.
We offer a professional
environment that:
We offer a professional
environment that:
Supports its members
We design support systems conscious of the difficulties experienced by black and women juniors in the profession, as well as those belonging to other marginalised groups.
Makes justice accessible
Our members commit to using their advocacy skills to facilitate access to justice for those who would otherwise be denied it.
What We Offer
We are members of PABASA
PABASA is a national voluntary association of advocates, enrolled as such in accordance with the Legal Practice Act, 2014.
We are PABASA members and align ourselves with the words contained in the preamble to PABASA’s Constitution:
“[D]uly conscious of the challenges that confront our society in general and our profession in particular, and more particularly Africans and women, and cognizant of our duties and responsibilities to the broader society in which we live and practice law; [we] hereby commit ourselves to independence, professionalism, excellence, the promotion of democracy, gender equality, anti-racism, anti-sexism, the protection and enhancement of the rule of law, to the ideal of an open society founded upon human dignity, the achievement of equality and the advancement of human rights and freedoms.”
We are members of PABASA
PABASA is a national voluntary association of advocates, enrolled as such in accordance with the Legal Practice Act, 2014.
We are PABASA members and align ourselves with the words contained in the preamble to PABASA’s Constitution:
“[D]uly conscious of the challenges that confront our society in general and our profession in particular, and more particularly Africans and women, and cognizant of our duties and responsibilities to the broader society in which we live and practice law; [we] hereby commit ourselves to independence, professionalism, excellence, the promotion of democracy, gender equality, anti-racism, anti-sexism, the protection and enhancement of the rule of law, to the ideal of an open society founded upon human dignity, the achievement of equality and the advancement of human rights and freedoms.”
Contact us
info@chambers56.co.za
info@chambers56.co.za
Switchboard
Switchboard
+27 10 900 5656
Location
Location
70 Grayston Dr, Sandown, Sandton, 2031
70 Grayston Dr, Sandown, Sandton, 2031
© 2024 Chambers ’56
Photographs displayed courtesy of the Schadeberg Collection: www.jurgenschadeberg.com
© 2024 Chambers ’56
Photographs displayed courtesy of the Schadeberg Collection: www.jurgenschadeberg.com
© 2024 Chambers ’56
Photographs displayed courtesy of the Schadeberg Collection: www.jurgenschadeberg.com