Advocates Group 21
Legal in Sandton

Our members are committed to the highest standards of a professional and ethical legal practice, and at the Johannesburg Bar, and are equally committed to transformation initiatives internally, to ensure that the practice remains highly esteemed and legitimate.

The membership of Group 21 has steadily grown into a cohesive and professional body of advocates, who practice in the High Courts and other Courts of South Africa and the neighbouring countries. Our members are committed to the highest standards of a professional and ethical legal practice, and are equally committed to transformation initiatives internally, and at the Johannesburg Bar, to ensure that the practice remains highly esteemed and legitimate. Advocates Group 21’s members have the honour of being among those groups who accept and actively implement the transformation intiatives as suggested by the Johannesburg Bar Council and the General Council of the Bar, thereby actively entrenching the most important values and ideals into the Group’s membership. Its membership comprises of approximately 130 advocates, with an appropriate ratio of junior advocates and senior advocates.Each advocate within Group 21 practices as an individual advocate, but also as a member of a greater independent association, the Johannesburg Bar. As an individual advocate, each is committed to the highest standards of a professional legal practice and the maintenance of an effective and independent judiciary. Advocates Group 21 is equally committed to transformation initiatives internally, as well as at the Johannesburg Bar generally, to make certain that the practice of an advocate remains highly esteemed and legitimate. Group 21 is committed to ensuring that the Bar is representative of South Africa generally, and to providing the highest possible standard of legal services to the widest range of persons.Group 21 has a Group Clerk System, a valuable initiative for the upliftment and assistance of a number of junior advocate members within the Group who come from previously disadvantaged backgrounds. Group 21 prides itself on the fact that each advocate benefits from the collegial and valuable interaction and relationships with his or her colleagues within the group. As an individual advocate and member of Group 21, each of our members practice in all the fields of law traditionally dealt with by advocates, including constitutional law and human rights, labour law, criminal law, matrimonial matters, banking law, company law, liquidations, aviation law and intellectual property.