ProBono.Org is saddened by the sudden passing of Nic Swart on 10 August in Botswana, where he was attending the SADCLA conference. Nic was the CEO of the Law Society of SA (LSSA) and the founder and director of Legal Aid and Development (LEAD), responsible for the professional training of attorneys. Since 2003, there has been an enrolment of 10 000 per annum at LEAD courses. Prior to serving in these two institutions he was a professor (extraordinary) at the University of Pretoria and a senior lecturer at the North West University law faculty. He also sat on a number of boards. He held BA LLB and B Com degrees from the University of Pretoria and UNISA, and was both an attorney, advocate and certified assessor, moderator and facilitator. In 2015 he was awarded the Lexis Nexis SA Rule of Law Award. May he rest in peace.
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