"An Attorney near me" - Cape Town legal concierge
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Looking for compassionate and effective legal representation from a female attorney? Select the type of lawyer (e.g. divorce or property) and a suburb of Cape Town near you and our customised tool will allow you to explore options for female attorneys. So if for example you are looking for a female deceased estate attorney; then select "Deceased Estate" from the dropdown list.
Note that this is the only webpage on our site which restricts results to females; all other pages show both males as well as females. As always carry out your own due diligence, nobody's flawless.
Female Lawyer in Cape Town
It is critical that you check that your chosen attorney is a member of the Legal Practice Council.
As a mark of South Africa's progress, we now have female attorneys outnumbering males in the coloured and indian groups. Older attorneys are still male dominated, this will take another generation to work its way through the system. Click here to see more details in the annual report of the Law Society of South Africa.
| Age Group | Black Male | Black Female | Coloured Male | Coloured Female | Indian Male | Indian Female | White Male | White Female | Other Male | Other Female |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| < 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 21 - 24 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 - 34 | 1955 | 2460 | 202 | 403 | 286 | 641 | 1172 | 1821 | 39 | 56 |
| 35 - 44 | 2369 | 1755 | 211 | 339 | 322 | 602 | 1704 | 2314 | 97 | 129 |
| 45 - 54 | 1956 | 715 | 222 | 200 | 265 | 434 | 1756 | 1654 | 85 | 58 |
| 55 - 64 | 833 | 194 | 161 | 50 | 244 | 169 | 2091 | 929 | 45 | 17 |
| 65 - 74 | 237 | 42 | 45 | 14 | 140 | 53 | 1406 | 258 | 18 | 2 |
| > 75 | 47 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 41 | 7 | 607 | 30 | 9 | 1 |
| Total | 7399 | 5172 | 848 | 1006 | 1298 | 1907 | 8736 | 7006 | 294 | 263 |
Frequently asked questions
- Who was the first female lawyer in South Africa?
- In 1923 Irene Geffen was admitted to the then Transvaal bar, becoming South Africa's first female attorney.
