LAW CAREER OPPORTUNITIES

Are you interested in pursuing a legal career that does not require admission?

Or perhaps you are an attorney in practice looking to pivot and explore other career opportunities available for you, then this is the right platform for you 💁🏾‍♀

We explore the diverse career opportunities that a law degree can unlock. Traditional and non-traditional legal careers.

During our Legal Careers Workshop we had Mapule Setlaleleng as a panelist. Mapule is also a FWIL mentor and if you check out our website you will find our interview with this phenomenal #womaninlaw.

In this interview she shares her reasons for not choosing the traditional route of practice.

Mapule is a Non-financial risk manager at Standard Bank. Prior to this position, she was an Associate Policy Analyst within the Prudential Authority (PA) at the South African Reserve Bank.

She is the co-lead of Women@PA which is an initiative of the PA geared towards promoting diversity, inclusion and equality.
Mapule specialises in insurance, climate-related risks and financial inclusion (specifically in relation to inclusive sustainable finance/green finance).
In addition, Mapule is also experienced in financial crime, collective investments schemes, privacy and FAIS and market conduct compliance.

Mapule holds an LLB degree (Wits), Postgraduate Diploma in Commercial and Business Law (Wits), Postgraduate Diploma in Financial Planning Law (UFS) and LLM in Insurance Law and Governance (UP).

Her areas of expertise include AML/CFT, FAIS, POPIA, collective investment schemes (inclusive of hedge funds), Insurance, financial services regulation and supervision, legislative drafting and policy aspects of climate risks/sustainable finance and financial inclusion.