ABRIDGED CURRICULUM VITAE

Name: Leah Gcabashe

Address: Thulamela Chambers, 1A Protea Place, Sandown

Academic Qualifications:

B.A. Administration, National University of Lesotho - 1978
B.A. Law, University of Cambridge, UK – 1983
LLB, University of Natal – 1987
M.A. (Hon), University of Cambridge, UK 1988
LLM (in Human Rights and Constitutional Law), University of Pretoria – 2005

Current status:

Member of the Johannesburg Society of Advocates as of 1997 (Senior Counsel)

Vice Chairman of the Johannesburg Society of Advocates 2017/2018

Member of Thulamela Chambers

Member of Advocates for Transformation

Appointed as an Acting Judge of the High Court in various divisions over the past 8 years

Historical information

Former Senior Lecturer, University of Natal, Howard College

Former member of the Technical Committee to Theme Committee 5 of the Constitutional Assembly

Former member of the Amnesty Committee of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission

Former Head of Legal Services in the Presidency

Former member (alternative AFT nominee) of the Judicial Services Commission