The Higher Education Sector has diverse legal complexities, including institutional policies, rules, regulations, and the like, which is why institutions require continuous legal advice to comply with  legislation.

Inlexso has experience rendering legal services to a variety of higher education institutions, including the University of Pretoria, Sefako Makgatho Health Sciences University (SMU), North-West University (NWU), and the overarching body representing all 26 public higher education institutions  in South Africa (USAf).

As a result of working with various institutions, our team has garnered extensive institutional  knowledge and has a proven track record of assisting and supporting the Higher Education sector with legal solutions.

Our Higher Education Legal Services include amongst others:

• Drafting and commenting on various policies, rules, regulations, delegations, and Statutes;
• Assistance in all Employment Relations (ER) and Human Resource (HR) related matters;
• Negotiating, reviewing, and drafting various types of commercial agreements;
• Representation in various tribunals, including the Human Rights Commission, the Public Protector, Commission of Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration, National Consumer Commission, Broadcasting Complaints Commission of South Africa, South African Football Association, Premier Soccer League Arbitration Committee, Varsity Cup, and other regulatory bodies;
• Corporate law, general commercial law, governance and compliance;
• Research contracts and other intellectual property-related matters;
• Opinions and general legal advisory services;
• Training and consulting: Occupational Health and Safety Training, Disciplinary Hearing Training etc.