Nikita Stander has been appointed as the Deputy Head of the Law Clinic, effective 1 January 2025. In this key leadership role, she is responsible for overseeing the operational management of the Clinic, ensuring the continued excellence of its services and the smooth running of day-to-day operations. Nikita joined the Law Clinic as a student consultant in the Law Faculty’s Practical Legal Training course during the final year of her LLB studies in 2008. She started with her articles at the Law Clinic in January 2009, when she obtained her LLB degree. After ceding her articles to Legal Aid, South Africa, during October 2009, she completed her articles there in December 2010, whereafter she was admitted as attorney of the Cape Town High Court in February 2011. She was appointed as a practising attorney at the Law Clinic in February 2011 and qualified as an attorney with right of appearance in the High Court, thereafter. Nikita assists clients with opposing eviction applications and with related security of tenure disputes. She also assists final year law students at the Law Clinic with advice, and mentors the candidate legal practitioners who are employed in her department. Nikita obtained her LLM (by research) degree in April 2022.