Jacquie Cassette
About Jacquie
Jacquie previously taught at the Wits Law School for a few years before obtaining an LLM in International Human Rights Law at the University of Notre Dame, Indiana USA. After her year at Notre Dame, she spent a year as an intern in the Office of the Prosecutor at the ICTY and ICTR in the Hague. Jacquie then returned to South Africa to serve as a research assistant to Justice Goldstone at the Constitutional Court. From there she was employed as a senior investigator at the Office of the Public Protector for two years, before joining the Johannesburg Bar where she practiced from 2001 to 2013. She joined Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr as a Director in 2014.
Areas of expertise
Experience
In 2011, while still at the Bar and in her capacity as a member of the CCCAA (the Constitutional Court Clerks Alumni Association), Jacquie was instrumental in establishing a training project which offers training on the Constitution and the Bill of Rights to members of the Alexandra community in Gauteng and the Mitchell’s Plein community in the Western Cape. The project, which is conducted on a pro bono basis, is a collaborative one between members of the CCCAA and Edward Nathan Sonnenbergs. The training programme comprised of full-day seminars developed and facilitated by members of the CCCAA on various aspects of the Constitution and human rights. From 2011-2013, Jacquie assisted with the development and implementation of the programme which was initially piloted in Alexandra and then also rolled out in Mitchell's Plain.
While at the Bar Jacquie was a member of her Group's pro bono Sub-Committee and was involved in various public interest law matters.
Recognition
- Chambers Global 2021 - 2026 ranked Jacquie in Band 3 for Administrative & Public Law.
Credentials
Education
- Registered with the Legal Practice Council
- BA, University of the Witwatersrand
- LLB, University of the Witwatersrand
- LLM (International Human Rights Law), University of Notre Dame (USA)
- Year of admission as a member of the Johannesburg Bar: 2001
Memberships
- Served as a Director on ProBono.Org’s Board of Directors from 2014-2017
- Served as a member of the Independent Bar Association’s Pro Bono Committee in the capacity as African Regional Forum Liaison Officer from 2020 - 2022
LANGUAGES
- English
