Senamile Madlala

Associate

Senamile Madlala is an Associate in the Pro Bono & Human Rights practice. 

About Senamile

About Senamile

Senamile started her career as a Candidate Attorney at the Women's Legal Centre in 2022, a public interest NGO specialising in feminist legal advocacy, strategic litigation, and constitutional law committed to advancing women's rights and equality. She remained at WLC as a junior associate. In 2025, Senamile joined the Initiative for Strategic Litigation in Africa as a Waging Justice for Women Fellow, an initiative of the Clooney Foundation for Justice, where she supported strategic litigation within the socio-economic rights thematic area with a particular focus on advancing women's rights through impactful, systemic litigation.

Senamile joined Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr as an Associate in the Pro Bono & Human Rights practice in 2026.

Credentials

Credentials

Education 

  • LLB, Stellenbosch University
  • Admitted as an attorney: 2022

Memberships

  • Co-Lead and Fellow of NGO-CSW/NY Fellowship 2023-2025
  • Alumni Clooney Foundation For Justice Fellow

Languages

Languages

  • English
  • isiZulu

About Senamile

Senamile started her career as a Candidate Attorney at the Women's Legal Centre in 2022, a public interest NGO specialising in feminist legal advocacy, strategic litigation, and constitutional law committed to advancing women's rights and equality. She remained at WLC as a junior associate. In 2025, Senamile joined the Initiative for Strategic Litigation in Africa as a Waging Justice for Women Fellow, an initiative of the Clooney Foundation for Justice, where she supported strategic litigation within the socio-economic rights thematic area with a particular focus on advancing women's rights through impactful, systemic litigation.

Senamile joined Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr as an Associate in the Pro Bono & Human Rights practice in 2026.

Credentials

Education 

  • LLB, Stellenbosch University
  • Admitted as an attorney: 2022

Memberships

  • Co-Lead and Fellow of NGO-CSW/NY Fellowship 2023-2025
  • Alumni Clooney Foundation For Justice Fellow

Languages

  • English
  • isiZulu