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Fields of Green for ALL • Collectively Reforming South African Cannabis Laws

3.8 Legal

Attorneys have worked hand in hand with the Cannabis industry for decades, defending against the
human rights’ violations in the face of prohibition. Various law firms across South Africa help interpret
the complexities of the application of Cannabis law as well as play a crucial role in policy formulation.

• The Bar Council of • Stone Conscious Legal Minds • Baker McKenzie
south africa https://za.linkedin.com/in/ https://www. bakermckenzie. com/
https://nationalbarcouncil.co.za/ ricky-stone-aaa5aa33 en
contact_us/ • Bowmans • Shepstone & Wylie
• Legal Aid https://www.bowmanslaw.com/ https://www.wylie.co.za/
https://legal-aid.co.za/ • Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr • Spoor & Fisher
• Legalwise https://www.cliffedekkerhofmeyr. https://www.spoor.com/
https://www.legalwise.co.za/ com/ • STBB – Smith Tabata
• Schindlers Attorneys • ENSafrica Buchanan Boyes
https://www.schindlers.co.za/ https://www.ensafrica.com/ https://stbb.co.za/
• Hartzenberg & Associates • Norton Rose Fulbright South • Werksmans
https://www.southafricanlawyer. africa https://www.werksmans.com/
co.za/law-firm/hartzenberg- https://www.nortonrosefulbright. • NPA – National Prosecuting
associates/cape-town/ com/en-za authority
• Delaney Attorneys • Webber Wentzel https://www.npa.gov.za/
https://www.linkedin.com/in/ https://www.webberwentzel. com/
simon-delaney-1062ba17/ • Adams & Adams
?original Subdomain=za
https://www.adams.africa/

3.9 Universities & Higher Education

As the Cannabis industry develops and becomes mainstream there is a need for adequate training and
education for current and future stakeholders i.e. entrepreneurs, employees, consultants etc. Fields of
Green for ALL has already begun working with universities to initiate research programmes across various
disciplines. In the long term students should be able to choose to study a degree in Cannabis equipping
them with the skills needed to become employable as well as entrepreneurial.
• Cheeba Cannabis Academy (Cannabis Organisation, • University of the Witwatersrand
https://cheebaafrica.com/pages/ university of Pretoria) https://www.wits.ac.za/
cheeba-academy https://www.up.ac.za • University of Stellenbosch
• University of Cape Town – • University of Pretoria – https://www.sun.ac.za/
Dept of Criminology Dept of Family medicine • University of the Free State
http://www.criminology.uct.ac.za/ https://www.up.ac.za/family- https://www.ufs.ac.za/
• University of the Western Cape medicine • SITA
https://www.uwc.ac.za/ • Tshwane Institute of http://www.sita.co.za/
• University of Kwazulu Natal Technology • Varsity College
https://ukzn.ac.za/ http://titedu.co.za/ https://www.varsitycollege.co.za/
• Durban Institute of • University of South Africa – • UNISA –
Technology IKS people university of south africa
https://www.dut.ac.za/faculty/ http://uir.unisa.ac.za/bitstream/ https://www.unisa.ac.za/sites/
engineering/urban_futures/ handle/10500/22106/Ngulube corporate/default
projects/ DubeMhlongo%20linga_v14_n2_
a1.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y
• University of Pretoria COUP • Damelin College
https://www.damelin.co.za/

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