Lezelle Jacobs

Lézelle is an internationally esteemed academic focusing her research efforts on Insolvency Practitioners and their duties and obligations. She has taught in the area since 2010 and has been recognised by the Higher Education Academy (UK) as a Senior Fellow for her practical and influential style of teaching.

An Attorney of the High Court of South Africa (non-practicing), Lézelle’s Doctor of Laws focused on the Fiduciary Duties of Business Rescue Practitioners in South Africa, resulting in a Code of Conduct that has been utilised in the drafting of an ethical code for the Turnaround Management Association (TMA) of South Africa.

Lézelle consulted on projects including the INSOL International Working Group 10 Ethical Principles for Insolvency Practitioners and UK Government funded projects. She is the author of various articles and chapters in books and is currently drafting a manuscript on Insolvency Practitioner Ethics to be Published by Edward Elgar Publishing.

ACADEMIC POSITIONS

• Senior Lecturer University of Wolverhampton, Faculty of Arts, Business and Social Sciences - Wolverhampton Law School, Wolverhampton, United Kingdom29 Aug 2017 - 23 Dec 2022
• Lecturer University of the Free State, Faculty of Law, Bloemfontein, South Africa18 Jan 2010 - 28 Apr 2017

NON-ACADEMIC POSITIONS

• Candidate Attorney Hill McHardy & Herbst Attorneys (Inc), Bloemfontein, South Africa1 Dec 2008 - 31 Dec 2009

DEGREES

• LLD Doctor of Laws, Corporate Insolvency Law University of the Free State, Bloemfontein, South Africa2015
• LLM by dissertation Master of Laws, Company Law University of the Free State, Mercantile Law, South Africa
• LLB Bachelor of Laws University of the Free State, Bloemfontein, South Africa2009

CERTIFICATIONS

• Post Graduate Certificate in Higher Education University of Wolverhampton, Wolverhampton, United Kingdom2019

LANGUAGES

• English Can read, write, speak, understand and peer review
• Afrikaans Can read, write, speak, understand and peer review
• German Can read, write and speak