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[[Jean Meiring]] (19**-)is an academic, lawyer, author, arts critic and playwright

He studied for a post graduate degree in law at Cambridge University, where he later also lectured.

Returning to South Africa, he became a member of the Johannesburg Bar.

Over the years he has contributed articles, reviews and other commentary to a wide range of media in South Africa, including reviews and articles for [[LitNet]]. .

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	Born in Stellenbosch he completed a Law degree from Stellenbosch University in South Africa and Oxford University and is an advocate at the Johannesburg Bar.		Born in Stellenbosch he completed a Law degree from Stellenbosch University in South Africa and Oxford University and is an advocate at the Johannesburg Bar.

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	He has written a play called ''[[Sout]]'' (2002).		He has written a play called ''[[Sout]]'' (2002).
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		+	Programme for ''[[Hortjies Dig]]'' premiere at the ''[[Suidoosterfees]]'' in Cape Town. (A copy held in the [[PARC]] research collection at the [[Africa Open Institute]] in Stellenbosch.)

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-[[Jean Meiring]] (19**-)is an academic, lawyer, author, arts critic and playwright
+[[Jean Meiring]] (19**-) is an academic, lawyer, author, arts critic and playwright
-Born in Stellenbosch, the son of [[Eben Meiring]], he completed a Law degree from Stellenbosch University in South Africa and Oxford University and is an advocate at the Johannesburg Bar.
+Born in Stellenbosch he completed a Law degree from Stellenbosch University in South Africa and Oxford University and is an advocate at the Johannesburg Bar.
-Previously, he taught at Oxford and Cambridge. At the former, he was a College lecturer at Magdalen College, teaching Roman Law. He also taught Competition Law to final year (FHS) and masters (BCL) students. At Cambridge, he was a fellow and director of studies in Law at Murray Edwards College (formerly New Hall). There he taught Civil Law I and II, Contract Law, the Law of Torts and English Legal History. At Magdalen, he was involved in the interview process, and, at Cambridge, for several years, he interviewed undergraduate applicants to Clare College and Murray Edwards College.
+Jean Meiring is a practising advocate at the Johannesburg Bar, where he is a member of Group621. Having completed LLB and BA(Hons)(Latin) degrees at Stellenbosch, he studied and taught law at both Oxford and Cambridge. Over the past fifteen years, he has written widely – especially in the Afrikaans media, for which he has won four ATKV Mediaveertjie prizes and, in 2016, the inaugural kykNet-Rapport book reviewer of the year prize for Afrikaans fiction. South Africa’s Constitution at 21 is the first book he has edited. (https://www.flf.co.za/authors/jean-meiring/)
 Over the years he has contributed articles, reviews and other commentary to a wide range of media in South Africa, including reviews and articles for [[LitNet]]. .
 He has written a play called ''[[Sout]]'' (2002).