Dave Smuts (David Smuts) is as of 2023 one of the four judges on the

Supreme Court of Namibia The Supreme Court of Namibia is the supreme court, highest court in the Judiciary of Namibia, judicial system of Namibia. It is the court of last resort and the highest appellate court in the country. It is located in the city centre of Namibia's ...

and the founder of the Legal Assistance Centre. He is a graduate of

Harvard Law School Harvard Law School (HLS) is the law school of Harvard University, a Private university, private research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Founded in 1817, Harvard Law School is the oldest law school in continuous operation in the United ...

. Smuts began practising law in 1980. He assisted in founding Namibia's largest newspaper ''

The Namibian ''The Namibian'' is the largest daily newspaper in Namibia. It is published in English and Oshiwambo. History The newspaper was established in 1985 by journalist Gwen Lister as a weekly newspaper reliant on support of donors, which aimed to ...

'' in 1985. In 1988, Smuts founded Namibia's Legal Assistance Centre whose stated goal is to address human rights injustices perpetrated by apartheid era government in Namibia. In 1992, he left the Legal Assistance Centre and started his own private practice. Prior to his appointment to the Supreme Court in 2015, Smuts was appointed a judge in Namibia's High Court in 2010.

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