Teaching & Research Assistants
The Private Law Department's Teaching and Research Assistants provide additional tutoring, lecture and review support to Private Law students.
Caitlin Le Roith - Head TA in Private Law
Caitlin is the Head Teaching Assistant in the Department of Private Law and is tutoring Delict, Jurisprudence and Civil Procedure. She graduated with a Bachelor of Social Sciences majoring in Politics and Law (2014) and an LLB (2016) from the University of Cape Town and is currently an LLM candidate at the same institution. Prior to returning to UCT to pursue a masters, Caitlin worked at a small firm specialising in personal injury and constitutional rights litigation and was admitted as an attorney in 2019.
Micaela is a Teaching Assistant in the Department of Private Law. She graduated with a BaLaw (2020) majoring in law and psychology from Wits University, and then an LLB (2022) from UCT. Her interests include contract law, the law of delict, criminal law and international law. She tutors Contract, Private Law: Systems and Context, and African Customary Law.
Marco is a Teaching Assistant in the Department of Private Law. He tutors Foundations of South African Law, Law of Succession and Law of Property. He is currently completing his LLM with a minor dissertation in Constitutional & Administrative Law at the University of Cape Town having graduated from the same institution with a Bachelor of Commerce in Politics, Philosophy and Economics (2017) and a Bachelor of Laws (2022). Marco’s area of interests include constitutional, administrative and human rights law.
Lauren is a Teaching Assistant in the Department of Private Law, tutoring Foundations of South African Law and Law of Persons and Family. She obtained BSocSci with a distinction in Industrial Sociology in 2020 and a LLB in 2022 from the University of Cape Town. I am passionate about access to and inclusive legal education, having worked as an SLSJ volunteer, and as a mentor for incoming law students during. The area of law I am most passionate about is intellectual property.
Dylan is a Teaching Assistant in the Department of Private Law, tutoring the Law of Contract and the Law of Property. Dylan graduated with a Bachelor of Social Sciences in Politics and Governance (2019) and an LLB (2021). Dylan is currently completing his Master’s in Tax through Course Work and Dissertation. Dylan’s areas of interest include Law of Contract, Civil Litigation and Tax Law.
Cindi has been appointed as a Teaching Assistant in the Department of Private Law. She holds a BCom Financial Accounting and LLB magna cum laude (UCT). She tutors the Law of property, Law of delict, Law of contract, and African customary law. Cindi’s interests are socio-economic rights, criminal justice, property law, and African customary law. She is a committed disabled rights activist.
Sky holds a BA Law with distinction (2019) and an LLB with distinction (2021) from the University of Pretoria. He is currently an LLM by dissertation student pursuing research in refugee law and international human rights law and a research assistant at the Democratic Governance and Rights Unit at UCT. Sky is particularly interested in power structures that have been created and legitimised by the law. He is tutoring Foundations of South African Law, Private Law: Systems and Context, Jurisprudence and African Customary Law.
Nina is a Teaching Assistant in the Department of Private Law. She tutors Succession, Foundations of South African Law and the Law of Persons and Family. Nina graduated with a BSc in Genetics and Anatomy and Physiology (2017) and an LLB cum laude (2021) from the University of Cape Town. She is particularly interested in the intersection between private law and human rights.
Anesu completed her LLB in 2021 and is a Teaching Assistant in the Department of Private Law. She is tutoring Law of Persons and Family, Private Law: Systems and Context, and Law of Succession. She is currently completing her LLM in criminology and her areas of interest include succession, criminal law and family law.
Jaime is currently a teaching assistant in the Department of Private Law, where she tutors Foundations of South African Law, Law of Property and Law of Succession for the second year running. Previously, she graduated from the University of Cape Town with a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology and English Literature (2015) and an Honours Degree in English Studies (2016), before completing an LLB (2021) at the same institution. While in the law faculty, Jaime was the Editor-in-Chief of Altum Sonatur, the UCT Law Faculty’s quarterly, student magazine.