The Faculty hosted a bitter-sweet celebration of Dr Vyonna Bondi at its recognition event for our recent research graduates (Master’s and PhD).

Join this great series of events about entrepreneurship, opportunities, how-to's and what it takes. UCT Student Entrepreneurship Week (SEW) is a series of virtual talks that encourage entrepreneurship as a mindset and career option!

UCT Law Grad takes place on Tuesday 9 September at 14h00.

Dr Elfas Torerai brings to the Faculty his insights into the links between fintech and intellectual property law, in his role as Postdoctoral Research Fellow. We share our recent chat with Dr Torerai - about his work, research plan, & more.

What is happening in the Faculty of Law in relation to a just energy transition? We introduce you here to Dr Wafiq Davids, postdoctoral fellow in the Faculty of Law’s Mineral Law in Africa research unit.

UCT students, this is your opportunity to share your UCT experience with us! 

Law students from Kenya and Mozambique emerged victorious following a moot court challenge where they put legal theory to practice at the 34th Christof Heyns African Human Rights Moot Court.

Issues on migration and human rights, statelessness, and civil and political rights are in the spotlight as the University of Cape Town (UCT) hosts the 34th Christof Heyns African Human Rights Moot Court Competition until 5 July.

The Christof Heyns African Human Rights Moot Court Competition has been running for 34 years, and has thousands of competition alumni who have participated over the years. Some have used their passion for oration to train school learners.

No late applications - so the time to apply to Africa's top university would be right now! If you're interested in studying psotgraduate Law at UCT, we have loads of information to make the process easier.

​​​​​​​The 34th edition of the Christof Heyns African Human Moot Court Competition is being hosted by the University of Cape Town’s Faculty of Law from 29 June to 5 July 2025 in Cape Town, South Africa.

​​​​​​​The 34th edition of the Christof Heyns African Human Moot Court Competition is being hosted by the University of Cape Town’s Faculty of Law from  29 June – 5 July 2025 in Cape Town, South Africa.