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LLB Orientation Programme 2025
We're already excited about welcoming our new cohorts of LLB and postgraduate students to UCT Law in 2025. Have a peek at our LLB Orientation Programme here.
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New Peace Palace Fellowships
UCT Law and the Faculty's Arbitration and Dispute Resolution Unit are delighted that the new 2024/2025 PCA-UCT Fellowship has been awarded to Ruth Olaoyenikan, under UCT-PCA MoU.
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Administrative Law conference report now available
During January 2024, just over three decades after the adoption of the Breakwater Declaration, a second gathering took place in Cape Town under the theme "Breakwater Revisited".
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Equality Law Jurisprudence in Africa - Symposium & Book Project
The organising committee is pleased to announce a call for abstracts to participate in an online symposium to discuss a proposed edited volume on Developing Equality Law Jurisprudence in Africa.
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Equality Law Jurisprudence in Africa - Symposium & Book Project
Below is a call for abstracts to participate in an online symposium to discuss a proposed edited volume on Developing Equality Law Jurisprudence in Africa.
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Judge Dire Tladi delivers 58th TB Davie Memorial Lecture
The International Court of Justice (ICJ) swore in then Professor Dire Tladi as the first-ever South African judge on its bench in February this year. On 1 October Judge Tladi delivered UCT’s 58th TB Davie Memorial Lecture.
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Another Air Law PhD at UCT Law
UCT Law is very proud of Kenyan lawyer, William Kiema, our newest PhD in Air Law who is set to graduate in September 2024.
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Bringing legislative learning to life
In an exciting development at the University of Cape Town (UCT), Associate Professor Cathleen Powell has spearheaded the creation of a gaming app designed to transform the way law students engage with the legislative process.
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Embracing the future? Interdisciplinary conference on AI & Law
The UCT Law Faculty is eagerly anticipating hosting our international interdisciplinary conference on AI & Law, a discussion event that will convene experts, scholars, and practitioners across a range of professional areas.
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UCT Law School signs historic MoU with Notre Dame Law School
UCT Law School is delighted to announce the official signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Notre Dame Law School.
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UCT Inaugural Lecture: Professor Mohamed Paleker
The Inaugural Lecture of Professor Mohamed Paleker in the Department of Private Law is at 17:30 on Tuesday, 7 May 2024. The lecture is titled “The 'One-Shotter'-'Repeat-Player' dichotomy in the South African Civil Justice system”.
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In defense of the Constitution
As the country commemorates 30 years of democracy this year, part and parcel of the democratic project was a new vision for how one of the arms of the South African state – the judiciary – operates and delivers on its mandate.
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