Postgraduate Specialisations
The Faculty offers five main qualification types - the postgraduate diploma; the Professional Masters (coursework only); the LLM or MPhil by coursework & dissertation; the LLM or MPhil by research; the PhD.
Below is a table presenting postgraduate degrees and programme specialisations that involve coursework - along with the names of the programme convenors in each specialisation.
For more information on these programmes, DOWNLOAD THE PROGRAMMES BROCHURE HERE, and please review the Law Faculty Handbook or contact the Postgraduate Administrator in the Law Faculty Office.
Postgraduate Programme Convenors are listed below per programme.
| Specialisation | PG Diploma | Masters LLM/MPhil | Professional Masters | Programme Convenors |
| Commercial Law | √ | √ | Dr T Thabane | |
| Comparative Business Law in Africa | √ | √ | ||
| Constitutional & Administrative Law | √ | |||
| Criminology, Law & Society | √ | |||
| Dispute Resolution | √ | √ | √ | L Mkhwanazi | Sem 1 M Carels | Sem 2 |
| Environmental Law | √ | √ | √ | Professor A Paterson |
| Human Rights Law |
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| M Baase | Sem 1 S Lutchman | Sem 2 |
| Intellectual Property Law |
| √ | √ | Professor C Ncube |
| International Law |
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| International Taxation |
| √ | √ | Professor J Hattingh |
| International Trade Law |
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| Judicial Studies | √ |
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| Labour Law | √ | √ | ||
| Mineral and Energy Resources Law in Africa | √ | √ | ||
| Marine & Environmental Law | √ | √ | √ | |
| Public Law |
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| Shipping Law | √ | √ | ||
| Tax Law | √ | √ | B Cronin |