Faculty of Law

A new scholarship opportunity is available for an LLB undergraduate - closing date Tuesday 26th February 2019.

Prof Jan Glazewski retired from UCT Law in December 2018, and shared perspectives on his law career at a Valedictory lecture in mid-November 2018

The Law Faculty's Law Students' Council put on a great programme today, the first day of a four-day programme for Kramer Law freshers.  With a welcome from DVC Prof Naidoo, and the new Dean of Law Prof Danwood Chirwa outlining what it mean

In anticipation of the arrival of the first year class of  2019 at UCT, the Law Faculty Orientation Committee with the Law Students' Council (LSC) are organising an exciting student-centred Orientation programme that we kno

Enhancing the African focus of the University of Cape Town’s (UCT) LLB degree and altering the way students and staff view law are just two of a few long-term goals that the new Dean of the Faculty of Law, Professor Danwood Chirwa, aspires t

The Faculty of Law is delighted to announce the appointment of Professor Danwood Chirwa in the role of Dean of Law, with effect from 1st January 2019.

The UCT Faculty Handbooks contain all the information students will need with regard to who is who in a Faculty, the qualifications offered by a particular Faculty, the various academic departments in that Faculty, courses offered - as well as cou

Is our Public Protector Adv. Busisiwe Mkhwebane fit to hold office?  Eusebius McKaiser interviews Associate Professor Cathy Powell of UCT Law's Public Law Department.

Professor Pierre de Vos, the Claude Leon Foundation Chair in Constitutional Governance at the University of Cape Town, takes a look at what is involved in amending the constitution, the supreme law of the Republic.  De Vos points out that the

We must push for deeper analysis if we want to see real change in how sexual harassment is handled, both through our legal processes and in broader society. So argues Jameelah Omar, lecturer in Criminal Justice in UCT's Faculty of Law, in her