Faculty of Law

South Africa's political landscape is shifting almost by the hour. The gloves are off in a power struggle that pits President Jacob Zuma against a group of reformers, led by Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan.

Join Law Dean Penelope Andrews as she hosts Navi Pillay, former UN High Commissioner of Human Rights, Athaliah Molokomme, Botswana's Attorney-General, in a conversation on Law and Social Justice on 22 March.

Forty experts in urban safety recently gathered in Cape Town to discuss a draft guide to ensure safer cities in a globalised world.

UCT's Law Student Council is disappointed with the treatment of students during their protest action over accommodation, but distances itself from certain actions taken by protesting students.

While upholding the values and rights enshrined in the Constitution and recognising the national importance of the issues raised by students, members of the Faculty of Law condemns some of the protest action students have resorted to, to highlight thes

Law alumnus Mda Mda is this year’s recipient of the President of Convocation Medal. Past medal recipients include Dr Kate Philip, Dr Richard (Dick) van der Ross, Anne Templeton, Professor Wiseman Nkuhlu, Justice MM Corbett, and Sir Aaron Klug.

Authors Chuma Himonga and Elena Moore with guest speaker Kate O’Regan and PhD fellow Fatimata Diallo at the launch of Reform of Customary Marriage.

Sashni Chetty took up the position of Faculty Office Manager on 1 December.

This year, Gauteng alumni were included in the annual Beinart lecture, and the outgoing Dean took the opportunity to answ

Students registered for undergraduate qualifications/programmes will have the choice to elect to take their 2015 year-end examinations in January 2016.  The option is to defer the full set or none. The default will be that a student writ