Faculty of Law

Remy Ngamije, LLB Class of 2013, is the regional winner (Africa) of the Commonwealth Short Story Prize - for his story "Granddaughter of the Octopus".

By October, South Africa’s Chief Justice, Mogoeng Mogoeng, will have finished his 12-year term at the helm

The Faculty's Democratic Governance &Rights Unit (DGRU) held a panel discussion on this topic on Weds 7 April, in partnership with the Hanns Seidel Foundation. Judges and advocates discussed the advantages and challenges of South African courts

The Faculty is deeply saddened by the passing of Professor Christof Heyns on 28 March 2021.  

Professor Caroline Ncube - SARChI Chair of Intellectually Property, Innovation and Development - considers in her new book how the openness paradigm could empower Africa to leverage science, technology & innovation, and the legislative & p

November 2020 marked the 20th anniversary of the coming into force of the Promotion of Administrative Justice Act. This makes it an appropriate time to celebrate the gains SA has made in its journey as a constitutional democracy. So writes Emeritu

On 12 February 2021 the former vice-chancellor of the University of Cape Town (UCT) Dr Stuart Saunders passed away at age 90. Tributes have poured in, celebrating his contributions to the university and the broader higher education sector.&nb

The events of the past 6 weeks in the USA have re-energised interest in the global rise of white supremacist thinking, and in Disting

UCT LLB student, Lerato Motaung, is one of four UCT students (the only four students on the continent) who have been recognised with a scholarship through the Reimagine Challenge. Each entrant had to submit an idea on how to build a better future. The

The UCT Faculty of Law is seeking exceptional black South Africans who will enroll for postgraduate degrees (ie. LLM/MPhil; PhD; Postdoc) in the Faculty in 2021, to join the UCT Academic Pipeline Initiative. The programme will provide institutiona