Faculty of Law

Nurina Ally & Mbekezeli Benjamin have published an opinion piece in GroundUp, on there not being a single Constitutional Court judgment delivered yet this year. They comment on the Court’s workload challenges & trying to address this.

Just a year after registering for his LLM at UCT Law, Dr Thapelo Teele’s dissertation was upgraded to a PhD. In the two years since, Dr Teele has successfully completed his doctoral thesis and been awarded a PhD in legal rhetoric studies.

The field of company law has changed seismically since Prof Jacqui Yeats began teaching at UCT Law 20 years ago. Since the concepts such as sustainability, corporate social responsibility & ethical corporate culture have been developed.

Just a year after registering for his LLM at UCT Law, Dr Thapelo Teele’s dissertation was upgraded to a PhD. In the two years since, Dr Teele has successfully completed his doctoral thesis and been awarded a PhD in legal rhetoric studies.

UCT's lush Green Mile was a hive of activity on 6 October, the inaugural celebration of UCT Day. With giant inflatables, food kiosks, competitions, races, zumba and cheerleading, it was a day for across the UCT community.

The UCT Arbitration & Dispute Resolution Unit (ADRU) was launched on 10 October in Cape Town during the UCT-SOAS Roundtable on Careers and Diversity in International Arbitration.

The Faculty of Law at UCT is delighted to confirm the award of two new Fellowships to UCT graduates at the Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague.

Following its launch last October (2023), UCT Law’s newest Research Unit – the Arbitration and Dispute Resolution Unit (ADRU) – has entered into a strategic partnership with the African Arbitration Association (AfAA).