Faculty of Law

UCT’s Law Faculty is never quiet!  Whether it’s our staff, students or alumni in action, there is always something exciting, interesting and innovative on the go.  To keep you posted on some recent news we have compiled a quick li

Mandela Day 2019 provided the focus point for members of the Law Faculty to develop gift bundles for new mothers at Mowbray Maternity Hospital, based in Mowbray in Cape Town.  New mothers often leave Mowbray Maternity with very li

Cape Town’s combination of geography and city planning perpetuates the effects of apartheid spatial planning. The mountains and oceans become natural barriers to movement and access, the planning around which creates a clear centre and periphery,

The UCT Law Faculty is hosting a public lecture 15 July 2019 (17h30 Kramer LT1 - all welcome!) on spatial justice and resistance, with special visiting lecturer Professor Andreas Philippopoulos-Mihalopoulos from the Westminster Law & Theory Lab (We

It is twenty-five years since the transition to democracy in South Africa.  Some of the most enduring challenges to that transition have been the question of the role of customary law and traditional leadership in the new democratic state. 

As a schoolgirl growing up in the Southern Cape town of George, Danielle Louw knew she wanted to work in the human rights field and in pursuit of social justice. Now, Danielle is the recipient of one of only 20 Open Society Foundation Commemor

Leading members of the judiciary across Africa will be gathering in Cape Town, 2 – 6 June 2019, and their focus will be on a crucial issue challenging judges from virtually every part of the continent: judicial independence and everythi

This Africa Month, the African Legal Information Institute (AfricanLII) and the Democratic Governance and Rights Unit (DGRU) at the University of Cape Town's Law Faculty have launched Africa’s first graphical citator for African case law

The rule of law in Africa relies on effective access to the letter of the law. The African Legal Information Institute, AfricanLII, is proud to launch the beta version of a first-of-it’s-kind Pan-African automated legal citator and summariser for

The results of the 2019 Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) Graduate Employability Rankings show that UCT's graduates remain highly sought after.  This confirms UCT's own findings from its annual graduate exit survey - a UCT degree serves you very w