Faculty of Law

One might think it unusual for a Zoology academic to move into academic administration. Tabile Loqo, the Law Faculty’s new Faculty Manager responsible for academic administration at the UCT Law School, did just that.&nbs

Dr Andrew Hutchison, Associate Professor in UCT's Department of Commercial Law, shares his thoughts and expertise on contracts - and the possibility of comic contracts, ie. contracts in comic format. 

In light of the funeral of Professor Bongani Mayosi, the UCT Moot Society deferred its 2nd Kate O'Regan Intervarsity Moot Competition from Saturday 4th August to SATURDAY 1st SEPTEMBER.  The event starts at 9am at UCT Law School.  With La

UCT student builds app to make buying and selling textbooks cheaper and easier Looking for second-hand textbooks for second semester?  Quillo is for you!  Quillo app developer, Tamir Shklaz, says his app makes find

What is Critical Race Theory and why it is relevant to South Africa The Law Faculty will be holding a seminar on Critical Race Theory, hosted by Law@Work, on Friday 13 July from 14h00 - 16h30.  Open to staff, students, alumni and others,

The University of Cape Town Faculty of Law is delighted to have received confirmation of full accreditation for its LLB degree programme.

Transformation of the Legal Profession / Decolonisation of Knowledge The University of Cape Town Law Faculty is proud to host the 2018 Society of Law Teachers of Southern Africa Conference in Cape Town, from 11th - 13t

A number of Faculty academics attended this year's Law and Society Association meeting, which has just taken place (7 - 10 June 2018) in Toronto, Canada.  UCT Law academics presented papers in 12 different sessions, sharing research, knowledge

Kelly Phelps, of the Faculty's Department of Public Law, talks to Brian Sokutu at the Citizen about the absence of a clear motive for  Henri van Breda murdering his family.

"To date, religious marriages including Muslim marriages, Hindu marriages and Jewish marriages in South Africa have not been afforded legal recognition", writes Associate Professor Waheeda Amien of the Faculty’s Department of Public Law