Search

loading

News

Thursday, 18 October 2018
The electoral system and accountability

Is changing the electoral system the way to establish accountability?

Professor Pierre de Vos shares his thoughts in his latest blog |  "This weekend at the brilliant Open Book Festival in Cape Town, I attended a session where the panellists spoke about the need to change South Africa’s electoral system to ensure that our elected representatives become accountable to voters."

Read more
Publication Date:
Thursday, September 13, 2018 - 09:15
UCT Inclusivity Policy on Sexual Orientation

The University of Cape Town’s (UCT) ground-breaking new policy to tackle discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation, ratified last December, is officially up and running following a recent public launch. The policy aims to facilitate a campus environment for staff and students that is free from discrimination in all spheres, including teaching content and language, the university’s code of conduct, and culture.

Read more
Publication Date:
Monday, September 10, 2018 - 15:15
UCT Law Alumnus Lewis Pugh | The Long Swim

Today, 29th August 2018, Lewis Pugh completes "The Long Swim" - an epic first-ever swim along the full length of the English Channel from Land's End in the west to Dover in the East, a distance of 560km.  This swim is the equivalent of 16 English Channel crossings, and was estimated to take 50 days, depending on tides and weather.  After taking off on July 12 on #TheLongSwim, LEWIS ARRIVES IN DOVER TODAY!

Read more
Publication Date:
Wednesday, August 29, 2018 - 10:15
Annual Faculty Research Week - Get Ready!

The Faculty of Law's Research Office is holding its Annual Faculty Research Week from 27th - 31st August.  These well-established research units are key toour research endeavour, and our socially responsive work in the field of Law. The week aims to showcase some of the intellectual work of the units, and events week will display the diversity of that work. An important objective of the week is to rekindle a conversation amongst the research units and the faculty more broadly.  Staff, students and Faculty friends - JOIN US!

 

Read more
Publication Date:
Friday, August 24, 2018 - 09:00

Pages

Why Law at UCT?

Excellence

We attract excellent students from diverse backgrounds, ensuring a rich learning environment. As the smallest Faculty at UCT, with close to 1,000 undergraduate and postgraduate students annually, the rigour of our degree programmes leads to UCT Law graduates being highly sought after, not only in South Africa but also internationally. In addition, the Faculty hosts at least 11 world-class research units, focused on various aspects of legal practice and implementation.

Democracy and Social Justice

At the UCT Faculty of Law we are committed to furthering the goals of the Constitution, and our aim is to develop the next generation of skilled legal professionals who will ensure the maintenance and strengthening of an open, free and democratic South Africa. The Faculty’s mission is to ensure knowledgeable, articulate, skilled and critically-minded graduates able to play an influential role in ensuring social justice here and further afield. Our core objective remains teaching and research, but we are committed to maintaining a clear awareness of the social and global context in which our graduates will find their place.

Theory and Practice

The Faculty’s Law graduates are known for their capacity not only in legal theory, and its application, but also in practical experience of legal practice. This is a result of our unique requirement that to graduate, all students must have completed 60 hours of probono community service. It is also a result of the Faculty’s superb moot court facility – where students learn to present legal argument in a court-like setting. It is further a result of the Faculty’s local and international academic and professional networks which ensure that we are able to secure the best opportunities for students to gain experience elsewhere during their student years.
For information on Curriculum, Courses, Scholarships and Prizes see the Law Faculty Handbook.

"Our Constitution is the driving force in creating an open, democratic and free society. Here at the Faculty of Law we are committed to furthering the goals of the Constitution. Our aim is to train the next generation of skilled legal professionals who will ensure the maintenance and strengthening of our open, free and democratic society."
Professor Penelope Andrews
Dean of Law

Find out more

Contact Us

Email: law-studies@uct.ac.za

Phone: 021 650 3086

Postal Address:
Faculty of Law
University of Cape Town
Private Bag X3
Rondebosch
7701 South Africa

TOP