Current News
Thu, 17 Jan 2019 - 10:30
The Faculty of Law is delighted to announce the appointment of Professor Danwood Chirwa in the role of Dean of Law, with effect from 1st January 2019.
Mon, 19 Aug 2019 - 18:00
The Faculty's Democratic Governance and Rights Unit has 37 young women leaders in law on its 2019 Women Pioneers programme.
Mon, 12 Aug 2019 - 14:15
If you missed Harvard Law School's Prof Ruth Okediji's talk on Thursday 8 August, hosted by Prof Caroline Ncube and Assoc Prof Tobias Schonwetter at UCT Law, on Decolonising IP Law, it is now available online! This is a must-watch for those involved in copyright reform in South Africa, with the Copyright Amendment Bill currently awaiting the President's signature.
Mon, 12 Aug 2019 - 12:30
UCT Law offers three LLB programmes - depending on your preference and current status as a student. And it's all detailed in this easy-to-follow video - the what's and how's of applying to the University of Cape Town to study Law (please note: applications for study in 2020 have now closed).
Thu, 08 Aug 2019 - 16:45
UCT celebrates its women staff and students during August.
Mon, 29 Jul 2019 - 09:30
Prof Hugh Corder, based in the Faculty's Public Law Department, shares his thoughts in a recent News24 op ed on what burgeoning political lawfare means for our fledgling democracy.
Wed, 24 Jul 2019 - 13:00
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 listing of news and developments from the broad Faculty community.
Fri, 19 Jul 2019 - 12:15
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 little by way of supplies for their newborns, and so the staff in the Faculty's professional development unit - Law@Work - unit galvanised a Faculty-wide initiative to knit, bring, buy, or by any means provide goods for these mothers and their babies.
Fri, 19 Jul 2019 - 12:00
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, segregating residents. That is what struck Professor Andreas Philippopoulos-Mihalopoulos, he said, as he arrived in the city to deliver the British Academy Newton Advanced Fellowship Lecture in Spatial Justice, titled “Spatial Justice and Resistance”.
Sun, 14 Jul 2019 - 12:45
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 (Westminster Law School). Hosted by DVC Prof Loretta Feris on behalf of the VC, in partnership with the Dean of Law, Prof Danwood Chirwa, this public lecture and discussion promises to be a unique opportunity to engage with thinking and academic work on the topic of spatial justice.
Wed, 29 May 2019 - 09:30
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.
Wed, 29 May 2019 - 08:15
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 everything that promotes or hinders it.