Nuus / NewsPreparation for the 2021 African Human Rights Moot Court Competition were formally launched on 7 September 2020 in Stellenbosch, South Africa, when the Director of the Centre for Human Rights, University of Pretoria, Prof Frans Viljoen, the Vice Rector (Research, Innovation and Postgraduate Studies) of Stellenbosch University, Prof Eugene Cloete, together with the Dean of…
The Faculty acknowledges that we are now moving into a time of increased load-shedding and students must do everything possible to plan ahead (by charging all devices and trying to take precautions, e.g. moving to another area that is not affected at the time). Unfortunately, load-shedding remains beyond the control of the Faculty and the…
See below links to the Faculty’s first and latest Newsletters: Newsletter 2020 Newsletter 2019
Professor Theo Broodryk, Associate Professor of Law, was recently awarded the prestigious Georg Forster Fellowship Award of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation in Germany. The Georg Forster Research Award is granted to academics of all disciplines in recognition of a researcher’s achievements to date, including material findings, new theories, or insights have had a significant…
The Faculty has taken the difficult decision to continue with online learning and assessments for our undergraduate students for the second semester. Read more HERE Die Fakulteit het die moeilike besluit geneem om vir die tweede semester aan te gaan met aanlyn leer en onderrig, asook assessering vir ons voorgraadse studente. Lees meer HIER
The pilot of online teaching and learning The Law Faculty students and lecturers commenced with online learning and teaching from April 2020. Adjusting to studies in law is challenging for many students whilst the increased complexity of pre-final year and final year modules present challenges of its own. As a Faculty we are therefore concerned…
The Regulatory Review “Regulatory Justification and Coordination in South Africa” by Prof Geo Quinot. Daily Maverick “COVID-19 and the critical importance of achieving socio-economic rights” by Prof by Sandra Liebenberg. City Press “Thuli Madonsela: Is this our shift moment?” by Prof Thuli Madonsela. CapeTalk “COVID-19 is exposing the inequalities within our society” with Prof Sandra Liebenberg. Fokus: 6 Mei 2020: Prof….
Dear Law students We understand that during this new reality there is a great need for communication in order to avoid misunderstandings and to limit concerns or anxiety due to our changed environment and way of work. We therefore want to make the following clear whilst giving an undertaking that we will again communicate as new…
16 March 2020 Dear Student, Earlier today the rector, Prof Wim de Villiers, announced that SU will suspend lectures from 17 March and will continue via online tuition from 30 March 2020. The Faculty of Law will implement this decision and the following is applicable: All in-person classes and assessments will discontinue. This suspension is…
Prof Madonsela was recently included in Forbes Africa’s 50 Most Powerful Women-list. The compilation is based on women in business, politics, media, science, sports and public life positions. “They are reshaping history, closing inequalities and pioneering new avenues of wealth creation and in turn, lifting others with them”, as written by Mashokane Mahlo in the…