Nettie Welcome, an ESTA occupier and former client of the Stellenbosch University Law Clinic, which forms part of the Faculty of Law, approached the Clinic for legal assistance in an eviction-related matter. The Clinic was her last resort: “We sat in the dark and without water for three months. If the Clinic did not help…
Preparation 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…