List of law schools in South Africa

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University of Pretoria Faculty of Law
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University of Stellenbosch Faculty of Law
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University of Fort Hare Faculty of Law
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University of Cape Town Kramer Law School

This is a list of law schools in South Africa .

Law schools

InstitutionLaw schoolFoundedLocation
University of the Witwatersrand Oliver Schreiner School of Law Johannesburg
Regenesys Education Regenesys Law School Johannesburg
University of Cape Town Faculty of Law 1859 [1] Cape Town
University of Fort Hare Faculty of Law Alice, East London
University of the Free State Faculty of Law Bloemfontein
University of Johannesburg Faculty of Law Johannesburg
University of KwaZulu-Natal Faculty of Law2004 Durban, Pietermaritzburg
University of Limpopo Faculty of Law Polokwane
North-West University Faculty of Law Potchefstroom Campus [2] 1955 Potchefstroom
Nelson Mandela University Faculty of Law Port Elizabeth
University of Pretoria Faculty of Law 1908 [note 1] [3] Pretoria [4]
Rhodes University Faculty of Law Grahamstown
University of South Africa College of Law Distance education
University of Stellenbosch Faculty of Law1921 Stellenbosch
University of Venda Faculty of LawThohoyandou
University of the Western Cape Faculty of Law & Commerce Bellville (Cape Town)
University of the Witwatersrand Faculty of Commerce, Law and Management Johannesburg
North-West University Faculty of Law [2] Mafikeng
University of Zululand Faculty of Law
IIE Varsity College School of Law2017 (First intake in 2018). Cape Town

Durban

Johannesburg

Pretoria

Mooting in South Africa

The following moot court competitions are either held in South Africa or organised by a South Africa institution:

Contents

Moot courtInstitutionFoundedLocation
Public Interest Law Moot Court Competition [5] Organised annually by the Student Litigation Society in collaboration with the Centre for Applied Legal Studies 2020Qualifying Rounds are held virtually and the Grand Finale at the Constitutional Court in Braamfontein
African Human Rights Moot Court Competition Organised by the University of Pretoria Faculty of Law 1992Held at participating law schools across the African continent
Kovsies first year's Moot Court Competition Organised by the University of the Free State Bloemfontein
South African National Schools Moot Court Competition Organised annually by a different grouping of law schools2011National oral rounds take place at the University of Pretoria Faculty of Law, Pretoria and the finals at the Constitutional Court in Johannesburg
World Human Rights Moot Court Competition Organised by the University of Pretoria Faculty of Law 2009Pretoria
African Trade MootOrganised by the University of Pretoria Faculty of Law, University of the Western Cape Pretoria and Cape Town
Manfred Lachs Space Law Moot Court Competition Organised by the International Institute of Space Law The Africa Regional Round is hosted by the Institute for International and Comparative Law in Africa, University of Pretoria Faculty of Law
Kate O'Regan Annual Intervarsity Moot CompetitionOrganised by the University of Cape Town [6] [7] 2017

See also

Notes

  1. Legal education commenced in 1908 with the faculty formally founded in 1918.

References

  1. "UCT Law – 160 years old!". University of Cape Town. 16 April 2019. Retrieved 27 June 2024.
  2. 1 2 NWU Law
  3. "Faculty of Law : History" . Retrieved 25 November 2022.
  4. Campuses Retrieved 1 October 2010 Archived 18 January 2012 at the Wayback Machine
  5. Public Interest Law Moot Court Competition
  6. "UCT's budding legal eagles soar at moot competition". www.news.uct.ac.za. Retrieved 20 December 2024.
  7. "Kate O'Regan Intervarsity Moot Competition Rules" (PDF). Faculty of Law, UCT. 2024.