Welcome to the University of Pretoria's Centre for Law and Medicine.  The Centre for Law and Medicine at the University of Pretoria falls under the Department of Public of the Faculty of Law, in conjunction and close cooperation with the Department of Forensic Medicine of the Faculty of Health Sciences.

Mission

• Conduct research and obtain insights about legal problems concerning medical law and ethics, medical jurisprudence and health care law, forensic medicine, forensic psychiatry and psychology, psychopharmacology bioethics, telemedicine and any other related fields or subjects
• Generate, promote and provide expertise concerning the medico-legal fields
• Contribute to the development of Law and medicine in Africa

Objectives

• Participate in the academic programme of the Faculty of Law and the Faculty of Health Sciences, if applicable.
• Self-initiated research initiatives on significant legal issues
• Create programs to publicise research findings (including an annual medico-legal magazine).
• Training, including  Continuous Professional Development (CPD) training) for interested people, groups, and institutions;
• Presentation of symposia, conferences, seminars, and workshops
• Obtaining and delivering information concerning national and international medico-legal issues;
• Contact and collaboration with international experts and similar institutions within and outside South Africa;
• Creating and developing a database of relevant sources for research; and
• Any other action that helps to pursue and promote the Centre's mission and objectives.