Memorable graduation ceremony for youngest ever TuksLaw doctorate

Posted on December 12, 2016

On 28 November 2016 the Faculty of Law at the University of Pretoria announced with great joy and pride that alumnus Emile Zitzke successfully defended his doctoral thesis earlier in November 2016, setting the record for the youngest person to obtain a Doctor of Laws (LLD) degree in the Faculty.
 
On 9 December 2016, during the Centre for Human Rights' annual graduation ceremony, the LLD degree was officially bestowed on Dr Emile Zitzke.
 
Click here for the live streaming of the ceremony.
 

Front fltr:  Prof Johan Scott (Dr Zitzke's supervisor), Dr Emile Zitzke, Prof Duard Kleyn, Prof Pieter Carstens and Deputy Dean Anton Kok.  Back:  Professors Philip Stevens, Karin van Marle and Annelize Nienaber.

- Author Elzet Hurter

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