Faculty of Law Hosts Top Achieving Matriculants

Posted on March 08, 2023

The Office of the Dean hosted a lunch for the top six achieving matriculants joining the Faculty of Law (UP Law) for the 2023 academic year. Deputy Dean Professor Charles Maimela represented the Dean, Professor Elsabe Schoeman, who was unavailable to attend the event due to other obligations. In...

UP Law Shines at Academic Achievers’ Awards

Posted on November 21, 2022

Seven UP Law academics were among the top achievers acknowledged and celebrated at the University of Pretoria's Academic Achievers’ Awards held on 3 November 2022.

Centre for Child Law Hosted a Symposium on Children’s Environmental Rights and Climate Justice

Posted on November 18, 2022

The Centre for Child Law hosted a hybrid symposium on Children’s Rights and Climate Justice in South Africa at the Fire and Ice Protea Hotel in Menlyn on 18 November, with a focus on the impact of air pollution on children.

Former DCJ Dikgang Moseneke Excellence Bursary Affirms its Commitments to Well- Rounded Recipients

Posted on November 02, 2022

The Dikgang Moseneke Excellence bursary is aimed at continuing the legacy of Emeritus Deputy Chief Justice Prof Dikgang Moseneke by supporting the studies of a new generation of African law students to advance the vision of a liberated, non-racist and non-sexist South Africa and Africa.

The 11th Annual Child Law Moot Court Competition, 2022

Posted on October 05, 2022

On 23rd to 24th September 2022 the Centre for Child Law hosted its 11th Annual Child Law Moot Court competition, and the theme for this year was children's environmental rights in the context of sustainable development and climate change.

UP Law's Professor Jacolien Barnard appointed to editorial board of the South African Law Journal

Posted on October 03, 2022

UP Law congratulates Professor Jacolien Barnard from the Department of Mercantile Law on her appointment to the editorial board of the South African Law Journal (SALJ), one of our leading South African law journals.

UP law Moot Society Excel in Moot Competitions!

Posted on September 26, 2022

The Faculty of Law (UP Law) at the University of Pretoria (UP) announces with pride and congratulates the UP Moot Society on its ground-breaking performances both in the 2022 Christoph Heyns African Human Rights Moot competition where they placed 8th overall and at the semifinals of the 2021/2022...

Mythology, History, Memory and Forgetting: The Foundations of South African Law at the Voortrekker Monument

Posted on September 21, 2022

On Thursday the 15th of September, the Jurisprudence 420 (Advanced Jurisprudence) elective final-year students headed to the Voortrekker Monument to attend a walking lecture hosted by the Department of Jurisprudence and presented by Prof Ramose, extraordinary professor at the Department. The...