UP Law students assist women inmates

Posted on September 20, 2018

In 2017 a number of students in the Faculty of Law of the University of Pretoria in the course “Law and Community” (CLW), taught by Dr Tshepo Madlingozi and Dr Isolde de Villiers in the Department of Jurisprudence, worked with inmates in Kgosi Mamphuru 2 Correctional Centre. This had...

Doctor of Philosophy tackles the relationship between law, race and power in post-1994 South Africa

Posted on February 15, 2018

The Faculty of Law at the University of Pretoria is proud to announce that one of its staff members has, at the age of 26, qualified as a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) on Thursday, 15 February 2018. Dr Joel Modiri's thesis, titled “The Jurisprudence of Steve Biko: A Study in Race, Law and...

TuksLaw celebrates its ranking as Best in Africa

Posted on December 11, 2017

The Faculty of Law, its alumni, foreign dignitaries, friends, members of the judiciary, staff and students recently celebrated the faculty's 2018 ranking by Times Higher Education World University Rankings (THE) as the best in Africa and 92nd in the world.

TuksLaw Jurisprudence lecturer selected as Atlantic Fellow for Racial Equity

Posted on November 10, 2017

TuksLaw Jurisprudence lecturer and critical race scholar, Mr Joel Modiri, has been selected as a member of the first group of Atlantic Fellows for Racial Equity, a programme that seeks to overcome racism and white supremacy in the United States and South Africa.

Another doctorate awarded to a TuksLaw Lecturer

Posted on September 04, 2017

The Faculty of Law at the University of Pretoria is proud to announce that Isolde de Villiers in the Department of Jurisprudence has successfully defended her doctoral thesis on 'Law, spatiality and the Tshwane urban space', with main supervisor Prof Karin van Marle (UP).

Former Constitutional Court Justice heads Department of Jurisprudence

Posted on August 24, 2017

The Faculty of Law at the University of Pretoria is proud to announce that former Constitutional Court Justice Johann van der Westhuizen has been appointed as Head of the Department of Jurisprudence.

Faculty says goodbye to Professor Duard Kleyn

Posted on February 23, 2017

In February 2017 the Faculty of Law at the University of Pretoria hosted a farewell event to celebrate former Dean Duard Kleyn’s contributions to the Faculty over decades, wishing him all the best with his well-deserved retirement. Professor Kleyn is bringing a distinguished career at...

Promotions in academic rank

Posted on November 16, 2016

The Faculty of Law at the University of Pretoria is proud to announce that three of its senior lecturers have been promoted to the rank of associate professors.