Position, academic and professional qualifications
Professor Anne Louw is an associate professor in Private Law. She obtained a BA degree from the University of Stellenbosch in 1979, followed by a BIuris degree from the University of South Africa in 1983 and an LLB degree from the University of Pretoria in 1992. She obtained an LLD degree in 2009, also at the University of Pretoria, for her thesis titled “Acquisition of Parental Responsibilities and Rights”.
Academic & professional experience
After a brief stint at the Department of Foreign Affairs upon completion of her BA degree, she requested a transfer to the Department of Justice where she worked as a Section Head in the Master’s Office while completing her BIuris degree. She was a liquidator at Kaap-Vaal Trust from 1986 to 1989 before being appointed as junior lecturer at the University of Pretoria in 1990. Prof Louw was promoted to the position of associate professor in January 2016.
Teaching activities
Prof Louw has taught various subjects in the Department of Private Law including Social Welfare Law (WRG 110 en 120), a compulsory subject for B.Social Work students, Trust Law and the Law of Persons. The teaching of Family Law (FMR 121) has, however, become her primary focus over the past decade. Prof Louw is also involved in the presentation of Child Law (KID 410), an elective that was created on her recommendation.
On a postgraduate level she is involved in the coursework LLM of both Child Law (PLC 801) and Family Law (EAL 802, DLA 802 and MPL 801). Prof Louw instigated the Faculty’s participation in the Kovsie First Year Family Law Moot Court Competition held in Bloemfontein from its inception in 2005. She has presented papers at various national workshops and colloquia and international conferences of the International Society of Family Law.
Representative publications
Areas of specialisation
Prof Louw’s areas of interest lie within the fields of Child Law and Family Law.
Academic and professional memberships
Prof Louw is a member of SAPSAC (South African Professional Society on the Abuse of Children) and the International Society of Family Law.
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[June 2017]
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