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  • Two UP Law Professors are again Exceptional Academic Achievers

    Posted on March 26, 2018

    The Faculty of Law is proud to announce that Professors Ann Skelton (Director of the Centre for Child Law) and Christof Heyns (Director of the Institute for International and Comparative Law in Africa at the University of Pretoria and a member of the United Nations Human Rights Committee) have...

  • TuksLaw professor a contributor to Encyclopedia of Private International Law which has won American Society of International Law merit award

    Posted on March 19, 2018

    The Faculty of Law at the University of Pretoria is proud to announce that Professor Elsabe Schoeman in its Department of Private Law has contributed to the Encyclopedia of Private International Law which has recently won the 2018 ASIL Certificate of Merit for High Technical Craftsmanship and...

  • Faculty of Law Teaching Award goes to Dr Carika Fritz in the Department of Mercantile Law

    Posted on March 12, 2018

    Warm congratulations to Dr Carika Fritz on being the recipient of the University of Pretoria Faculty of Law Teaching Award for 2017. The evaluators had high praise for Dr Fritz in the Department of Mercantile Law, and for the runner-up, Prof Steve Cornelius, Head of the Department of Private...

  • 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.

  • Prof Steve Cornelius appointed as member of the IAAF Disciplinary Tribunal

    Posted on November 30, 2017

    Prof Steve Cornelius, Head of the Department of Private Law in the Faculty of Law at the University of Pretoria, has been appointed by the Council of the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) as a member of the IAAF Disciplinary Tribunal.

  • Memorable graduation ceremony for youngest ever TuksLaw doctorate

    Posted on December 12, 2016

    On the eve of International Human Rights Day, the Centre for Human Rights held its annual graduation ceremony. This year’s event, which took place on 9 December 2016, was very special for a number of reasons, including the graduation of the youngest ever TuksLaw graduate, Emile Zitzke.

  • Dr Gustav Muller recipient of Faculty’s 2016 teaching award

    Posted on November 30, 2016

    A proud Dr Gustav Muller in the Department of Private Law at the Faculty of Law of the University of Pretoria recently received the Faculty’s teaching award for the 2016 academic year. The award is a R10 000 contribution to Gustav's research fund, courtesy of the Department of Higher...

  • Youngest ever TuksLaw doctorate awarded

    Posted on November 22, 2016

    The Faculty of Law at the University of Pretoria is pleased to announce that alumnus Emile Zitzke successfully defended his doctoral thesis earlier in November, setting the record for the youngest person to obtain a Doctor of Laws (LLD) degree in the Faculty.

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