UCT Law School

Official account of the University of Cape Town Law Faculty - the law, access to justice, legal debates, the constitution and other key law-focused concerns.

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The Faculty is thrilled to celebrate the inclusion of Dimakatso Nchodu in this year's M&G 200 Young South Africans! Read all about Dima's work, her achievements and her plans here: https://t.co/Z8asuikpjL Congratulations Dima! @WhyJudgesMatter

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"Every August we mark 9 August 1956, the day thousands of women marched to the Union Buildings to demand an end to the pass laws. Seventy years later, a young woman walking into the legal profession faces a different challenge: whether the price of her admission, or her first real brief, will be paid in something other than competence." Read the full article at https://t.co/StgxULEqEl @WhyJudgesMatter @DGRU_

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SAFLII is re-advertising its CEO post and the closing date is 7 August 2026. Email [email protected] for the advert.

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2026 Semester 2! Welcome back to all our students. LLBs - LT 1 is waiting for you 😄. Wishing you all the best for a great semester!

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Welcome to all our new postgrads, starting their mid-year Master's. Today is Orientation so that you're fully informed of the who, where, what, why and when of your postgrad programme. Don't miss it!
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University preparation, academic tutoring and big brother mentorship all find expression in a new partnership started by two Law students at UCT.

Read more: https://t.co/W2ZdpFWSAW

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18 July 2026 - Mandela Day | a day to remember the extraordinary leader, lawyer, freedom fighter and statesman, Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela.

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UCT Law's Private Law Department is joining Notre Dame Law School for the next few days for a collaboration workshop in Rome, Italy - as part of the MoU signed between the two law schools in 2024. We wish our colleagues a successful workshop, and are looking forward to hearing all about it!

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Such stimulating conversations at the @PublicLawConf, with delegates from Australia, Canada, Ireland, NZ, Nigeria, Samoa, UK, Zim and Zambia.

We presented a paper and got some good feedback.

Shoutout out @TanveerJeewa for being a finalist in the Hart Prize for Best Paper.

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The Constitution places on the judiciary the responsibility of being the ultimate guardian of its promises, said Chief Justice Mandisa Maya at the 2026 Public Law Conference. The conference was hosted by UCT's Faculty of Law, under the theme, “Public Law and the Future of Constitutional Democracy”.

Read more: https://t.co/uIqlCVwmpp

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Democracy, Deliberation and Degradation? 25 years later via @YouTube - the recording of Prof Hugh Corder's conversation with Judge Dennis Davis about his latest (12th) book is now available https://t.co/RdaW6SBRSC

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Professor Hugh Corder and Professor Jason Varuhas close four days of thoughtful and energetic deliberation around the theme “Public law and the future of constitutional democracy” at the public Law Conference 2026, with thanks to organisers, participants, presenters, speakers, and all those who submitted abstracts from which the final programme of speakers was selected.
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#ConstitutionalDemocracy

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Prof Cora Hoexter (Wits) facilitates the conference closing plenary on “Public Law and the Future of Constitutional Democracy” with Professor Genevieve Cartier (U of Sherbrooke), Lord Justice Rabinder Singh (English Court of Appeal) and Deputy Chief Justice Dunstan Mlambo (Constitutional Court of South Africa).

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#ConstitutionalDemocracy

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The final morning plenary on “Comparative Influences in National Jurisdictions”, facilitated by Chief Justice Satie Simativa Perese (Supreme Court of Samoa), includes Lord Justice Rabinder Singh (English Court of Appeal), and Professors Charles Fombad (Uni Pretoria) and Jason Varuhas (Uni Melbourne).

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#ConstitutionalDemocracy

[PublicLaw Conference @PublicLawConf]

We had an excellent set of parallel panels on the public/private intersection, judicial role, and efficacy of const democracy, and were pleased to welcome Justices Martin and Joyal of @SCC_eng via video link, who discussed the modern judicial role #publiclaw2026

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This evening’s plenary panel - “30 Years of South African Constitutionalism” - facilitated by Dr Nomfundo Ramalekana, includes Prof Joel Modiri, Dan Mafora, Prof Cathi Albertyn, and Prelisha Singh - a space not just for discussion, but also for disruption, challenge, and troubling the SA Constitution.

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Our second round of doctoral panels is taking place on the topics of Law, Society & Equality; Accountability, Relief & Public Law; & Testing Democratic Resilience #publiclaw2026

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At the Conference Gala Dinner last night Douglas McDonald-Norman (@UTSLaw) was announced as the winner of the Richard Hart Prize for best paper at the Public Law Conference 2026 by an early career researcher, for his paper ‘The Canary: Tribunals & Democracy in India’.