Organization:List of law schools in South Africa
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This is a list of law schools in South Africa .
Law schools
Institution | Law school | Founded | Location |
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University of the Witwatersrand | Oliver Schreiner School of Law | Johannesburg | |
University of Cape Town | Wilfred & Jules Kramer Law School | 1829[1] | Cape Town |
University of Fort Hare | Faculty of Law | Alice, East London | |
University of the Free State | Faculty of Law | Bloemfontein | |
University of Johannesburg | Faculty of Law | Johannesburg | |
University of KwaZulu-Natal | Faculty of Law | 2004 | Durban, Pietermaritzburg |
University of Limpopo | Faculty of Law | Polokwane | |
North-West University | Faculty of Law Potchefstroom Campus[2] | 1955 | Potchefstroom |
Nelson Mandela University | Faculty of Law | Port Elizabeth | |
University of Pretoria | Faculty of Law | 1908[note 1][3] | Pretoria[4] |
Rhodes University | Faculty of Law | Grahamstown | |
University of South Africa | College of Law | Distance education | |
University of Stellenbosch | Faculty of Law | 1921 | Stellenbosch |
University of Venda | Faculty of Law | Thohoyandou | |
University of the Western Cape | Faculty of Law & Commerce | Bellville (Cape Town) | |
North-West University | Faculty of Law[2] | Mafikeng | |
University of Zululand | Faculty of Law | ||
IIE Varsity College | School of Law | 2017 (First intake in 2018). | Cape Town
Durban |
Mooting in South Africa
The following moot court competitions are either held in South Africa or organised by a South Africa institution:
Moot court | Institution | Founded | Location |
---|---|---|---|
Public Interest Law Moot Court Competition[5] | Organised annually by the Student Litigation Society in collaboration with the Centre for Applied Legal Studies | 2020 | Qualifying Rounds are held virtually and the Grand Finale at the Constitutional Court in Braamfontein |
African Human Rights Moot Court Competition | Organised by the University of Pretoria Faculty of Law | 1992 | Held at participating law schools across the African continent |
Kovsies first year's Moot Court Competition | Organised by the University of the Free State | Bloemfontein | |
South African National Schools Moot Court Competition | Organised annually by a different grouping of law schools | 2011 | National oral rounds take place at the University of Pretoria Faculty of Law, Pretoria and the finals at the Constitutional Court in Johannesburg |
World Human Rights Moot Court Competition | Organised by the University of Pretoria Faculty of Law | 2009 | Pretoria |
African Trade Moot | Organised by the University of Pretoria Faculty of Law, University of the Western Cape | Pretoria and Cape Town | |
Manfred Lachs Space Law Moot Court Competition | Organised by the International Institute of Space Law | The Africa Regional Round is hosted by the Institute for International and Comparative Law in Africa, University of Pretoria Faculty of Law |
See also
- Bachelor of Laws: South Africa
- Doctor of Law: South Africa
- Law of South Africa
- Legal education in South Africa
- List of universities in South Africa
- Lists of law schools
- Master of Laws: South Africa
Notes
- ↑ Legal education commenced in 1908 with the faculty formally founded in 1918.
References
- ↑ History introduction, University of Cape Town
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 NWU Law
- ↑ "Faculty of Law : History". https://www.up.ac.za/faculty-of-law/article/2719517/history. Retrieved 2022-11-25.
- ↑ Campuses Retrieved 1 October 2010
- ↑ Public Interest Law Moot Court Competition
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