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FACULTY OFLAW Legal Education since 1921 FAKULTEIT REGSGELEERDHEID Regsopleiding sedert 1921 Faculties and campuses Stellenbosch University SU has ten faculties: AgriSciences, Economic and Management Sciences, Medicine and Health Sciences, Engineering, Military Sciences, Arts and Social Sciences, Science, Education, well as visionary thinking about the creation of a Law and Theology. The Faculties are spread sustainable 21st-century institution, make for the over different campuses and the Faculty of Law Starting out with four faculties (Science, unique character of Stellenbosch University. is situated at the Stellenbosch campus. Education, Arts and Social Sciences, and Academic excellence and innovation Stellenbosch is situated about 50 km from AgriSciences), 503 students and 40 lecturing The University is amongst South Africa’s leading Cape Town and just 30 km from Cape Town staff on 2 April 1918, Stellenbosch University tertiary institutions based on research output, International Airport. today is home to 10 faculties, a vibrant and student pass rates and rated scientists, and cosmopolitan community of more than 30 000 is recognised internationally as an academic students and 3 000 staff members, spread over institution of excellence. It consistently boasts five campuses. The historical oak-lined university amongst the highest weighted research output town is situated amongst the Boland Mountains per full-time academic staff member of all South in the winelands of the Western Cape. This African universities and the second-highest creates a unique campus atmosphere, which number of scientists in South Africa who have attracts local and foreign students alike. On the been rated by the National Research Foundation The University is main campus, paved walkways wind between (NRF). It also has the highest student success amongst South campus buildings – some dating from previous rate in the country. centuries; others just a few years old. Archi- The current Rector and Vice-Chancellor is Prof Africa’s leading tecture from various eras attests to the sound Wim de Villiers. academic foundation and establishment of an tertiary institutions. The current Chancellor is Justice Edwin Cam- institution of excellence. This, together with the eron. He is the 15th Chancellor of Stellenbosch scenic beauty of the area; state-of-the-art, envi- University and alumnus of the Law Faculty. ronmentally friendly facilities and technology, as Stellenbosch University Campus BA (Law) LLB as second degree A three year degree that enriches one’s under- A two year degree that can be completed by BA Faculty of Law standing of languages, human behaviour and (Law) or BCom (Law) graduates or a three year social issues, while providing a basis for further degree for Bachelor graduates from any other field of study. legal study by providing entry to the 2 year LLB. The Faculty recruits academically strong and Today the Faculty offers the following un- BCom (Law) an increasingly more diverse cohort of students The Ou Hoofgebou (Old Main Building) is home dergraduate programmes to around 1200 A three year degree that is business orientated from South Africa and abroad. All SU law pro- to the Stellenbosch Law Faculty and is situated students: and combines commerce with law. It is ideal for grammes have stringent admission and selection on the corner of Victoria and Ryneveld Streets in BAcc LLB students who are interested in commercial law criteria. Innovative research, excellent lecturers, the centre of Stellenbosch. This unique combined 5 year degree is only or a career in the business sector and it provides good facilities and a writing-across-the-cur- riculum teaching strategy prepare students The Faculty of Law was established in 1921 and offered at Stellenbosch. Students are intro- an entry to the 2 year LLB. for postgraduate studies, a career in the legal initially the Faculty only offered the LLB degree duced to both the essentials of jurisprudence, LLB as first degree profession, in business or in the public sector. and focused on training and equipping students, as well as Financial Accounting, Management A four year professional degree that focuses Student opportunities not merely as legal practitioners, but also as Accounting, Tax and Auditing. Graduates satisfy mainly on law. This programme aims to provide The Juridical Society, Moot Court Society, jurists. the academic requirements to commence with students with a sound grasp of all branches of Students for Law and Social Justice, Responsa the professional training to become an attorney, Stellenbosch University Law Faculty Building (below) law essential for a career as a legal practitioner. Meridiana and the Law and Leadership short advocate or chartered accountant. course are just some of the student initiatives within the Faculty. The Faculty of Law actively promotes and participates in exchange agreements that exist between the Faculty and different individual institutions. Postgraduate Programmes The LLM degree (by thesis) was awarded in 1976 for the first time to two students. The Law Faculty introduced the LLM by course work in 1994. Today the Faculty offers the following postgraduate programmes to around 220 students: Postgraduate Diploma in Tax Law A two year programme aimed at law, account- ing and commerce graduates focusing on the interpretation of tax law. Postgraduate Diploma in Intellectual Property Law A one year programme aimed at law, science and engineering graduates focusing on Copy- right Law, Trademark Law and Patent Law. Postgraduate Diploma in Public 14 National Research Foundation (NRF) rated The Faculty is home to 4 research chairs, Procurement Policy and Regulation researchers (1A, 6B, 5C, 2Y) that signify their namely: A one year programme aimed at graduates international and national esteem as researchers. The HF Oppenheimer Chair in Human with an interest in public procurement focusing There is currently only 3 A-rated researchers in Rights on public procurement policy, compliance, the field of Law in South Africa. Professor Sandra Liebenberg is the incumbent corruption, as well as infrastructure and defence of the Chair. She is an internationally renowned Stellenbosch University is engaged in several procurement. scholar in the field of socio-economic rights. international consortia and has an extensive She served as Chair of the expert committee Master of Laws (LLM) by course work network of collaborators. Active cooperation advising the SA Constitutional Assembly on the A one year programme where students can agreements exist with several leading Facul- Bill of Rights in the 1996 Constitution. follow the general programme or can enrol for ties of Law, including Aberdeen, Amsterdam, one of the specialisations, namely Alternative Bucerius, Leiden, KU Leuven, Maastricht, and The Anton Mostert Chair in Intellectual Dispute Resolution, Intellectual Property Law, Utrecht. A new joint Stellenbosch-KU Leuven Property Law International Trade Law, Labour Law or Public LLM programme starts in 2020. Professor Sadulla Karjiker is the incumbent of Procurement Law. The programme requires the Chair. He is an admitted attorney in South students to complete 4 taught modules and 1 Academic Staff Africa and a solicitor in England, and has research paper of around 15 000 words. practised in corporate and commercial law in Master of Laws (LLM) by research both jurisdictions. He also worked for a UK legal A one year programme where students are publisher on its technology related projects. required to complete a thesis of around 60 000 The Law Faculty Trust Chair in Social words under supervision of a specialist in the Justice relevant area of law. 56% 44% Professor Thuli Madonsela is the first incumbent Doctor of Laws (LLD) of the Chair. Named one of TIME100’s most A two year programme where students are influential people in the world in 2014 and required to complete a dissertation of around Forbes Africa Person of the Year 2016, Prof Ma- 100 000 words under supervision of a specialist donsela is one of the drafters of South Africa’s in the relevant area of law. Female Constitution and co-architect of several laws that have sought to anchor South Africa’s democ- The LLM programme Graduates of the Faculty include leading judges, Male racy. She is also the former Public Protector of advocates, attorneys, business people, politicians South Africa. attracts the most and academics. The South African Research Chair in 16% Property Law international students. Staff Professor Zsa-Zsa Boggenpoel is the incumbent The staff of the Faculty of Law is passionate of the Chair. She is an alumna of the Chair and 496 degrees have about legal education, research and social has received a number of awards including the been awarded to impact. 84% Vice-Rector Award for one of the researchers 37 academics and 19 administrative staff sup- who made a substantial contribution toward international students ported by postdoctoral fellows and extraordinary research outputs of the University. since 2008. appointments Administrative Staff The Law Clinic • 2019 South African Specialist Law Firm of the The Faculty is the home of the SU Law Clinic. Year, 10th Annual Global Law Experts Awards The Law Clinic transitioned into a fully-fledged • 2019 South African Social Justice Law Firm Academic Profiles Legal Aid Clinic in 1987, after starting out in of the Year, 10th Annual Global Law Experts 1975 as a Legal Aid Scheme operated by se- Awards nior law students who provided legal assistance rity law. Prof Smit is a NRF-rated