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This is a list of law schools in South Africa. Law schools. Institution Law school Founded Location University of the Witwatersrand: Oliver Schreiner School of Law
In South Africa the LLB is offered both at the undergraduate and postgraduate levels. [26] [27] [28] As of 1996 it is the universal and only legal qualification for legal practice, superseding the existing B.Juris. and B.Proc. degrees. [29] The undergraduate programme, offered since 1998, requires four years of study.
Public universities in South Africa are divided into three types: traditional universities, which offer theoretically oriented university degrees; universities of technology ("technikons"), which offer vocational oriented diplomas and degrees; and comprehensive universities, which offer a combination of both types of qualification.
The proposal for a university for the capital, first mooted in the Volksraad in 1889, was interrupted by the outbreak of the Anglo Boer War in 1899. In 1902, after the signing of the Peace of Vereeniging, the Normal College for teacher training was established in Groenkloof, Pretoria, and in 1904, the Transvaal Technical Institute, with an emphasis on mining education, opened in Johannesburg.
The University of Cape Town Faculty of Law is the oldest law school in South Africa. It was established in 1859 as a division of the South African College in the former Cape Colony. It currently enrols about 1,200 students in undergraduate and postgraduate programmes, the largest being the LLB.
Du Plessis has been practicing since 2000. [3] He became an advocate at the High Court of South Africa. In 2007, du Plessis was a visiting expert on the International Criminal Court. [4] Currently, du Plessis is an adjunct professor at the University of Cape Town and Nelson Mandela University. He was an associate professor at the University of ...
Since 1997, the university has produced more research outputs every year than any other institution of higher learning in South Africa, as measured by the Department of Education's accreditation benchmark. [18] [19] In 2008, the university awarded 15.8% of all masters and doctorate degrees in South Africa, the highest percentage in the country ...
In South Africa, [29] [30] the LL.B. is the universal legal qualification for admission and enrollment as an Advocate or Attorney. Since 1998, LL.B. programmes may be entered directly at the undergraduate level; at the same time, the LLB. continues to be offered postgraduate and may then be accelerated dependent on the bachelor's degree.