The UJ Faculty of Law offers the traditional law programmes such as BA Law, BCom Law and LLB, as well as LLM degrees by dissertation and coursework and LLD degrees in various important fields.
In addition to these degrees, the Faculty has a strong non-formal programmes division that offers postgraduate diplomas, certificates and short courses in specialised areas such as tax law, compliance, criminal justice and forensic investigation, insolvency law, labour law, corporate law and drafting of contracts.
Our Faculty and students represent the full range of diversity of a South African society based on human dignity, equality and freedom.
We are particularly proud of the Soweto Law Clinic (see Law Clinic ), which is the first custom-built law clinic in the country and is intended to provide services to an area that played such an important role in the creation of our democratic society.
We also pride ourselves in our staff members achievements, like the Research Chair (in the area of International Law) that was awarded to Prof Hennie Strydom by the adjudication committee of the National Research Foundation (NRF).
Important notices from UJ management:
- All classes will be taught online for the remainder of 2021 unless you have been advised otherwise.
- NB: You will be informed by your faculty if you need to be on campus for classes or assessments.
- Please read the letters below with detailed information on this matter.
Departments
- Mercantile Law
- Practical Business Law
- Private Law
- Procedural Law
- Law Clinic
- Public Law
Undergraduate
The Faculty of Law offers the following undergraduate degrees
(only offered at the Auckland Park Kingsway Campus)
1. Baccalaureus Artium (Iurisprudentiae) – BA (Law)
2. Baccalaureus Commercii (Iurisprudentiae) – BCom (Law)
3. Baccalaureus Legum – LLB
Postgraduate
LLM by Coursework
Download course specific LLM brochures for courses that will be presented in 2024 here…
LLM in Drafting and Interpretation of Contracts.pdf
LLM Intellectual Property Law.pdf
LLM in International Commercial Law.pdf
LLM by dissertation
Doctor of Laws – LLD
The closing date for 2024 LLM applications is 29 October 2021.
DALRO (The Dramatic, Artistic and Literary Rights Organisation) annually awards a bursary of aroundR70 000 to one UJ student studying towards the LLM in Intellectual Property Law. More info below: