List of law schools in South Africa

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This is a list of law schools in South Africa.

## Contents

* 1 Law schools
* 2 Mooting in South Africa
* 3 See also
* 4 Notes
* 5 References

## Law schools

Institution  | Law school  | Founded  | Location

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University of the Witwatersrand  | Oliver Schreiner School of Law  |  | Johannesburg
Regenesys Education  | Regenesys Law School  |  | Johannesburg
University of Cape Town  | Faculty of Law  | 1859[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)
University of the Witwatersrand  | Faculty of Commerce, Law and Management  |  | Johannesburg
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

Johannesburg

Pretoria

## 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

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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
Kate O'Regan Annual Intervarsity Moot Competition  | Organised by the University of Cape Town[6][7] | 2017 |

## 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

1. ↑ Legal education commenced in 1908 with the faculty formally founded in 1918.

## References

1. ↑ "UCT Law – 160 years old!". University of Cape Town. 16 April 2019. https://law.uct.ac.za/articles/2019-04-16-uct-law-160-years-old.
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 NWU Law
3. ↑ "Faculty of Law : History". https://www.up.ac.za/faculty-of-law/article/2719517/history. Retrieved 2022-11-25.
4. ↑ Campuses Retrieved 1 October 2010
5. ↑ Public Interest Law Moot Court Competition
6. ↑ "UCT’s budding legal eagles soar at moot competition" (in en). https://www.news.uct.ac.za/article/-2020-10-22-ucts-budding-legal-eagles-soar-at-moot-competition.
7. ↑ "Kate O'Regan Intervarsity Moot Competition Rules". 2024. https://law.uct.ac.za/sites/default/files/media/documents/law_uct_ac_za/59/Kate ORegan Intervarsity Moot Competition_Rules_May 2024.pdf.

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List of law schools in Africa

Sovereign states|

* Algeria
* Angola
* Benin
* Botswana
* Burkina Faso
* Burundi
* Cameroon
* Cape Verde (Cabo Verde)
* Central African Republic
* Chad
* Comoros
* Democratic Republic of the Congo
* Republic of the Congo
* Djibouti
* Egypt
* Equatorial Guinea
* Eritrea
* Eswatini (Swaziland)
* Ethiopia
* Gabon
* The Gambia
* Ghana
* Guinea
* Guinea-Bissau
* Ivory Coast (Côte d'Ivoire)
* Kenya
* Lesotho
* Liberia
* Libya
* Madagascar
* Malawi
* Mali
* Mauritania
* Mauritius
* Morocco
* Mozambique
* Namibia
* Niger
* Nigeria
* Rwanda
* São Tomé and Príncipe
* Senegal
* Seychelles
* Sierra Leone
* Somalia
* South Africa
* South Sudan
* Sudan
* Tanzania
* Togo
* Tunisia
* Uganda
* Zambia
* Zimbabwe

States with limited
recognition

* Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic
* Somaliland

Dependencies and
other territories

* Canary Islands / Ceuta / Melilla (Spain)
* Madeira (Portugal)
* Mayotte / Réunion (France)
* Saint Helena / Ascension Island / Tristan da Cunha (United Kingdom)

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