UCT Law School

When Benjamin Gukelberger wandered past the UNASA stand at UCT in his first year on campus, he had no idea it would eventually lead him to the floor of the United Nations Headquarters in New York. This July he did exactly that - led a 4-person youth delegation to the UN High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF).

Read the full story on the Faculty's home page law.uct.ac.za/articles/2026-…

If you're wanting to pursue a Master's in Shipping Law at UCT and are wondering about scholarships and funding, submit your application to the Steven Wallace Maritime Trust - see the link for more details bit.ly/4hnOlYH, and have a look at our School for Advanced Legal Studies info on the Shipping Law Master's programme at law.uct.ac.za/sals/shipping-…

Besides UCT Law being the top Law school in Africa, there are so many reasons to pursue postgraduate Law studies at UCT. To find out more, JOIN US for coffee, snacks and an informal Q&A in the Faculty Common Room, Tuesday 22 September 11h30 - 13h00.

We offer a choice of 18 Master’s specialisations, all taught by experts, with access to the best law, distinguished guest lecturers, excellent facilities, small group seminars and much more. Applications for 2027 close 30 September - link in our bio @UCTLaw.

Subverting democracy from within - is South Africa following routes already taken in places like Serbia, Israel, the USA? Justice Cachalia uses the notion of illiberalism to describe the backlash against constitutionalism, in his delivery of the 2026 Ben Beinart Memorial Lecture.

Justice Azhar Cachalia talks in-depth about the apartheid regime and the suppression of dissent and resistance in a climate of widespread, entrenched state violence - and efforts by lawyers to challenge the state’s widespread abuses of human rights and to secure legal victories, while the state did everything to prevent lawyers from doing so #BenBeinartMemorialLecture