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The Oliver Schreiner School of Law is one of Africa's finest law schools, and one of the most influential legal institutions in South Africa. It comprises:

  • The School of Law, its central teaching core.
  • The first and largest Law Clinic in South Africa, which not only provides legal assistance to indigent clients but also provides law students with practical experience.
  • The Centre for Applied Legal Studies, which spearheads legal research and advocacy.
  • The Mandela Institute which conducts research, develops policy and offers advanced teaching in global economic law.

Since its foundation in 1922, the School of Law has built a reputation as a premier centre for legal education. Graduates of the School of Law have made their mark in law, commerce and scholarship the world over.


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Symposium on Public Law in Three Nations
Professors Raylene Keightley (CALS), Elsje Bonthuys and Cora Hoexter have recently returned from a highly successful symposium on Public Law in Three Nations which was held in Auckland, New Zealand earlier this month. Read more.

Circulation of ideas in the Law: India-South Africa comparisons, 4 Aug 2010.
Invitation
Consumer rights under the Consumer Protection Act.
Professor Angela Itzikowitz, Partner at Edward Nathan Sonnenbergs, will present this interactive workshop on 10 August from 8am-1pm
Read more
Registration Form

Public lecture
by Prof. Andrew Arato of the New School, New York, 4 August 2010 at 19h00. ‘Conventions, Constituent Assemblies and Round Tables: From Models to Principles of Democratic Constitution Making.’
Invitation
RSVP: asma.ooni@wits.ac.za

Two public lectures by Professor David Unterhalter SC, The dispute settlement system and the future of the World Trade Organisation, 12 August and
Sovereignty and domestic standards under the WTO dispute settlement system, 19 August
Click here for the invitation and full details

Globalisation and Governance International conference, 14 -16 October 2010
Invitation and Call for Papers Conference website


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