North West University Law Faculty
FACULTY OF LAW – Potchefstroom Campus
We offer quality legal education, focused research and are involved in our community
It is the goal of the academic staff of the Faculty to equip law students with the knowledge, ethics and skills that they will need in their professional lives and also to expand the science of law through the research of our staff and postgraduate students. Almost 70% of our staff has doctoral degrees as their highest qualification and our total research output unit per academic staff member is currently a healthy 2.28.
COURSES
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| Degree | Direction | Occupations | Duration | Requirements | APS | Taal/Language |
| LLB | Law | Lawyer, advocate, state prosecutor, magistrate, commercial sector, legal adviser. | 4 years |
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26 | Afrikaans Interpreted in English |
| BA | Law Combinations:
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Commercial sector, legal adviser. | 3 years |
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26 | Afrikaans Law modules interpreted in English |
| BCom | Law Combinations:
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Commercial sector, legal adviser. | 3 years |
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30 | Afrikaans Law modules interpreted in English |
| Remark: BA and BCom Law are designed such that the student can decide after his/her third year to take either LLB over 2 years or to proceed with honours or study education in a BA or BCom direction. | ||||||
| Postal address: Faculty of Law North-West University Potchefstroom Campus Private Bag X6001 Potchefstroom 2520 |
Physical address: Main Building F5 North-West University Potchefstroom Campus 11 Hoffmanstreet Potchefstroom 2531 |
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Dean’s office: Saritha Marais +27(0)18 299 1568 |
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| Prospective undergraduate students: Lizelle Staats +27(0)18 285 2616
Current undergaduate students: Isabel Bouwer +27(0)18 299 1921 Fax: +27 (0)87 231 5381 General / central e-mail address: pc-law@nwu.ac.za Complete student request form |
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| Prospective postgraduate students:
Current postgraduate students: pc-LLM@nwu.ac.za +27(0)18 299 1952 / 1037 or pc-LLD@nwu.ac.za +27(0)18 299 1952 / 1037 |
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MAFIKENG – FACULTY OF LAW
About us
The Faculty of Law at the Mafikeng Campus is an internationally competitive centre of legal teaching, learning and research in the service of justice and democracy.
The Faculty aspires to provide high-quality legal education at both undergraduate and post-graduate levels. For undergraduate students, the Faculty offers a generic Bachelor of Laws (LLB) degree, based on a curriculum with an innovative approach to legal education. The aim is not only to impart legal knowledge but to equip students with the life skills and values essential for lawyers living in a democratic society.
At the postgraduate level, the Faculty offers two streams of Master of Laws (LLM) degrees:
- a generic LLM consisting of course work and a minor dissertation; this stream offers graduates opportunities for advanced study in Public Law, Legal Philosophy, Family Law, Criminal Law and Criminal Justice, and
- specialised Master’s programmes in Labour Law and Social Security Law.
In addition, the Faculty offers advanced research programmes leading to the degrees of Doctor of Laws (LLD) and Doctor of Philosophy.
Our research efforts are geared to providing high-quality, relevant and focused opportunities in Public Law and Legal Philosophy, with emphasis on democracy, good governance, the rule of law, traditional leadership and the Constitution, labour law and social security, human rights and protection of minorities, and criminal justice, criminalistics and penology.
Our Community Law Centre offers excellent opportunities for clinical legal education, including the training of candidate attorneys and para-legals and the provision of legal aid and counselling to indigent people.
Contact us
| Postal address: North-West University Private Bag X2046 Mafikeng 2735 |
Physical address: Albert Luthuli University View Mafikeng 2735 |
| Contact number: +27 (018) 389 2060 | E-mail address:Aletta.Tow@nwu.ac.za |
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