List of law schools in South Africa

Location of South Africa

University of Pretoria Faculty of Law building

This is a list of law schools in South Africa. See also Legal education in South Africa; Bachelor of Laws: South Africa; Master of Laws: South Africa; Law of South Africa.

Law Schools

Institution	Law School	Founded	Location
University of Cape Town	Wilfred & Jules Kramer Law School		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
Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University	Faculty of Law		Port Elizabeth
University of Pretoria	University of Pretoria Faculty of Law	19081	Pretoria
Rhodes University	Faculty of Law		Grahamstown
University of South Africa	College of Law		Distance education
University of Stellenbosch	Faculty of Law		Stellenbosch
University of Venda	Faculty of Law
University of the Western Cape	Faculty of Law & Commerce		Bellville (Cape Town)
University of the Witwatersrand	Oliver Schreiner School of Law		Johannesburg
University of Zululand	Faculty of Law

Note¹:Legal education commenced in 1908 with the faculty formally founded in 1918.

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
African Human Rights Moot Court Competition	University of Pretoria Faculty of Law	1992	Held at participating law schools across the African continent
Kovsies first year's Moot Court Competition	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	University of Pretoria Faculty of Law	2009	Pretoria
African Trade Moot	University of Pretoria Faculty of Law, University of the Western Cape		Pretoria and Cape Town

See also

• Law of South Africa
• List of universities in South Africa
• Lists of law schools