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The law degrees on offer enable one to become inter alia an advocate, attorney, prosecutor, magistrate, judge, legal advisor, consultant, mediator, researcher, legal editor, lecturer or professor. Those with law degrees can also work in various government departments (national, provincial and local) and in Parliament. Other career options with a law degree are to work at Non-Governmental Organisations, Public Interest Organisations or international bodies such as the United Nations and the International Monetary Fund.
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Constitutional Law and Nature

LLM in Competition Law and Policy

LLM in Corporate Law

LLM International Trade, Investment and Business Law

LLM with majors in Taxation

Master’s Degree Programme in Human Rights Protection, Specializing in Land Reform, the Fundamental Right of Access to Adequate Housing and Constitutional Property Law

Specialized Master’s degree Programme in Comparative Constitutional Law

Master of Laws with Focus on Legal Pluralism  

LLM/MPhil in Transnational Criminal Justice

Doctor of Laws (7921)

Doctor of Philosophy (7901)

Master Of Philosophy (Structured – 7871) / (Thesis – 7860)

Master of Laws (Structured – 7801) / (Thesis – 7821)

Higher Certificate in Forensic Examination (7115)

Advanced Diploma in Labour Law (7311)

Bachelor of Commerce in Law

Bachelor of Laws

Master of Laws in Environmental Law

Masters Degrees (LLM/MPhil)

Foundations of Medical Law

Our Departments

Department of Criminal Justice & Procedure

Department of Mercantile and Labour Law

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Department of Public Law and Jurisprudence

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African Centre for Transnational Criminal Justice (ACTCJ)

Centre for Legal Intergration in Africa

Global Environmental Law Centre 

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