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Dr Lynn Biggs (right) says that the legal profession is often perceived as inaccessible to those from underprivileged backgrounds, but Nelson Mandela University has a number of programmes and initiatives that make legal assistance available to all.

Shaping justice and revolutionising legal education for a transformative South Africa

Truly impactful legal education must be based on practical skills-based learning

  • Derek Davey
5 min read
Images & caps Public universities and colleges need to become more efficient and producee graduates that are more employable.

Legal education threatened as supreme court of appeal cuts financial lifeline for students

The court upheld NSFAS’s policy that graduates who want to do an LLB after their BA (Law) and BCom (Law) will not be funded

  • Des Erasmus
6 min read