NUUSBLAD VAN DIE FAKULTEIT REGSGELEERDHEID, UNIVERSITEIT VAN DIE VRYSTAAT NOMMER 24: 2008
NEWSLETTER OF THE FACULTY OF LAW, UNIVERSITY OF THE FREE STATE NUMBER 24: 2008
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r Solomon Coangae, assistant in the Faculty of Law, obtained the Advanced Certificate in Labour Law at the certificate ceremony of the Department of Mercantile Law. He obtained the CertificateStaff excell in Labour Law
Ms Veronica Plaatjies, assistant officer in the Department of Mercantile Law
Mr Solomon Coangae, assistant in the Faculty of Law
in Labour Law in 2007. Ms Veronica Plaatjies, assistant officer in the De partment of Mercantile Law, received the certifi cate in Labour Law. Ms Joyce Leeuw, Centre for Financial Planning Law, also obtained the certificate in Labour Law.
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he Faculty of Law, UFS will offer new learn ing pro- gram mes, namely a diplo- ma and a degree in Risk Man age- ment as part of a Part ner ship be- tween the UFS and IRCA Global, an in ter na tional risk man age ment so lu tion provider in the fields of safety, health, quality and en vi ron- ment. The Faculty of Law will be responsible for the quali fi cations.Faculty leads with new IRCA-partnership
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s deel van die 40-jarige be staans vier inge van die De par te ment Handels- reg, is twee in tree redes gelewer.Appèl regter LTC Harms, wat as Pro fessor Extra-ordinarius in die de par te ment aan ge stel is, het op 14 Augus tus sy in tree- rede gelewer, gevolg deur dié van prof Elizabeth Snyman-Van Deventer, die eerste vroue pro- fes sor aan die Fa kul teit, op 9 Sep tember 2008. Prof Snyman- Van Deventer se intree rede het gehandel oor die reïnkar nasie van die lex mercatoria. Regter Harms se intreerede was “Waar- heen Gehasi? Enkele ten dense op die gebied van die im ma- terieel goedere reg”.
Twee intreeredes deel van vieringe
At the official launch of the partnership were, front: Dr Neels Swanepoel (Faculty of Law, UFS), mr Carel Labuschagne (CEO:
IRCA); back, from left: Mr Gerhard Barnard (Chief Financial Officer: IRCA), adv Jaco de Bruin (Faculty of Law: UFS) and mr Wensley Misrole (IRCA Training and Education Executive).
Prof Elizabeth Snyman-Van Deventer Regter Louis Harms
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National and International Undergraduate marketing: 2008
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he marketing committee antici- pa ted a dif fi cult year, because the Na tional De part ment of Edu cation has set new ad mis sion re quire ments for degree stu dies in higher edu ca tion for 2009. In ad- dition, the admission require ments for the pro gram mes in the Faculty of Law were also set higher. Ex ter nal factors also con tri buted to the chal lenges that had to be over come in 2008.However, the faculty being one of excel lence, along with a repu tation that has been estab lished over the last century, allowed us to rise above these obstacles. We have received a record number of applications for 2009,
which proves that the above mentioned facts outweigh all the negative aspects.
The marketing for 2008 com menced with a tour of Namibia, which was fol lowed by career exhibi tions, school visits and road shows through out South Africa. The faculty was also re pre sented at the Uni- ver si ty’s Open Day. The marketing com- mittee’s main goal is to provide potential stu dents with in for mation regarding the faculty, the various quali fi ca tions and the admis sion require ments. This is done through per sonal interaction on a one-on- one basis.
During the first semester we introduced the “Brand Ambassador”-concept which
proved to be hugely successful. Mr James Faber was accompanied by ms Leana Coetzee who was appointed
“Brand Ambassador” of the Faculty of Law. The fact that ms Coetzee con- tinued doing marketing through out the second se mester certainly contri- buted to the higher application rate for 2009.
The marketing strategies for the future include the design of new market- ing mate rial to carry out the market- ing duties of the Faculty to an even greater extent.
James Faber
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he Faculty of Law UFS awarded four doctorate degrees during the 2008 spring graduationceremony. This is the largest number of doctorates awarded by the faculty during one graduation ceremony.
From the left: Dr Tjaart Maré, Dr Ilze Keevy, and Dr Pierre Rabie. Dr Daniel Mekonnen was absent when the photo was taken. Photo:
Leonie Bolleurs
A record number of doctorate
degrees awarded
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n 26 of September 2008 the Centre for Estate Planning Law hosted a seminar on Trust Law. The pre senter was Prof Willie van der Westhuizen, who heads the Trust Law and Estate Plan ning Depart ment of the George and Cape Town of fices of Millers Inc. Prof van der Westhuizen focused on holistic estate plan ning and the avoidance of pitfalls as far as trust deeds are concerned. The hugely suc cess ful seminar was attended by fifty people ranging from attorneys, advocates, aca demics, businessmen and stu dents.The Centre will be hosting simi lar seminars in future – be sure to keep an eye open for these upcoming events.
Front from left: Adv Bradley Smith (Dept Private Law) and Mr Pieter Brits (Dept Mercantile Law).
Back from left: Mr Kenneth Mould (Dept Private Law, and manager of the Centre for Estate Planning Law), Mr Louis van Vuuren (BOE-Bank, sponsor of the seminar), Prof Willie van der Westhuizen (Millers Inc.) and Mr James Faber (Dept Privaatreg, manager of the Centre for Estate Planning Law).
The Centre for Estate Planning Law hosts seminar on Trust Law
UFS Team makes it to the top in the All Africa Moot Court
Competition 2008!
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ovsieSport het tydens sy jaarlikse Sport dinee op Dinsdag 21 Oktober 2008 ’n spe siale toe- ken ning aan prof Martin Dednam van die Fa kul teit Regs ge leerd heid ge maak. Hy is vereer vir“dienslewering en toe wy ding aan die Uni versiteit van die Vrystaat vir pluimbal”.
KovsieSport vereer Martin met toekenning
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he University of the Free State 2008 Team (Mr Johnny Modipa, Ms Francinah Tsipa and Ms Charnelle Dick) took part in the prestigious All Africa Moot Court Com pe- ti tion on 30 June – 6 July 2008. The competition, a yearly event, organized by the Centre for Human Rights at the Uni ver sity of Pretoria was held this year at the University of Pretoria.The teams from 73 law faculties in Africa argued a hypo thetical case analysing vari ous socio-economic rights high lighting the ‘right not to be poor’. The UFS-team com peted in all four pre liminary rounds of the compe tition and won each round with an average of 74% or more. The team was thereby placed 6th in the oral pleadings category and 5th in the memorials (heads of argument) category with an average of 75.5% for Anglophone speakers. One of the UFS team members, Mr Johnny Modipa, was chosen as the 8th best oralist of the competition from 146 oralists.
The team was assisted by an army of academics: Ms Thapi Matsaneng (coach), Prof Loot Pretorius, Mr Ebenezer Durojaye and Mr Daniel Mekonnen since the beginning of the year until the time of the competition.
