Prof. Jacques De Ville

ecent innovations, in respect of the Scholarship of Engagement in the Law Faculty, include Labour Law Online (an online tool on labour-related matters for use by community advice offices), and the Digital Platform CoOperative Project (aimed at domestic workers), initiated by the Social Law Project in Centrow.

Regarding learning and teaching, the Law Faculty is hosting a number of seminars on the role and importance in the curriculum of transformative constitutionalism, Africanisation, and decolonisation, during this year.

Concerning the integration of societal impact in Research, as well as Teaching and Learning, the Faculty, in its strategic plan, has committed itself to the values of ‘engagement and responsiveness’, which are defined as follows: ‘The learning process and the pursuit of knowledge within the Faculty will engage with and respond to local and global challenges, and will have as aim the creation of a more just, equitable and inclusive society.