Department of Jurisprudence

Our Vision
Our vision is aligned to that of the University and the School of Law which is to be at the centre of legal education, training and research, and to promote rural and regional development.

Our Mission
Our mission, which is aligned to that of the University and the School of Law, is to strive to offer a range of quality academic and career-focused legal disciplines aimed at promoting and enhancing the jurisprudential and practical legal development of our learners in a context cognizant of the development imperatives of our regional and rural
environment.

Our Mandate
Concomitant to the radical metamorphosis of the University into a comprehensive tertiary institution, the Department of Jurisprudence, as a unit of the School of Law, under mandate from the DoE, offers academic and career-focused general degrees, certificates and short courses in the field of law aimed at promoting professional rural and regional development in South Africa.

Community Engagement Activities
The hub of our community engagement activity is the street law programme. This programme involves, in the second semester, educational and training visits to prisons, schools and local communities by students offering the Street Law module under the guidance of the module lecturer.