Notre Dame Law School and the University of Cape Town Faculty of Law in Cape Town, South Africa, signed an agreement in April, marking a new and historic collaboration between the two schools with a focus on faculty collaboration and research.
“We will now have a place in Africa, a home away from home, where we can send our scholars and our students to engage in research that’s going to make the world a better place,” said G. Marcus Cole, dean of Notre Dame Law School.
Cole said South Africa is the future of the world, has the fastest growing population and economy and is also the place where the Catholic Church is growing the fastest.
Last fall, a delegation led by Dean Cole, visited South Africa to initiate, collaborate and build relationships with the intent to establish a future partnership.
The trip coincided with the 50th anniversary of the creation of the Notre Dame program in human rights law. Since the program’s inception, more than 500 lawyers from over 100 countries have been educated through the LL.M. in International Human Rights Law.
This marks Notre Dame Law School’s third partnership agreement this year with international academic schools, further expanding the reach of its Global Lawyering Initiative.
Last month, the law school signed partnership agreements with the University of Lucerne and Paris-Panthéon-Assas University.
