UNISA Law Courses 2025-2026

UNISA Law Courses 2025-2026

Pursue Your Legal Dreams: UNISA’s Law Courses 2025-2026:

The goal for Unisa is to produce law graduates who possess the necessary qualifications, initiative, responsibility, and ethical standards to actively contribute to the administration of justice and the advancement of legal institutions in South Africa. It aims to equip the South African community with lawyers who are committed to upholding their responsibility in creating a just society founded on constitutional democracy and the rule of law, within the context of an international legal framework.

The aim is to produce law graduates with a comprehensive and coherent understanding of relevant legal concepts and principles, along with a strong foundation of cognitive and practical skills. These include problem-solving, the application of legal principles, effective written and spoken communication, numeracy, and computer literacy.

Graduates will also be proficient in applying knowledge through fundamental research methods and practices. Additionally, the program seeks to equip graduates with the depth of knowledge and skills necessary for continued intellectual growth and lifelong learning, including the pursuit of postgraduate studies.

The purpose of this general LLB qualification is to guide employers, professional associations, curriculum developers, education and training bodies, accrediting organizations, moderators, and students and their families in understanding the key factors that define the level and structure of the LLB qualification.

Instead, it signifies that the essential minimum outcomes and their assessment criteria have been identified in a broad, abstract manner, without being tied to a specific curriculum or content. As a result, the qualification establishes a minimum standard of outcomes that all LLB qualifications, with at least 480 credits within the career-focused track of the NQF, must meet to achieve accreditation.

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UNISA Law Courses Application Date 2025-2026

Applicants applying for law courses at Unisa are to do so by the following dates:

Applications for admission to undergraduate qualifications for the 2025 academic year are to be open from 21 August to 11 October 2024.
Applications for admission to honours degrees and postgraduate diplomas for the 2025 academic year are to be open from 21 August to 11 October 2024.
Applications for admission to master’s and doctoral degrees for the 2025 academic year are to be open from 2 September to 22 November 2024 (some exceptions apply).
Applications and registrations for Unisa’s Short Learning Programmes for the 2025 academic year will open in November.

Who Is Eligible For UNISA Law Courses 2025-2026

Below are the people who qualify for law courses at Unisa:

New applicants (both first-time applicants and current Unisa students who applied for admission into a new qualification) can only register if they have received and accepted an offer of placement from Unisa. If it is discovered that a student was incorrectly admitted, Unisa reserves the right to not process or cancel the registration.
Returning students who are re-registering may register for the 2025 academic year once the registration period begins.

Important Note: If you wish to pursue a new qualification, you must apply online for the alternative qualification during the designated application period.

List Of UNISA Law Courses Offered 2025-2026

Below are the law courses offered at Unisa for the academic year 2025:

First Level:

Students who have completed Afrikaans or English at NQF Level 5 will retain credit and do not need to register for the SCL1501:

Group A. Compulsory:

AFL1501 – Language Through an African Lens
FAC1503 – Financial Accounting Principles for Law Practitioners
HFL1501 – Historical Foundations of South African Law
ILW1501 – Introduction to Law
IRM1501 – Introduction to Research Methodology for Law and Criminal Justice
PLS1502 – Introduction to African Philosophy
PVL1501 – Law of Persons
SCL1501 – Skills Course for Law Students
SJD1501 – Social Dimensions of Justice

Group B: Choose ONE of the following non-law modules at NQF level 5

CMY1501 – Introduction to Criminology: Crime, Offenders and Criminal Behaviour
CMY1502 – Introduction to Criminology: Victims and Reduction of Crime
LIN1502 – Multilingualism: the Role of Language in the South African Context

Second Level:

Students who have passed CIP2601 will retain credit for the module but must refer to the rules at the 3rd level about CIP3701. Students who have passed CMP2601 will retain credit for the module but must refer to the rules at the 3rd level about CMP3701:

ADL2601 – Administrative Law Pre-requisite:ILW1501 & SJD1501
CRW2601 – General Principles of Criminal Law Pre-requisite: ILW1501 & SJD1501
CRW2602 – Criminal Law: Specific Crimes Pre-requisite: ILW1501 & SJD1501
CSL2601 – Constitutional Law Pre-requisite:ILW1501 & PLS1502
FUR2601 – Fundamental Rights Pre-requisite:ILW1501 & PLS1502
IND2601 – African Customary Law Pre-requisite: ILW1501 & PLS1502
IOS2601 – Interpretation of Statutes Pre-requisite: ILW1501
MRL2601 – Entrepreneurial Law Pre-requisite: ILW1501
PVL2601 – Family Law Pre-requisite:ILW1501 & PVL1501
PVL2602 – Law of Succession Pre-requisite: ILW1501 & PVL1501

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How To Choose UNISA Law Courses 2025-2026

Each Unisa qualification is structured in such a way that you need to pass a certain number of NQF-level credits within a certain amount of time to graduate.

Co-requisite: Module A is a co-requisite for Module B. You want to register for Module B but have not yet passed Module A. You must then register for both Modules A and B simultaneously. You may NOT cancel your registration for Module A unless Module B is also canceled.
Pre-requisite: If Module A is a pre-requisite for Module B, you must pass Module A before you may register for Module B.

You may not register for more than the allowed maximum number of credits/modules per academic year and/or semester: 60 credits per semester or 120 credits per academic year.

The maximum number of credits does not include supplementary and/or aegrotat examinations from a previous semester. Modules taken for non-degree / non-diploma purposes also count toward the maximum number of credits allowed.

You must consider your available time when choosing your modules, as this will impact your academic performance. You need approximately

6 to 8 hours per week for semester modules.
4 to 6 hours per week for year modules.

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UNISA Contact Information

If you want any additional information, please contact Unisa at the following address:

Address:

Preller Street, Muckleneuk Ridge, Pretoria
Sunnyside campus (applications, registrations & learning centre):
Cnr Justice Mahomed & Steve Biko Streets, Sunnyside, Pretoria
Tel: 0800 005 311
Email: unisa@whistleblowing.co.za

The LLB degree consists of 40 modules: 37 compulsory modules and 3 optional ones. To earn the qualification, students must meet the requirement of 480 credits (equivalent to 40 modules). The minimum duration of the program is 4 years. Visit Unisa’s Official Website.

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