NWU Faculty of Law – Justice in Practice

Language & Law Colloquium

Tuesday, 22 March, 2022

Welcome and health check and Official Opening -  Video link

Dr Natasha Ravyse NWU, Vanderbijlpark Campus, South Africa Co-Project Leader: Justice in Practice and
Prof Mitzi Wiese Director: Research, Faculty of Law

Lawyers v linguists: Who should decide what legal language means? - Video link

Prof Georgina Heydon RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia

Translation Rights and Exceptions under Berne, Ius Cogens, and Linguistic Genocide - Video link

Prof Klaus Beiter NWU, Potchefstroom Campus, South Africa

Linguistic challenges in the South African criminal justice system - Video link

Dr Zakeera Docrat University of the Western Cape, Bellville, South Africa

Spewing hate through the medium of language – showcasing instigators as poisonous pedagogues -  Video link

Prof Avitus Agbor NWU, Mafikeng Campus, South Africa

The pros and cons of the implementation of a monolingual language policy for Law students in multilingual South Africa: A proposal - Video link

Ms Stephanie Mostert NWU, Vanderbijlpark Campus, South Africa

Closing key-note address Dismantling Barriers: Law and Language Scholarship  - Video link

Prof Jothie Rajah & Prof Elizabeth Mertz American Bar Foundation, Chicago, USA University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA

Thank you - Dr Natasha Ravyse - Video link

Play list of the Colloquium - Link

Programme - link