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Head of Department

Dr Marc Welgemoed

Position:  Head of Department | Senior Lecturer
Department:  Criminal and Procedural Law
Location:  South Campus
Phone:  041 504 1205
Qualifications:  B.Juris, LLB (cum laude), LLM (cum laude), LLD
Expertise: Clinical Legal Education
Responsibilities:  Lecturer and attorney at NMMU Law Clinic
 

Dr Anthea Christoffels-Du Plessis

Position:  Lecturer
Department:  Criminal and Procedural Law
Location:  Ocean Sciences Campus
Phone:  041 504 1371
Qualifications:  LLB (NMMU), LLM (UNISA) Advocate of the High Court of South Africa
 

Ms Desiree Lynette David

Position:  Lecturer
Department:  Criminal and Procedural Law
Location:  South Campus
Phone:  041 504 1154
Qualifications:  B.Proc LLB (UND) LLM (Unisa) Attorney of the High Court of South Africa
Expertise: Medical Law, Civil Procedure, Legal Practice
 

Professor Deon Erasmus

Position:  Professor
Department:  Criminal and Procedural Law
Room:  New Law Building
Location:  South Campus
Phone:  041 504 9959
Qualifications:  B Juris LLB LLD
Expertise: Criminal Justice
 

Dr Esther Gumboh

Position:  Senior Lecturer
Department:  Criminal and Procedural Law
Location:  South Campus
Phone:  041 504 2592
Qualifications:  LLB HONS (Malawi), LLM (UCT), PhD (UCT)
 

Prof Leah Ndimurwimo

Position:  Associate Professor
Department:  Criminal and Procedural Law
Room:  4 The Pius Langa Building
Location:  South Campus
Phone:  041 504 2046
Qualifications:  LLB (Tanzania), LLM (NMU), PhD (NWU)
Expertise: international human rights, international humanitarian law, refugee law and transitional justice in Africa and labour law
Responsibilities:  Lecturing and research
 

Mr Mahlubandile Ntontela

Position:  Lecturer
Department:  Criminal and Procedural Law
Room:  09131 Embizweni Building
Location:  South Campus
Qualifications:  LLB (NMU), LLM (NMU), PGDip in Labour Law Practice (Cum Laude) (NMU), PGDip in Drafting and Interpretation of Contracts. Attorney of the High Court of South Africa.
Expertise: Criminal Procedure, Criminal Law, Law of Evidence, Legal Skills, Trial Advocacy, Labour Law, Litigation.
 

Ms Matilda Smith

Position:  Director - Law Clinic
Department:  Criminal and Procedural Law
Room:  0104
Location:  Missionvale Campus
Phone:  041 504 1199
Qualifications:  BA (Soc. Sci), LLB (UCT), Senior Legal Practitioner with Rights of Appearance in the High Court, Mediator
 

Mrs Rochelle Redcliffe

Position:  Departmental Secretary: Department of Criminal and Procedural Law
Department:  Faculty of Law
Room:  New Law Building
Location:  South Campus
Phone:  041 504 2198
 

 






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