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The Pius Langa Memorial Fellowship is intended to benefit young lawyers in South Africa committed to forwarding constitutional and human rights law in South Africa and / or Africa. Named in honour of the former Chief Justice and launched in 2021, this fellowship will afford one early career lawyer per year the opportunity to study towards a LLM at University College London (UCL) in the United Kingdom, one of the top ranked universities in the world.

The Franklin Thomas Fellowship was established in honour of Franklin Thomas, a former President of the Ford Foundation. The fellowship is funded by monies donated by friends and colleagues of Franklin Thomas on his retirement in 1996, as well as grants from the Ford Foundation.  The purpose of the Franklin Thomas fellowship is to provide an opportunity for a South African from a historically disadvantaged background who has clerked of the Constitutional Court of South Africa to study at a well-respected American university towards a one-year graduate programme leading to a Masters of Law (LLM) degree.

The Constitutional Court Trust is delighted to announce the Franklin Thomas fellow for the 2024 - 2025 academic year, Thomas White, who will be going to study towards an LLM at in the USA next year.

The Constitutional Court Trust is delighted to announce our Pius Langa Memorial fellow for the 2024 - 2025 academic year, Nina Lang, who will be going to study towards an LLM at University College London in the UK next year.

The Franklin Thomas Fellowship for law clerks was established in honour of Franklin Thomas, a former President of the Ford Foundation.

The purpose of the Franklin Thomas fellowship is to provide an opportunity for a South African from a historically disadvantaged background who has clerked of the Constitutional Court of South Africa to study at an American university towards a one-year graduate programme leading to a Masters of Law (LLM) degree.

The Constitutional Court Trust (CCT) is delighted to announce its third call for applications for the Pius Langa Memorial Fellowship, which affords one early career lawyer per year who has either clerked at the Constitutional Court or worked in a public interest law NGO in South Africa the opportunity to study towards a LLM at University College London (UCL) in the United Kingdom, one of the top ranked universities in the world.

The Constitutional Court Trust (CCT) is looking for a curator to join a dynamic young team working on the Constitutional Court Art Collection (CCAC) at the CCT. This curator will work closely with the curator of public engagement, under the supervision of the CCT Trust Manager.

The Constitutional Court Trust is delighted to announce our Pius Langa Memorial fellow for the 2023 - 2024 academic year, Alfred Moraka, who will be going to study towards an LLM at University College London in the UK next year.

The Constitutional Court Trust is delighted to announce our Franklin Thomas fellow for the 2023 - 2024 academic year, Lehlohonolo January, who will be going to study towards an LLM in the USA next year.

The four current CCT fellows have begun their LLM studies at Michigan Law, University College Law, Notre Dame and Georgetown