Time Topic Person responsible Venue 1 09:00 - 09:15 Welcome and introduction Proffs Stephen de la Harpe & Elmien du Plessis Old Senate Hall 2 09:15 - 09:40 Library matters Christine Bronkhorst Old Senate Hall 3 09:40 - 10:15 Introduction to the student electronic Mr Eric Swanepoel & Post grad communication & explanation of the system office NWU & Prof Stephen de la Harpe Old Senate Hall 4 10:15 - 11:15 Post-graduate research for lawyers: the Prof Elmien du Plessis process Old Senate Hall 11:15 - 11:30 Break 5 11:30 - 13:00 Research methods Prof Pieter du Toit Old Senate Hall 13:00 - 14:00 Lunch 6 14:00 - 16:00 Reading & writing skills required for legal Mr Michael Laubscher researchers (Workshop) Old Senate Hall Old Senate Hall 7 17:00 - 19:00 Informal get together / National and Prof Stephen de la Harpe & International students and staff Programme leaders Old Senate Hall Friday 17 February 2017 8 08:00 - 08:15 Managing expectations Geraldine Laubscher Old Senate Hall
Proffs Louis Kotze and Willemien du
Plessis (LLD and Research LLM) Room 120 Faculty of Law Prof Anl du Plessis (Environmental Governance Law) Old Senate Hall 9 08:15 - 09:15 Meeting with programme leaders Prof Stephen de la Harpe (Import & Export) Skynhof Faculty of Law Prof Henk Kloppers (Estate) Besembos Library Me Chantelle Feldhaus (Comparative Child Law) Tea room Faculty of Law Dr Anri Botes (Labour law) G13 Faculty of Law 10 9:15-10:15 Identification and use of scientifically sound Prof Louis Kotze authority Old Senate Hall 11 10:15-10:50 Management of study time Prof Anl du Plessis Old Senate Hall 10:50-11:05 Break 12 11:05-11:45 Identfication of study supervisors and the Prof Anl du Plessis study supervisor-student relationship Old Senate Hall 13 11:45-12:45 Theorertical grounding Prof Pieter du Toit Old Senate Hall 12:45-14:00 Lunch (LLMO students will have a session on modules from 13:15) Old Senate Hall 14 14:00 - 14:15 Proposal writing Dr Anl Gildenhuys Old Senate Hall 15 14:15 - 15:30 Proposal writing workshop (bring your assignmDrs Anl Gildenhuys & Hein Lubbe, Proffs Elmien du Plessis &Pieter du Toit Old Senate Hall 16 15:45 - 16:00 Q&A and program evaluation Drs Anl Gildenhuys & Hein Lubbe, Proffs Elmien du Plessis &Pieter du Toit Old Senate Hall