Teaching About Special Economic
Zones in South Africa

About our work

New Perimeter collaborates with the University of Pretoria and the University of Western Cape, in alternating years, to deliver a training course to graduate law students from across Africa about special economic zones as a tool for attracting foreign direct investment and increasing development. New Perimeter designed the course at the request of the University of Pretoria to expose Africa's future policy makers to the legal, policy and regulatory concepts and practices of special economic zones, as well as to provide the students with professional legal and practical skills.

Key deliverables

• Deliver training courses for African law students on special economic zones as a tool for attracting foreign direct investment and increasing development.

Key facts

• The course is part of Africa's first Master's Degree (LL.M.) on international trade and investment law in Africa, a highly selective course taught at each university during alternate years.
• The LL.M. program is targeted at graduate level students from across the African continent.
• 13 training sessisons since inception. 

Featured staff

Featured lawyers: Jeremy Lustman, Martin Schaefermeier, Jeffrey Sheehy, Stephen Webb (profile), Stephen Webb (Q&A), Joris Willems
Program managers: Claire Donse, Suzanna Brickman