Law students should study data protection, says Pansy Tlakula
A CAREER in human rights is no longer considered sexy as it was during apartheid or around the birth of democracy, but it’s still crucial for lawyers to be equipped to handle litigation around constitutional matters, says South Africa’s Information Regulator Pansy Tlakula.
The veteran human rights activist says these days, students want to do other things, such as commercial law or maritime law, “things that will bring them money quickly when they go into practice”. “But right now, I always tell them that constitutional litigation will never stop, I tell law students they must actually study data protection because we need lawyers who are going to specialise in this
