Prof J Hall

Associate Professor
Name: Jenny Hall
Location: A-Ring 701A Auckland Park Kingsway Campus
Academic Law Staff, Law Academic Staff, Law Senior Lecturers, Procedural Law Staff  Staff Members

Contact Details:
Tel: +27 (0)11 559 2837

Email: jhall@uj.ac.za

About Prof J Hall

Jennifer (Jenny) Hall is an Associate Professor in the Department of Procedural Law and currently lectures International Environmental Law at the Masters level and Legal Skills. She holds BA Law, LLB (UCT), LLM (UNISA), PhD (UCT) degrees.

Jenny’s area of research is the environmental rule of law and environmental justice. Since joining the Faculty in 2018 she has published in national and international journals and books and has received a NRF rating for her research.

Prior to joining academia on a fulltime basis in 2018, Jenny worked nationally and internationally in the area of environmental law. She was intimately involved in drafting environmental legislation for all spheres of the South African government, including the National Environmental Management: Waste Act 59 of 2008, the National Environmental Management: Air Quality Act 39 of 2004 and several waste management by-laws. She has also been involved, and continues to be involved, in environmental compliance and enforcement work for environmental departments since 2001 when she developed a compliance and enforcement strategy for the Gauteng Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Environment (as it was then). Other compliance and enforcement work includes project managing the development of a National Compliance Monitoring and Enforcement Strategy for environmental management inspectors for the National Department of Environmental Affairs; drafting a magistrate’s bench book on the adjudication of environmental crime for the National Department and Justice College; and training environmental management inspectors and environmental mineral resource inspectors. In addition to her consultancy work, Jenny was honorary research associate at the University of Cape Town’s Institute for Marine and Environmental Law for six years.

Jenny is currently a member of the IUCN Academy of Environmental Law Teaching and Learning Subcommittee and the World Commission of Environmental Law (WCEL).

Qualifications

BA Law, LLB (UCT), LLM (UNISA), PhD (UCT)