Cathi Albertyn

Catherine Hester Albertyn is a South African academic who is a professor of law at the University of the Witwatersrand, where she holds the South African Research Chair in Equality, Law and Social Justice. Known for her work in constitutional law, she has been a professor at the university since 2001 and formerly ran its Centre for Applied Legal Studies between 2001 and 2007. She has also served as a commissioner at the Commission for Gender Equality and the South African Law Reform Commission.

Education She entered the University of Cape Town in 1977, completing a BA in 1979 and a LLB in 1982. Thereafter she attended the University of Cambridge, where she received an MPhil in criminology and law in 1984 and a PhD in law in 1992. and she was hired by Wits as an associate professor of law in 1999. but Bess Nkabinde was appointed instead.

Albertyn left her position at CALS at the end of April 2007, The chair is hosted by Wits, where she remains a professor of law. Other positions Albertyn co-founded the Reproductive Rights Alliance while she was at CALS. She has also served on the executive board of the Council for the Advancement of the South African Constitution, as well as on the editorial boards of the South African Journal on Human Rights, the University of Oxford Human Rights Hub Journal, and the South African Judicial Education Journal''. In October 2023, Wits awarded her its Supervision Award in recognition of her excellent record in postgraduate student supervision.