• 2005 LLB (University of the Free State (UFS)
• 2008 Post Graduate Diploma in Financial Planning Law (UFS)
• 2008 Admitted as an attorney of the High Court of the Free State
• 2010 LLM (UFS)
• 2014 MA HES (UFS)
• 2020 Short course in Mediation (UFS)
• In progress PhD in Private Law in progress (UFS

• 2017: LitNet Akademies Jaargang 14(3) L van Niekerk:“Die verlengde program as ’n instrument vir breër toegang tot Suid-Afrikaanse hoër onderwys – ’n besinning oor die ervaring van die Fakulteit Regsgeleerdheid aan die Universiteit van die Vrystaat”;
• 2018: Journal for Juridical Science 43 (1): E Snyman-van Deventer & L van Niekerk: “The University of the Free State Faculty of Law/Write Site intervention –Supporting broader access with the skills for success”;
• 2019: Stellenbosch Law Review 30 (1) L van Niekerk: “Exploring the Difficult Dialogues Technique as a Tool for Value-Added Law Teaching And Learning”.
• 2020: Obiter Volume 41 (2) 2020. JG Horn and L van Niekerk: “The Patchwork text as an assessment tool for Postgraduate Law Teaching in South Africa.”

Papers presented at conferences:

• “Evaluation of the extended LLB programme of the UFS” at HELTASA conference 2011;
• “Widening access: Extended programmes as a tool” at SAELA conference 2014;
• Extended Law programmes as a tool to achieve widening access in South African Higher Education at the International Journal of Arts and Sciences conference in Vienna, Austria 2015;
• Using Difficult Dialogues as a teaching strategy in the Faculty of Law at the University of the Free State at Southern Africa Law Teachers Conference 2015 held in Durban (SALTC). Was part of one of the plenary session of that conference; Share the prize for best paper delivered in Legal Education.
• “Using the Write Site at the University of the Free State as an intervention to help law students with legal writing” at the Southern African Law Teachers Association conference 2017 held in Namibia (SALTC). The paper formed part of the plenary session.
• Been invited to present a paper at the Writing Skills in Legal Education Workshop held in Somerset-West in June 2018. Paper title: “The University of the Free State Faculty of Law / Write Site intervention – supporting broader access with skills for success”.
• Co-presenting at the INTED international conference in Valencia, Spain in March 2019. Paper title: “The Patchwork text as an assessment instrument for post-graduate legal education in South Africa”.
• Poster presentation at the International Mercantile Law conference: “Effective tools for student engagement in the context of Legal Skills” held in Bloemfontein in November 2019.
• Horn JG and Van Niekerk L “Alternative assessment instruments for undergraduate students in legal education in Southern Africa” 7th International Mercantile Law Conference, Bloemfontein, South Africa, 2-4 November 2022.
• “Inclusive legal education: Views on access in South African Higher Education” presented at the Socio-Legal Studies Association conference in Londonderry, Northern Ireland, 4-6 April 2023.

• Longitudinal research project regarding the extended LLB programme in 2009.
• MA HES dissertation: “Investigating the effect of the extended programme on the LLB students’ success”.
• LLM disseration: “An overview of the policies and legislation implemented in Higher Education in South Africa from 1994 to 2009.
• In progress: PhD in Private Law. Registered title: Exploring the application of the social justice concepts of access, redress and equity in the extended LLB programme of the University of the Free State

Conferences attended:

• Law Teachers Conference in Pietermaritzburg: July 2009
• HELTASA conference in Port Elizabeth: November 2011
• Law Teachers Conference in Port Elizabeth: July 2012
• SAELA conference in Pretoria: September 2014
• HELTASA conference in Bloemfontein: November 2014
• International Journal of Arts and Sciences conference in Vienna Austria: April 2015
• Southern Africa Law Teachers Association conference in Durban: July 2015
• Street Law conference in Durban: April 2016
• Southern African Law Teachers Association conference in Namibia: January 2017
• Writing Skills in Legal Education workshop in Somerset-West: June 2018
• INTED 2019 Conference in Valencia Spain: March 2019
• International Mercantile Law Conference: November 2019
• International Mercantile Law Conference: November 2022
• SLSA conference in Londonderry, Northern Ireland: April 2023

• LSKL 1514 (Legal Skills)
• LITL 2514 (Introduction to Law)
• LFSL 4810 (Facilitation Skills for Law Students)
• LPSN 7910 (Law of Partnership – Master’s module)