The teaching staff are:
- Prof Ben Cousins, DST/NRF Chair in Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies and Senior Professor
- Dr Moenieba Isaacs, Senior Lecturer and Postgraduate Programme Coordinator
- Assoc Prof Ruth Hall, PLAAS
- Dr Michael Aliber
- Assoc Prof Mafa Hara, PLAAS
- Mr Henk Smith, Advocate, Legal Resources Centre