Mnotho Thamsanqa Ngcobo is an Assistant Professor of Law at the Louis D. Brandeis School of Law, University of Louisville, where he teaches Dispute Resolution and Administrative Law. He also serves as a Research Affiliate at the University of South Africa (UNISA) and is admitted as an Attorney of the High Court of South Africa. His scholarship lies at the intersection of dispute resolution, health law, and technology, focusing on the legal and ethical implications of artificial intelligence, bioethics, and access to justice.

Before joining the University of Louisville, he lectured at North-West University in South Africa and at O.P. Jindal Global University in India, where he was also a Fellow of the Centre for Dispute Resolution. His academic and professional trajectory reflects an interdisciplinary and comparative approach to law, drawing from his litigation and policy experience in South Africa, including his work as founder of MT Ngcobo Attorneys, where he managed medical malpractice and employment law matters.

Professor Ngcobo’s publications appear in leading journals such as Conflict Resolution Quarterly, the South African Medical Journal, and the Potchefstroom Electronic Law Journal. His work on artificial intelligence, mediation, and local government reform has been widely cited and presented at international conferences, including Harvard Law School’s Petrie-Flom Center, Washington University in St. Louis, and the Socio-Legal Studies Association in the United Kingdom.

He holds an LL.B. and is completing his Doctor of Laws (Ph.D.) at the University of South Africa. He earned an LL.M. in Dispute Resolution from the University of Missouri-Columbia, graduating with a 4.0 GPA, and an LL.M. in Multilevel Government, Law, and Policy from the University of the Western Cape. His professional recognitions include the American Bar Association’s Dispute Resolution Fellowship and the Ivan Rugema Fellowship at the University of Missouri. He is a member of the American Bar Association’s Section of Dispute Resolution and contributes to global discussions on technology, ethics, and the future of law.