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The Faculty of Law convened a "Dialogue between the Private Bar and Legal Academia" on the 9th of February 2023 as a part of the ongoing celebrations to mark its Diamond Jubilee. Members of the private bar and law academics were welcomed to the event by the Dean of the Law Faculty, Prof (Dr) Sampath [...]

The Faculty of Law of the University of Colombo – the premier seat of legal education in the country and the highest ranked university in Sri Lanka – had its General Convocation for graduands passing out in the year 2021 on 14 December 2022 at the Bandaranayake International Memorial Conference Hall. The ceremony was a [...]

Faculty of Law, University of Colombo emerged as the runner-up of the Henry Dunant Memorial Vernacular Moot Court Competition - 2022 The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and the Faculty of Law, General Sir John Kothalawala Defense University collaboratively organized the vernacular edition of The Henry Dunant Memorial Moot Competition. The objectives of [...]

Diamond Jubilee International Research Conference 2022Faculty of Law - University of Colombo The Faculty of Law, University of Colombo, Sri Lanka successfully held the ‘Diamond Jubilee International Research Conference’ (DJIRC) 2022 on the 3rd and 4th December 2022, in hybrid mode, to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the Faculty. Indeed, this conference is the flagship [...]

Mr. Premarathna Jayasinghe, an Attorney-at-Law and a proud product of the Faculty of Law from the 89/90 batch visited the Faculty on the 11th of October 2022 to present his recent research books – a Digest of Supreme Court and Appeal Court Unreported Judgements (2010 to 2020). Prof. (Dr.) Sampath Punchihewa, the Dean of the [...]

The Award Ceremony of the Advanced Certificate in Fundamentals of Criminal Law (ACFCL) for those who successfully completed the course in 2021 was held at the Faculty of Law, University of Colombo on the 24th of August 2022, under the auspices of three distinguished guests of honour, Prof. (Dr.) Sampath Punchihewa, Dean of the Faculty [...]

The Department of Public and International Law of the Faculty of Law of the University of Colombo held its 7th edition f the Departmental Research Forum under the title of ‘Sovereignty of the people and Constitutional Dilemma’ on 18th August 2022 via zoom. The session started with the opening remarks delivered by the Dean of [...]

The Faculty of Law of the University of Colombo, being the only Faculty of Law coming under the University Grants Commission in Sri Lanka as well as being the premier seat of legal education with an illustrious history in producing the most outstanding and brilliant legal luminaries in the country, had its ceremonial postgraduate convocation [...]

The 30th of July, 2022, marked the inauguration of the Master of Laws Programme offered by the Faculty of Law, University of Colombo for the years 2022/24. The Faculty of Law was delighted to host the post-graduate students onsite, at the New Arts Theatre – a rare phenomenon these days due to numerous challenges – [...]