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Inauguration ceremony of the Advanced Certificate in Human Resource Management Law offered by the Department of Private and Comparative Law was held on 28th February 2020 at the Board Room of the Faculty of Law, University of Colombo. This course has been designed to provide knowledge in concepts, theories and legal principles of Human Resource Management Law to […]

The 10th Anniversary of the Department of Public & International Law and the PIL Day was celebrated by the Department on 29th January 2020. In fact, we would have celebrated the Day on 10th December 2019 since it was ten years ago on this same day the Department was established. Unfortunate events have intervened and [...]

The Inauguration Ceremony of the Annual Research Symposium 2019 of the Faculty of Law, University of Colombo was held on 29 November 2019 at the College House Auditorium of the University of Colombo under the theme “Health and Well – being: The Law’s Response”. The Chief Guest of the Ceremony was Hon. Justice Prasanna Jayawardena, […]

The Colombo Law Journal (CLJ) is the flagship student run journal of the Faculty of Law, University of Colombo. The third edition of the CLJ was launched on the 29th of November 2019 at the inauguration ceremony of the Annual Research Symposium of the Faculty of Law, University of Colombo. The journal is a collection [...]

The National rounds of the Henry Dunant Memorial Moot Court Competition 2019 were held from the 22nd to 23rd of October 2019, at the Faculty of Graduate Studies, University of Colombo, with the participation of 07 teams from law teaching institutions of Sri Lanka. The competition was organized by the Faculty of Law, University of […]

The 13th Volume of the Colombo Law Review was launched on the 27th July 2019. The journal which is one of the two key annual academic publications of the Faculty of Law, University of Colombo was published by the Department of Private and Comparative Law. The Colombo Law Review, a peer-reviewed journal, compiles scholarly contributions […]

The Department of Public & International Law has introduced its first ever extension programme with three certificate courses. Inaugural Session of these courses, styled as Advanced Certificate in Fundamentals of Criminal Law, Advanced Certificate in Environmental Law, and Advanced Certificate in International Criminal Law was ceremonially held at the Ceylon Room of the Faculty of [...]

The Inauguration Ceremony of the Diploma in Commercial Law Course 2019/2020 conducted by the Department of Commercial Law of the Faculty of Law was held on 17th August 2019 at the Faculty of Law. The ceremony of awarding certificates to the participants who have successfully completed the Certificate in Business Law Course 2018 was also […]

Professor Shanthi Segarajasingham, Senior Lecturer, Department of Commercial Law, Faculty of Law, University of Colombo was awarded   The SRI LANKA EDUCATION LEADERSHIP AWARD 2019 for “The Best Professor in Commercial Law Studies”. The Certificate was endorsed by the World Federation of Academics and Educational Institutions. The Award ceremony was held on 17th July 2019 at Hotel Taj […]