Faculty of Law, University of Colombo

The Faculty of Law (also known as The Law Faculty)(නීති පීඨය Nithi Pit-haya)(சட்ட பீடம் "Satta peedam") is one of seven faculties of the University of Colombo. Being the first Law Faculty in the country, and the oldest Faculty of Law in the entire University system of the country it conducts both undergraduate and post-graduate degree programs in the field law.

Faculty of Law University of Colombo
TypePublic
Established1947
DeanIndira Nanayakkara
Location
Colombo
,
Sri Lanka
CampusUniversity of Colombo
Websitehttp://www.cmb.ac.lk/academic/law/

Established in 1947 in the University of Ceylon as the department of law it was shortly moved to Peradeniya as part of the Faculty of Arts. However the department was later shifted to the Colombo Campus of the University of Ceylon upgrade to a Faculty of Law in 1968. The faculty maintains close links with the Sri Lanka Law College, which conducts the law exams need for admittance as an Attorney at Law.

Programs

Departments

The Faculty of Law recently established three departments under which the Faculty conducts its studies.

  • Department of Commercial Law
  • Department of Private and Comparative Law
  • Department of Public and International Law

Faculty Management Team
  • Dean - Indira Nanayakkara
  • Head, Department of Commercial Law - S.Segarajasingham
  • Head, Department of Private and Comparative Law - Hakeen Abu Baker
  • Head, Department of Public and International Law - Udapadi Liyanage
  • Acting Assistant Registrar - Ms.T.D.D. Pathiranage

Notable alumni
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gollark: And humans don't really have one as much as vague fuzzy processes for guessing what they should do at the time.
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References
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  2. "Lakshman Kadirgamar (1932 - 2005)". Tamil Week, D.B.S Jeyaraj. 2005. Retrieved 2010-05-24.
  3. Professor T. Nadaraja - brilliant legal mind, by H.B. de Silva Archived 2011-06-29 at the Wayback Machine

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