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This is a list of law schools in Sri Lanka. Sri Lanka Law College; Faculty of Law, University of Colombo; Department of Law, Faculty of Arts, University of Jaffna; Open University Law School, Sri Lanka; Department of Law, Faculty of Arts, University of Peradeniya; Faculty of Law, General Sir John Kotelawala Defence University.
Sri Lanka Law College (abbreviated as SLLC), formerly known as Ceylon Law College, is a law college, and the only legal institution where one can enrol as an Attorney-at-Law in Sri Lanka. [2] It was established in 1874, under the then Council of Legal Education, in order to impart a formal legal education to those who wished to become Advocates ...
There are three primary Law schools in Sri Lanka. These are Sri Lanka Law College, Faculty of Law (University of Colombo) and the Open University of Sri Lanka.However to practice as an attorney one must pass Sri Lanka Law College law exams and be "admitted and enrolled as an Attorney-at-Law of the Supreme Court of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka".
Prospective attorneys can register in the Sri Lanka Law College through an entrance exam and follow a three-year program of legal study undertaking exams on each legal subject at the end of the year. Graduates who have gain an LL.B from a local or foreign university, may gain admission in the Law College and undertake these exams without ...
It was established by a notification of the Sri Lanka government gazette (Extraordinary ) No 928/1 dated June 20, 1996. The campus is located in buildings and land donated to the University of Sri Lanka by the Sri Palee Trust in memory of Hon Wilmot A. Perera. The Sri Palee Trust was established by Wilmot A. Perera with his personal lands.
To practice law in Sri Lanka, one must be admitted and enrolled as an Attorney-at-Law of the Supreme Court of Sri Lanka.This is achieved by passing law exams at the Sri Lanka Law College which are administered by the Council of Legal Education and spending a period of six months under a practicing attorney of at least 8 years standing as an articled clerk.
To undertake law exams students must gain admission to the Sri Lanka Law College and study law or directly undertake exams after gaining an LL.B from a local or foreign university. [5] Members of Parliament may gain admission to the Sri Lanka Law College to qualify as lawyers.
The University of Ceylon was the only university in Sri Lanka (earlier Ceylon) from 1942 until 1972. It had several constituent campuses at various locations around Sri Lanka. The University of Ceylon Act No. 1 of 1972, replaced it with the University of Sri Lanka which existed from 1973 to 1978.