Faculty of Law, University of Colombo

Faculty of Law
Type Public
Dean N. Selvakkumaran
Location Colombo, Sri Lanka
Website http://www.cmb.ac.lk/academic/law/

The Faculty of Law (also known as The Law Faculty) is one of seven faculties of the University of Colombo. The premier law school in the country, it conducts both undergraduate and post-graduate degree programs in the field 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 Colombo Law College, which conducts the law exams need for admittance as an attorney at law.

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