Launch of the Colombo Law Review 2018
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 […]
Professor Segarajasingham Receives ‘The Best Professor in Commercial Law Studies’ Award
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 […]
Book Launch “Bio-piracy’s Forgotten Victims: Lessons from Sri Lanka”
Professor Naazima Kamardeen, attached to the Department of Commercial Law in the Faculty of Law, launched her books titled “Bio-piracy’s Forgotten Victims: Lessons from Sri Lanka” and the Sinhala translation of “Global Trade and Sri Lanka: Which Way Forward?” at the University of Colombo on the 2nd July 2019, amidst a large and distinguished gathering […]
Academic writing skills workshop – CSHR
An academic writing skills workshop was organised by the Centre for the Study of Human Rights for students of the Master of Human Rights Programme and staff of the CSHR & Faculty of Law, on 14 & 15 June 2019. Academic writing entails more than just good writing skills. It is a combination of reading […]
Ms Achalie Kumarage receives Colin B. Picker Prize by the Younger Comparativists Committee of the American Society of Comparative Law
Ms. Achalie Kumarage, Lecturer at Department of Private and Comparative Law of the Faculty of Law, University of Colombo was awarded the ‘Colin B. Picker Prize’ by the Younger Comparativists Committee of the American Society of Comparaive Law. The prize was awarded to her paper themed ‘Oversimplifying Legal Realities: Gender Indicators and Aspiring Law Reforms […]
Consumer Rights Day 2019
The Department of Commercial Law observed the World Consumer Rights Day on 19th March 2019. It was with a focus on ‘The Regulation of Food in Sri Lanka’. Retired Supreme Court Judge Justice Saleem Marsoof was the Guest of Honour. There were presentations by Mrs. Shakila Weerasinghe, Asst Director Competition Compliance of Consumer Affairs Authority […]
Law goes Green 2019
The Day march 1st 2019 was yet again another remarkable time for the Law Goes Green Project as the project committee for the year undertook the initiative of expanding the project’s horizons beyond the university boundaries and took the message of environmental conservation to society. Accordingly, the project lineup for the year consisted of many […]
Thai Pongal Festival Celebration 2019
Thai Pongal Festival Celebration in 2019, organised by the students of the Faculty of Law was held on 18th January 2019 at the Faculty premises.
Panel Discussion on Marriage Law Reforms in Sri Lanka
The Family Law Course Team of the Department of Private and Comparative Law organized a panel discussion themed “Reforming the Law related to Marriage in Sri Lanka: Attempts and Prospects” on 5th December 2018 at the Faculty of Law. The panel consisted of Professor Sharya Scharenguivel, Mr. Thishya Weragoda (Attorney-at-Law), Ms. Safana Gul Begum (Attorney-at-Law), […]
Henry Dunant Memorial Moot (Regional Rounds) 2018
The Regional rounds of the Henry Dunant Memorial Moot Court Competition were held from the 4th to 6th December 2018, at Tehran, Iran, with the participation of 10 teams from India, Nepal, Iran, Pakistan and Sri Lanka. The Faculty of Law University of Colombo was represented by Ms. Shelani Palihawadana, Ms. Prashanthi Vignanantha, and Ms. […]
International Legal Research Conference (ILRC) 2018
The International Legal Research Conference (ILRC) 2018, organized by the Faculty of Law, University of Colombo was held on the 16th and 17th of November 2018 at Mirage Hotel, Colombo-06. The Conference that coincided the 70th Anniversary of the Faculty of Law, was themed ‘Rethinking Law: Loss Ignorance or Innocence?” The ILRC was inaugurated in […]
Law goes Green 2018 Tree Planting Campaign and Award Ceremony
The Final Year undergraduates of the Faculty of Law, University of Colombo organized a Tree Planting Campaign as the Final Phase of the ‘Law goes Green 2018’ (LGG) Environmental Law Programme on Wednesday, 16th May 2018 at Law Faculty premises. The ‘Law Goes Green-2018’ (LGG) initiative was conceived with the aspiration of making the Faculty […]
Law Goes Green 2017
Going another step further, on 3rd April 2017, the Law Goes Green Project undertook the massive task of rising awareness on another highly controversial and much-discussed topic in the community, the ‘climate change’ as its key emphasis for the year and had planned an Inter-University Law Students Research Conference on climate change that was held […]
Law Goes Green 2016
As a step towards our vision to promote environmental conservation, the Department of Public and International Law of the Faculty of Law organized “Law Goes Green- 2016” (LGG 2016), a two-day programme targeting the advancement of environmental law knowledge base and environmental conservation, respectively on the 5th and 6th of April. The Green Seminar was […]
Annual Research Symposium 2015 – Faculty of Law
The Faculty of Law successfully organised its Annual Research Symposium – 2015 under the theme of “University as Catalyst for Change” which was held on 5th of December 2015. The Departments of Commercial Law, Public and International Law and Private and Comparative Law conducted concurrent technical sessions which brought in various research papers on emerging […]
Law Goes Green 2015
As the successor of Law Goes Green 2014, in the year 2015, the project made a paradigm shift whereby it focused on holding an inaugural conference on ‘Green Crimes’ as the next step towards our vision to promote environmental conservation and sustainability. The project was held from 31st March – 1st April 2015, with the […]
