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| Thursday, 22 July 2004 |
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Sri Lanka Law College to break new ground The Sri Lanka Law College is breaking new ground on July 26, with the launching of the Master in Laws (LLM) Degree Programme of the University of Wales. This Programme will be conducted jointly by the Sri Lanka Law College and Holborn College, London. In its well over hundred year history, the Sri Lanka Law College has up till recently focused only on preparation of candidates for admission to the Bar. When the present Chief Justice Sarath N.Silva took over the mantle of the Council of Legal Education be decided that the mission of the Sri Lanka Law College should be to make it the main centre in Sri Lanka for Commercial Law studies and research as Commercial lawyers are in great demand with the expansion of trade and corporate activities. With this objective in view, Sri Lanka Law College first commenced a Post Attorney Diploma Course in Intellectual Property law and thereafter proceeded to introduce similar Diploma Courses in International Trade Law and Banking and Insurance Law as part of continuing legal education for lawyers. These diploma courses are being conducted either in association with foreign agencies specialising in these fields or under the direction of expatriate law professors. The idea in going into collaboration with foreign law teaching institutions and professors is to make available in Sri Lanka, internationally recognised and marketable qualifications for lawyers who wish to specialise in these fields. Encouraged by the success of these Post Attorney Diploma Programmes, the Sri Lanka Law College took a step further in lunching a Masters degree Programme in International Trade Law. After making a number of inquiries from prestigious universities in the world, the Council of Legal Education finally decided to establish links with the University of Wales, which has been founded in 1893 and is the second largest federal university in the United Kingdom. In conducting lectures for this programm the Sri Lanka Law College has gone into partnership with Holborn College, London, which has extensive experience in conducting such programmes for the Universities in the United Kingdom. Holborn College is renowned for the delivery of quality law teaching programmes and publications of comprehensive course manuals, which are better known as HLT Publications. The teaching staff of Holborn College will be directed by Prof. Cedric Bell, the CEO of Holborn College. The teaching staff of Sri Lanka Law College is led by Justice Saleem Marsoof, President of the Court of Appeal. He has high academic distinctions, extensive experience and training in the area of International Trade Law and has been teaching in Sri Lanka Law College in both regular courses and Post Attorney Diploma programmes for a large number of years. He will be supported by expatriate law professors and senior Sri Lankan Attorneys-at-Law specialising in this field. The Degree awarded by the University of Wales is considered an international degree. The availability of this course in Sri Lanka will provide an opportunity to Sri Lankan Lawyers to obtain an internationally recognised qualification at a comparatively low cost without being away from their employment and the country. |
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