CfPS Law School open day on July 21 at Kingsbury Hotel
View(s):The undisputed iconic market leader in private legal education in the country, the CfPS Law School will hold held its open day for the University of London Bachelor of Laws (LL.B) and Diploma in Law programmes on 21 July at the Kingsbury Hotel at 230 p.m.
 Mr.Saliya Pieris. L.L.M (London), LL.B, Attorney-at-Law –Chairman |
 Mr.Nanda Muruththettuwegama. Attorney-at-Law – Managing Director |
 Mr.Ajith p.Perera. B.Sc, Attorney-at-Law – Deputy Chairman |
The event will be graced by senior academics like Professor Jenny Hamilton, Director, Undergraduate Laws, University of London International Programmes, Mr. Chris Jenny Head of Admissions and CfPS Directors , Management and lecturers.
Prospective students will have the opportunity to discuss their study options with the University Staff as well as with the Management of CfPS Law School. A unique feature at the open day will be the presentations made by top lecturers of CFPS , enabling students to experience the high quality teaching delivered at CfPS.
Situated in the heart of Colombo 7, CfPS Law School boasts of experienced and talented lecturers who are academics and practitioners. Students can either join the full time programme or the part time programme held during the weekends.
Students joining CfPS Law School are offered a variety of opportunities. Among them are the Internship Programme where students in the 2nd and 3rd years are given the opportunity of interning with senior members of the legal profession. There is a vibrant student life at CfPS. The CfPS mooting and debating society offers students an opportunity to improve their legal and court room skills preparing them for the legal profession. Students are taken on visits to Parliament and the Courts.
Every year, Sri Lankan students are presented with an opportunity by CfPS to win scholarships worth Rs. 15 million to follow this highly esteemed LL.B degree and diploma, and this year too several scholarships will be awarded.
Professor Jenny Hamilton, Director, University of London Undergraduate Laws Programme arriving for the last year’s Open Day. To her right is Mr Saliya Pieris Attorney at Law and Chairman of CfPS Law School, and to her left are Mr Ajith P Perera Member of Parliament, Attorney at Law and Deputy Chairman of CfPS Law School, and Mr Nanda Muruttettuwegama, Attorney at Law and Managing Director of CfPS Law School.
“It was in 2011 that CFPS launched the scholarships scheme for the students” said Mrs. Manouri Pieris, Deputy Managing Director of CFPS. “We want to motivate our students and to recognise the talented and enthusiastic students”.
The diploma in law “ is essentially for students who do not meet the entry requirement for the LLB degree, either because they are just after O/Ls or because their A/L grades do not meet the entry requirements.
The diploma is essentially the first year of the degree programme but students have extra teaching hours; if they have sufficient marks at the end of the year, then the students can transfer directly to the second year of the degree. So this provides opportunities for students who are genuinely interested in studying law” added Mrs. Pieris.
The CfPS law school is a registered centre of the University of London for both the LL.B. and Diploma in Law Programmes. The CfPS Law School has opened an immeasurable door to the Sri Lankan youth to gain a prestigious celebrated law degree for a comparatively affordable price ,which otherwise would cost millions of rupees. The School provides a superior education as great as what is taught in 
University of London Colleges. Prospective students needn’t have any doubts in joining CfPS to chase their dream in becoming highly qualified legal practitioners.
Scholarship student for 2012 February, Nirmal Silva had this to say “CFPS is looking for people with a vision not to just be lawyers. I am in engineering and law, gaining the scholarship adds value to all that I have done in the past. Being a scholarship recipient gives you an edge. A lot of people look up to me, people use me as an example and look to me for advice.So it has definitely helped me to become a better student, and has motivated me, which is one of the goals of CFPS in offering this scholarship”
The First Ivor Jennings Scholarship winner was Ms. Chathuni Uduwela a distinguished past Pupil of Visakha Vidyalaya who has completed her second year examinations. In February this year three outstanding students from Visakha Vidyalaya, St Thomas’ College, Mt. Lavinia and Lyceum Nugegoda were awarded the 100% scholarships.
CfPS Law School, boasting alumni of over 4,000 lawyers in Sri Lanka, has for many years produced the highest number of entrants to the Sri Lanka Law College . You can find more information on these educational programs and details regarding the enrolment procedure for the current intake by logging on to www.cfps.lk.
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