Quality teaching at CFPS Law School on display
View(s):The high quality of learning experience students will undergo at CFPS Law School was on display last week at the Kingsbury, at the Open Day and Scholarship Award Ceremony of the Law School, presided over by the Secretary to the Ministry of Higher Education, Dr. Sunil Jayantha Navaratne.
Three mini lectures conducted by lecturers of the Law School, Mr.Dilhan Patrick, Mr.Hejaaz Hisbullah and Ms.Vidarshini Perera in Criminal Law, International Law and Contract Law demonstrated the top quality of lecturing at the law school. The lecturers kept their audience enthralled on questions such as what constitutes murder, how international law covers our daily life (including even a holiday to Sigiriya) and about the contracts we make in daily life.
The event was attended by several senior officials of the University of London including Professor Jenny Hamilton, Head of Undergraduate Laws and Chris Jenny the Senior Manager Admissions of the University.
The CFPS Law School is presently the only Registered Centre of the University of London for its Bachelor of Laws Degree and the Diploma in Law, in Sri Lanka.
The LL.B. Degree offers students a range of career and career development options. Professor Hamilton who addressed the gathering pointed out that the prestigious University of London LL.B. offers students an opportunity not only to enter the legal profession, but also develops many other skills that are useful in employment.
A Law Degree from the University of London opens up a pathway to enter the legal professions in Sri Lanka and the United Kingdom. However apart from this those in many other fields such as medicine, engineering, accountancy, management and marketing look to a law degree to enhance their knowledge about legal matters which they come across in their work.
The University of London is one of the United Kingdom’s world class Universities and several of its Colleges including the King’s College, the University College of London and the London School of Economics are ranked among the top Universities in that country for Law.
Dr.Navaratne praised the range of activities at the CFPS Law School and observed that Institutions such as the CFPS Law School open the doors of learning to many Sri Lankan students who would otherwise not be able to read for an internationally recognised degree such as those awarded by the University of London. He observed that programmes such as these are very much in line with the higher education policy of the government.
Professor Hamilton observed that the CFPS had demonstrated a high standard of support for students preparing for their examinations in Laws of the University of London.
The Law School has many students studying law, ranging from young school leavers to those in different professions. Apart from the compulsory subjects such as Public Law, Contracts, Criminal Law, Common Law, the Law School offers a number of optional subjects including Commercial Law, Company Law, Intellectual Property Law and European Union Law.
An important event of the ceremony was the awarding of the 2013 Sir Ivor Jennings Memorial Scholarship to the Dulaj Dhananjaya Sellahewa an old boy of Ananda College, who had obtained straight As at both O/Levels and A/Levels and was also an accomplished weight and power lifter. Previous scholarship winners included Chathuni KaneeshaUduwela,an outstanding past pupil of Visakha Vidyalaya, Nirmal Silva an Engineering Student and an outstanding product of St. Joseph’s College, Colombo and Priyanthan Pavalanathan an old boy of St. John’s College, Jaffna.
Alumni of CFPS Law School are today practising lawyers while others are working in international organisations and public and commercial establishments.
Mr.Saliya Pieris, Attorney-at-Law and Chairman of CFPS Law School told the gathering that the Law School boasts of an outstanding and qualified lecture panel which included academics and professionals. Certainly the quality of the lecturing was apparent from the three mini lectures.
CFPS students have a range of activities at the CFPS Law School intended to improve the skills of students including their soft skills. These include mooting and debating as well as a series of guest lectures conducted by several well-known personalities. Recently the Law School inaugurated its Mooting and Debating Society an initiative of the vibrant student community of the School.
The CFPS Law School had also commenced an internship programme where its second and third year students were placed in the chambers and offices of several President’s Counsel and Senior Attorneys-at-Law, to enable them to gain a hands on experience in legal work.
Students also visit Parliament and the Courts which enable them to understand the legislative and legal process at first hand. The CFPS also conducted a legal skills programme for its students. The event also saw the launch of the CFPS Course Web, a first for a legal educational institution in Sri Lanka which will enable CFPS Law School students to use the web to enhance their legal studies. The CFPS Law School is situated at a central location at 151 DharmapalaMawatha, Colombo 7 and is contactable on 0114618866 or 0112421665 or on email atinfo@cfpslawschool.com. Its Facebook pages are CFPS Sri Lanka and CFPS Law School
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