Sri Lanka Law College - SLLC

Institution which offers a complete course of study leading to examinations for those desiring to qualify for admission to the profession. University of Colombo, the Open University of Sri Lanka and University of Jaffna) offer academic courses leading to a degree or other academic qualification relating to law, persons become eligible to practise the law, only after admission to the profession as provided for in the Rules of the Council of Legal Education. Thus, the Law College is the only gateway to the legal profession in Sri Lanka. Members of the profession are called Attorneys-at-Law. Sri Lanka Law College was established as the Ceylon Law College under the Council of Legal Education (it self established in 1873) in 1874 in order to impart a formal legal education to those who wished to be lawyers in Ceylon. Situated at Hultsdorf Street in Colombo.