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Faculty of Law of General Sir John Kotelawala Defence University has been placed at the 2nd position in Sri Lanka, and at the 25th position in Asia and at the 83rd position in the World under ‘NICA.team Law Schools Ranking’ of 2022. Based in Illinois, United States, ‘NICA.team’ ranking analyses more than 1680 Law Schools across the world, standing as one of the largest Law Schools rankings.

One main criteria for determining the ranking in ‘NICA.team’ is the participation in Mooting. The team representing KDU Law Faculty had taken part and had won titles in a number of International Mooting Competitions, including Jean-Pictet Mooting Competition, ICC Moot Court Competition, Nuremberg Moot Court Competition and SAARC LAW Moot. Since the year 2020, a Mooting Competition of its own has been introduced by the KDU Law Faculty under the title ‘General Sir John Kotelawala Memorial Moot Court Competition’.

It is heartening to note that within a period of 12 years since its inception in 2011, Faculty of Law of KDU has reached a position within the best 100 Law Schools in the World. Faculty of Law, KDU takes this opportunity to dedicate itself to achieve excellence in all its endeavours, curricular, co-curricular and extracurricular, in the future as well.

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PAPER SUBMISSION IS OPEN - 15TH INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH CONFERENCE

Dear Scholars,
We are now accepting your scholarly work to be presented at the 15th IRC - KDU under 11 categories. Check our website for more details; https://irc.kdu.ac.lk/2022/

Submission deadline is 4th July 2022.

We look forward to welcoming you to the 15th IRC - KDU.

𝐆𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐒𝐢𝐫 𝐉𝐨𝐡𝐧 𝐊𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐥𝐚 𝐌𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐓𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐡𝐲 𝐌𝐨𝐨𝐭 𝐂𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐭 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟐
The second edition of General Sir John Kotelawala Memorial Trophy Moot Court Competition organized by the Moot Court and Debating Society of General Sir John Kotelawala Defence University was held from the 12th to the 15th of March 2022. In the interest of bringing something novel and unique to the local mooting arena, this Competition reintroduces the specialty of domestic Criminal Law with an aim to expand upon Law Students’ knowledge and understanding of the domestic legal framework. The Preliminary and Semi-Final Rounds of the Competition took place on a virtual platform, while the two fortunate teams that made it to the Finals were hosted at the Faculty of Graduate Studies, KDU, Ratmalana. The result of several months’ efforts by the Society, the Competition involved participants from the foremost universities and institutes providing legal education to students in Sri Lanka, including the University of Colombo, Sri Lanka Law College, Asia Pacific Institute of Information Technology (APIIT), Sri Lanka Institute of Information Technology (SLIIT) and CfPS Law School. Over twenty (20) competitors put up a spirited battle for the Championship Trophy, with the team representing KDU ultimately emerging victorious in the oral rounds.

Mr Chandrika Manamendra from General Sir John Kotelawala Defence University was awarded the trophy for the Best Oralist, with Ms Chethana Maduwanthi from University of Colombo emerged as the Runner Up. Two students from Royal Institute of Colombo, Mr. Naika Gooneratne and Mr. Treshan Fernando were awarded the Spirit of the Moot Trophy for their exemplary performance at the Preliminary Rounds of the Competition. Meanwhile, the teams representing Royal Institute of Colombo and KDU won the awards for Best Memorandum – Appellant and Best Memorandum – Respondent with teams from KDU and University of Colombo emerged as Runners Up, respectively. Legal luminaries including Rear Admiral (Retired) Shavindra Fernando PC, Former Judge Advocate General of the Sri Lanka Navy, Major General Edward Jayasinghe, Judge Advocate General of Sri Lanka Army and Legal Advisor, Ministry of Defence, Sumathi Dharmawardena PC, Additional Solicitor General of the Attorney General’s Department, Udaya Rohan De Silva PC, Advisor to the Ministry of Justice and Saliya Peiris PC, President of the Bar Association constituted the Panel of Judges for the Final Rounds of the Competition.

The Closing Ceremony of the Competition was held at the Faculty of Graduate Studies, KDU, which was graced by Major General Milinda Peiris, Vice-Chancellor along with Prof Sanath Dhammika, Deputy Vice Chancellor (Academic) and Dean, Faculty of Law, Mr Mangala Wijesinghe, Members of the Faculty of Law, students and the participants of the Competition.

Congratulations on behalf of Dean, Academic and Nonacademic staff of Facility of Law - KDU. Let her achievement inspire graduates and undergraduate of the faculty.

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