The Faculty of Law (UOC)

In 1924 there was a suggestion to introduce law as a university discipline. However, this suggestion was not implemented. It was only once the University of Ceylon was established in 1942 that a course of study for a law degree was designed.

In 1947 a Department of Law was established at the University of Peradeniya in the Faculty of Arts and in 1950 the first Law Degree was awarded. This Department was later shifted to the Colombo Campus of the University of Ceylon.A separate Faculty of Law was created in 1968.