Bachelor of Laws Honours

Entry Requirements

  • should possess a minimum of two Credit passes for core subjects and a Simple pass in GCE (A/L) or London (A/L) in any stream in a single sitting or International students with equivalent qualifications as approved by the Ministry of Higher Education
  • and a Credit pass in the English Language and a Credit pass in the Sinhala or Tamil Language, obtained at the G.C.E. (O/L) Examination or National Certificate of General Education Examination or an examination recognized by the Department of Examinations of Sri Lanka as equal to the above examinations.

Level
Undergraduate
Semester
8 (4 Years)
Credit
134

WHY SELECT KIU WHEN PURSUING A BACHELOR OF LAWS HONORS DEGREE IN SRI LANKA?

The Bachelor of Law Honours degree offered by KIU is for those who would like to build their career in the field of Law studies in the domestic legal landscape. This four-year degree awarded by KIU, which is recognized by the University Grant Commission of Sri Lanka and accredited by the Ministry of Higher Education, equips you with a successful career in the field of law after the successful completion of the relevant examinations.

The curriculum of this degree programme has been designed in accordance with the Bachelor of Law degrees offered by law teaching institutions established under Sri Lankan universities, by highly qualified experts in the field of law who themselves are University professors and senior lecturers with PhDs and other higher academic and professional qualifications and serving in prestigious Sri Lankan and foreign Universities. This programme complies with local and global standards, which would certainly offer an unparallel academic qualification to successfully entre into the legal profession. This degree programme provides students with the necessary knowledge, skills, attitudes, and training in the field of Law with confidence in the moot court practices, and real courtrooms and many more. We are facilitating an industrial placement in leading chambers of law as a compulsory requirement of the degree programme, which will expose you to valuable industry and research experience. Students who wish to pursue a career in the field of academia and research organizations greatly benefit from the dissertation that require to engage in legal research in an area chosen to advance the knowledge gained through the LLB degree programme conducted in the English medium which covers 120 credits of academic exposure. This further improves their legal writing skills and advances their confidence to work in any place in anywhere in the world competently.

CURRICULUM

Year One

Semester One

  • Legal System of Sri Lanka
  • Legal Method
  • Constitutional Law
  • Family Law

Semester Two

  • Administrative Law
  • Criminal Law
  • Land Law
  • Law of Contract

Year Two

Semester Three

  • Law of Delict
  • Law of Equity and Trusts
  • Psychology of Personality
  • Interpretation of Statutes and Documents
  • Commercial Law
  • Public International Law

Semester Four

  • Labour Law
  • Private International Law
  • Human Rights Law
  • Law of Evidence
  • Environmental Law
  • International Institutions

Year Three

Semester Five

  • Company Law
  • International Humanitarian Law
  • Intellectual Property Law
  • International Investment Law
  • Criminal Procedure (Two Elective)
  • Tax Law (Two Elective)
  • Construction Law (Two Elective)
  • Insurance Law (Two Elective)
  • Media Law (Two Elective)

Semester Six

  • Clinical Legal Education
  • Placement
  • Civil Procedure (Two Elective)
  • Competition Law (Two Elective)
  • Banking Law (Two Elective)
  • International Criminal Law (Two Elective)

Year Four

Semester Seven

  • Jurisprudence
  • Research Methodology
  • Information and Communications Technology (ICT) Law
  • Arbitration Law
  • Air and Space Law (One Elective)
  • International Trade Law (One Elective)
  • Law of the Sea (One Elective)

Semester Eight

  • Ethics of Legal Profession
  • Dissertation
  • Law and Medicine (One Elective)
  • Sports Law (One Elective)
  • Tourism and Hospitality Law

KIU, the best non-state sector university in Sri Lanka, takes pride in contributing to the betterment of the future by encouraging the students to grow in to educated, responsible, and ethical citizens. The students will be encouraged at all times to reach their fullest potential and a well qualified lecturer panel will facilitate the same.