The Rotaract Club of Faculty of Law University of Colombo

The Rotaract Club of Faulty of Law, University of Colombo launched its club t-shirt for 2016 as a project under the avenue of Club Service. This was an ongoing project since February 2016 and successfully concluded in April. Phase 1 of the project, initiated in February aimed at taking up the orders for the t-shirts and the placing of orders continued for 3 months along with the collection of money and the required t-shirt sizes. Phase 2 launched in April, distributed the printed t-shirts among the members who placed orders. The project was one well appreciated by the members of the club. The projected was successfully launched, completing its objectives

Project Serve belongs to a series of Community Service Projects conducted by the District 3220 on Poya Day of each month. The Rotaract Clubs of Faculty of Law and Faculty of Science of University of Colombo and the Rotaract Club Of IIT jointly organized its phase 10 targeting Bak Full Moon Poya Day of the Month of April. The clubs initial plan was to spend the day with the the war heroes at Ranaviru Sevana but was changed due to the New Year holidays. The three clubs agreed on organizing a Flower Donation Campaign for the pilgrims who visit Pillawa Raja Maha Viharaya on the poya day. Flowers were gathered by the collective effort of the members of the clubs. More than thousand flowers were donated among around 100 pilgrims during the dansala. The project was an effort appreciated by the reverend monks of the temple as well as the pilgrims and was concluded at about 5.30p.m. The main objective of the project was to inspire Rotaractors to serve the community even at a small scale...

SPLASH 2015 the annual car wash fundraiser organised by the Rotaract Club of Faculty of Law, University of Colombo was held on the 20th of December 2015 near the BRC Ground,Colombo from 09.00am to 04.00pm.The project was chaired by Rtr.Vikum Jayasinghe and Rtr.Sajini Elvitigala and was one of the most successful fundraisers organised by the club owing to the commitment and support of its members with the participation of many other rotaractors supporting at the event.The fundraiser was organized in support of the upcoming community service projects of the club for the Rotaract year 2015/16 which was basically the main objective of the project.Apart from it been an annual project of the club, the day was filled with joy and enthusiasm of the members who commited in making the project a success, and the support given by each and every person is highly appreciated on behalf of the club.As aforesaid SPLASH 2015 was finaly a success which strengthened the motives and objectives of the c...

As the final event of the law week, a legal aid camp, titled “Right to Justice” was held at the National Youth Services Council on 20 th  March 2016, with the participation of 7 legal practitioners specialized in criminal law, family law, company law, employment law, land law etc. The general public were able to obtain free legal advice from these lawyers for their burning legal issues and the feedback from them was extremely satisfactory. Moreover, nearly 40 undergraduates of the faculty participated in the legal aid camp which enabled them to share knowledge with practicing lawyers and to experience how to handle specific legal issues in a practical sense. There is less opportunity at the faculty to obtain practical knowledge about legal practice and hence the participants considered this as a perfect opportunity for them to enhance their lawyerly skills. With the legal aid camp being the final event , the law week “YOU and Law” successfully concluded on 20 th  March...

"DNA Evidence  and Its Relevance  to Legal  Proceedings" being the second session of the Law Week 2016 organized by the Rotaract Club of Faculty of Law, intended in improving the knowledge of the law undergraduates of the faculty in the area of the use of DNA evidence in legal proceedings. The sessions were conducted by Dr. Ruwan Illeperuma - Head of the Forensic section of Genetech and Dr. Induwara Goonaratne - Head of the Forensic Science Department of University of Peradeniya. The disussion was conducted with the active participation of the undergraduates of the faculty. The objectives were, Improving the knowledge he law undergraduates of the faculty in the area of the use of DNA evidence in legal proceedings in courts of Sri Lanka and to increase the interest in the newly joined undergraduates to chose the Law of Evidence and Criminal Procedure as an elective. The project was successfully completed with the participation of over 100 undergraduates of the fa...

"Know Your Law" was the first session of the Law Week 2016 organized by the Rotaract Club of Faculty of Law, University of Colombo. It was conducted with the objective of raising public awareness on the legal aspects which affect the day-to-day lives, giving priority to Rights and Basic Legal Procedure of Sri Lanka. The participants were educated by the former Attorney General of Sri Lanka, Mr. Palitha Fernando and President’s Counsel, Mr. PrasanthaLal de Alwis. The project witnessed the presence of many school children from leading schools around Colombo, university undergraduates, the Dean of the Faculty, DRR Rtn. Sathiyeandra Tharmakulerajasingham and Rotarians from the parent club. Increased public awareness on the Rights and Basic Legal Procedure Increased enthusiasm amongst the undergraduates of fields other thanlaw about legal aspects, resulting in a youth who are responsive to the current legal situation of the country. I ncreased interest in the LLB degree am...