Law College Entrance Exam

Only nearly 250 candidates who pass the annual Law College Entrance Examination will have the rare opportunity to enter the Law College of Sri Lanka. This is the fastest way to become a lawyer in Sri Lanka, and you will have the opportunity to be sworn in as a Supreme Court lawyer less than four years after completing three years of study and six months of apprenticeship.If you enter the Sri Lanka Law College, you will have the opportunity to pay the annual facility fee (around Rs. 15,000) and will not have to incur any expenses other than the examination fee.

• GCE (Advanced Level) Two (C) passes and one (S) pass.
• (C) pass in Ordinary Level Sinhala or Tamil and English
• There is no age limit.
• Exam: June of each year

Syllabus:

• General Knowledge and General Intelligence (Duration 2 hours / 100 marks)
• Language Skills(Duration 3 hours / 100 marks)     (Sinhala or English or Tamil)
• More than 50 marks should be obtained for one question paper to pass the examination.

Language medium selection

• • General Knowledge and General Intelligence If the question paper is selected in Sinhala or Tamil    language, the language test question paper should be in English.
• • General Knowledge and General Intelligence If the question paper is selected in English, the language test question paper should be in Sinhala or Tamil medium.

Analysis of Law College Entrance Exam Results (During the last 5 years)

Requirements to be met when entering the legal profession.

Extraordinary Gazette Notification No. 2208/13 (30/12/2020)