Regional law conference in Colombo

Dharma Sri Abeyratne

Under the theme 'Legal Education Towards Value based System of Law', the Commonwealth Legal Education Association Regional Conference 2008 for the South Asian Chapter is scheduled to be held in Colombo from June 26 to 28.

Specially, Judges, lawyers, teachers of law, academics, policy-makers of education, educational consultants and students are welcome for the conference which will be followed by a Law Students Conference on `Value Based Legal Education and Challenges of the Globalised Society' which is organised to give an exclusive opportunity for law students of South Asia to interact while discovering the strategies of meeting challenges in the present world, the Chairman of the Media Committee A.H.G. Ameen said.

Around 200 foreign representatives from various countries including India, Pakistan and Bangladesh will participate in the conference at which the attention will be drawn on eight topics such as 'Commercial Law-Corporate Social Responsibility, Human rights, Environmental law, Clinical legal education, Iurisprudential Argument, Alternate Dispute Resolution, Solving and Prevention Disputes, Role of the Judge.

"The purpose is to explore the avenues by which values can be integrated into the legal education curriculum. This may be the most formidable challenge which presents itself before the legal fraternity on the face of various complexities to which the legal system is exposed," the Chairman of the Organising Committee and the Principal of the Sri Lanka Law College Dr. W.D. Rodrigo said.