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Opening up more avenues to Sri Lankan students interested in following a law degree, Asian International Academy (Aia) is set to offer a three-year British LLB (Hons) Law degree from the prestigious University of London, UK.
Headed by Retired Supreme Court Judge Justice S.I. Imam, the law faculty of Aia is well-equipped with LLB qualified educators who are practising lawyers with ample experience in guiding students as lecturers. Once the students at Aia successfully complete their degree, they will be able to sit for the Attorney-at-Law examination conducted by the Sri Lanka Law College. Students who are interested in following the law degree at Aia can obtain student loans up to 75% from NDB bank. Aia allows students to pay the affordable university fee in instalments.
Speaking about the importance of the addition of a law faculty to the academy, Head of Faculty Justice Imam explains: “With the opening of the law faculty, Aia students obtain the opportunity to achieve the LLB qualification. We’ve had the warm and enthusiastic support of the local law professionals in our endeavours so far and we look forward to working closely with this community as we develop our law courses. We are very ambitious, and are looking to expand our law faculty rapidly over the coming years.”
Justice Imam practised law in Kandy for six years before joining the bench and joined the Judicial Service of Sri Lanka in as a magistrate in 1980. He continued his illustrious career serving in different parts of the island as a magistrate before being promoted as a District Judge, a High Court Judge, and an Appeal Court Judge and subsequently a Supreme Court Judge.
He was a member of the Judicial Service Commission and served as the President of the well-known ‘Inoka Sewanddi Trial-at-Bar Case’. He also functioned as the Chairman of the Land Acquisition Board of review and the Administrative Appeals Tribunal.
Having been nominated by the Judicial Service Commission, Justice Imam has participated in numerous legal seminars locally and internationally. Enriching his legal expertise further, he took part in training programmes in Commercial Law at the International Development and Legal Organization (IDLO) in Rome, Italy. Imam holds a certificate of achievement from the University of Stafford, California, USA.
Speaking further he said: “Given the LLB qualified lecture panel that we have, I am confident that we will be able to achieve a 100% pass rate in the first year itself.”
The class structure of the program involves group classes of 20 students per class which will allow students to engage in a more interactive learning environment and enable lecturers to provide more personalised guidance to each student.
Aia – Sri Lanka provides a comprehensive and an in depth range of higher education and professional qualification opportunities in Sri Lanka with core focus on the three areas of higher education, professional education and skill development training. Aia facilitates educational and professional programmes from the University of London, UK, the Deakin University of Australia and the Sri Lanka Institute of Credit Management.
Those interested to join the LLB classes can obtain more details from T.A.S. Kumarasiri via 0714279279.
