page_title: Sri Lanka Law College
section_title: Notable alumni
hierarchical_section_title: Sri Lanka Law College / Notable alumni
caption_attribution_description: English: Photograph of first executive president of Sri Lanka,Junius Richard Jayawardana (1906-1996)
context_page_description: Sri Lanka Law College was established as the Ceylon Law College under the Council of Legal Education in 1874 in order to impart a formal legal education to those who wished to become advocates and proctors in Ceylon. The institute is situated at Hulftsdorp Street in Colombo. The Main Building of the College was constructed in the year 1911.
context_section_description: As one of the oldest professional training bodies it has trained all the lawyers in the country who have served not only in the field of law but also various other fields such as politics, social reforms, commerce, trade unions and religion. For instance, two of the five Executive Presidents and Prime Minister Ranil Wickramasinghe had their higher education and training at the Sri Lanka Law College.
  President Junius Richard Jayewardene - First executive President of Sri Lanka.
  President Mahinda Rajapaksa - Former (5th) Executive President of Sri Lanka.
  Hon. Ranil Wickramasinghe - Prime Minister.
  E. W. Perera - independence activist and senator.
  Hon. Gamini Dissanayake - former cabinet minister, and a presidential candidate.
  Hon. Justice  Parinda Ranasinghe - former Chief Justice of Sri Lanka
  Hon. Justice  Sri Lankabhimanya Christopher Weeramantry - former Judge of the International Court of Justice and Judge of the Supreme Court of Sri Lanka
  Hon. Justice J. F. A. Soza - former Judge of the Supreme Court of Sri Lanka
  Hon. Justice Sarath N. Silva - former Chief Justice of Sri Lanka
  Hon. Justice V. Manicavasagar- former Judge of the Supreme Court of Sri Lanka and Chancellor of the University of Jaffna
  Hon. Justice Shirani Tilakawardene - Judge of the Supreme Court of Sri Lank
  Hon. Justice Saleem Marsoof, PC - Judge of the Supreme Court of Sri Lanka and
  Hon. Justice Siva Selliah - former Judge of the Court of Appeal of Sri Lanka
  Sarath Ambepitiya - former Judge of the High Court of Colombo
  Dr. Harry Wilfred Jayewardene, QC - former President Sri Lanka Bar Association, Chairman Industrial Disputes Commission, UN Human Rights Commission
  Hon. Dappula de Livera - Attorney General of Sri Lanka
  Senator Somasundaram Nadesan, QC - former  Senator & President of the Bar Council
  Hon. H. Sri Nissanka, QC - Member of Parliament
  Hon. Dilan Perera - Current Minister of Port Development
  Hon. Jeyaraj Fernandopulle - former cabinet minister and a Member of Parliament
  Hon. Rohitha Bogollagama - former cabinet minister and a Member of Parliament
  Hemantha Warnakulasuriya, PC -Sri Lankan Ambassador to Italy
  Jayathri Samarakone - Sri Lankan  High Commissioner  to Singapore
  Lasantha Wickrematunge - journalist and former editor-in-chief of The Sunday Leader
  Brigadier Donald Hewagama
  Justice Priyantha Jayawardena
  Namel Weeramuni
caption: J.R. Jayawardene
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