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5 – 7 February 2027 · Venue TBA

Junior National Law Conference 2027

The Future We Practise

Dates
5 – 7 February 2027
Venue
To be announced
For
Junior members of the Bar
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Looking back

JNLC 2025

“Raise the Bar”

Three days with Attorney-General Parinda Ranasinghe and members of the judiciary, on the challenges facing early-career attorneys.

  • Mentorship
  • Gender equality
  • Equal access to justice
Dates
14 – 16 November 2025
Venue
Jetwing Blue, Negombo
Organised by
BASL Junior Bar Committee

The opening ceremony, keynote and panel discussions.

Photography by Oracle Photography

Our vision

The Future We Practise

The theme is about young lawyers actively building the future we deserve, through our collaborations, our actions and our values.

We build that future through our practices, and not through the practice of law alone. What we practise also includes ethics, the values and solidarity that shape the kind of profession we want to belong to.

  1. Collaboration

    Working across chambers, courts and regions to grow together as a profession.

  2. Action

    Turning ideas into practice, in court, in our offices and in our communities.

  3. Values

    Ethics, integrity and solidarity as habits we practise every day.

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Programme

Sessions

The full programme will be published closer to the conference. Selected sessions will be live streamed here.

  1. Session 1

    Session title to be confirmed

    Placeholder Speakers and description to follow.

    Live stream
  2. Session 2

    Session title to be confirmed

    Placeholder Speakers and description to follow.

    Live stream

Live stream. Can't attend in person? Watch selected sessions live on this page during the conference.

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Organising committee

The team

  • Chair
    Zul Karnain Luthufi
  • Co-Chair
    Dinithi Jayasinghe
  • Secretary
    Hasini Rupasinghe
  • Treasurer
    Rodney Vaz

Sub-committees

Finance6 members
  • Ishan Jayasundara
  • Manith Dissanayake
  • Vinsuka Gunewardana
  • Ameerah Salie
  • Shenaya Choksy
  • Navod Rathnasekara
Sessions6 members
  • Sandu Batagoda
  • Drushika Amirthanayagam
  • Binithi Perera
  • Geilee Ukwatte
  • Sarvesvaran Vishakan
  • Nadeesha Perera
Media3 members
  • Apoorwa Nanayakara
  • Randeewari
  • Induri Perera
Logistics6 members
  • Sanjana Mapatuna
  • Dhimarsha Marso
  • Thenuda Imbulagoda
  • Dhanusha Udahawatte
  • Adam Harley
  • Kushil Lanerolle