BIOGRAPHY

Ms.Dianarthy Suthakar holds a Master of Laws degree from Faculty of Law, University of Colombo Sri Lanka, and a Bachelor of Laws degree from the Department of Law, University of Jaffna, Sri Lanka. She is also an Attorney-at-Law of the Supreme Court of Sri Lanka. She is a recipient of the Diploma in Human Resource Management from the LBS, Sri Lanka. She is also a recipient of the Certificate in Teaching in Higher Education (CTHE) with SEDA accreditation.

She is currently attached to the Department of Commercial Law, Faculty of Law, University of Colombo, Sri Lanka. Before joining the Department of Commercial Law, she was a lecturer at the Department of Law, University Jaffna, Sri Lanka.

Currently, she teaches Company Law, Intellectual property law, Business Law and Tax Law. Her research interests include corporate, consumer protection and competition, information technology law, taxation, the law relating to marriage and divorce, and thesawalamai.

Qualifications, Fellowships and Certifications

  • CTHE 2019

    Certificate in Teaching in Higher Education with SEDA accreditation

    SDC, University of Colombo

  • LL.M 2014

    Master of Laws

    Faculty of Law, University of Colombo

  • Attorney-at-Law 2012

    Attorney-at-Law

    Supreme Court of Sri Lanka

  • LL.B (Hons) 2011

    Bachelor of Laws (Hons) Top of the Batch

    Department of Law, University of Jaffna , Sri Lanka

  • Diploma 2009

    Diploma in Human Resource Management

    LBS, Sri Lanka

Positions

  • Present2018

    Lecturer

    Faculty of Law, University of Colombo

  • Present2018

    Student Counselor (Temporary)

    Faculty of Law, University of Colombo

  • Present2019

    Visiting Lecturer and Examiner

    Faculty of Management, University of Colombo

  • Present2018

    Visiting Lecturer and Examiner

    Faculty of Graduate Studies, University of Colombo

  • Present2018

    Visiting Lecturer and Examiner

    Open University of Sri Lanka

  • Present2019

    Examiner

    Sri Lanka Law College

  • 20182017

    Assistant Lecturer

    Faculty of Law, University of Colombo

  • 20172016

    Junior Researcher ( Legal Studies)

    Center for Social Legal Studies (Independent committee for Asian legal studies), Singapore

  • 20242024

    Visiting Lecturer

    Faculty of Management, University of Jaffna

  • 20152013

    Lecturer

    Department of Law, University of Jaffna

  • 20122012

    Assistant Lecturer

    Department of Law, University of Jaffna

  • 20122011

    Intern

    FJ & G de Saram, Attorneys-at-Law