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BIOGRAPHY

Dumindu Madhushan is an Attorney-at-law and legal academic. He serves as a Lecturer (Probationary) attache to the Department of Private and Comparative Law, Faculty of Law, University of Colombo.

Mr Madhushan completed his Bachelor of Laws degree with Honours at the Faculty of Law, University of Colombo in 2015 and Master of Laws at Faculty of Graduate Studies, General Sir John Kotelawala Defence University, Sri Lanka in 2021. In 2016 he joined the Department of Private and Comparative Law, University of Colombo as a Temporary lecturer. Before he joins the Faculty of Law, He worked as a researcher at the Centre for Policy Alternatives, Sri Lanka on Language rights, Right to Information, and a Legal researcher at Right to Information Commission of Sri Lanka. He was called to the BAR as an Attorney-at-law in January 2017. He completed Making Teaching Effective (MaTE) course at the Staff Development Centre of University of Colombo in 2016. Mr. Madhushan was head of student affairs at the Legal Aid Unit, Faculty of Law, University of Colombo from 2016-2018.

Mr Madhushan was awarded P.A. Weerasinghe Memorial Scholarship on the Results of the G.C.E. A/L Examination 2010 – Art Section and ANADA PRADEEPA Academic Achievements based on the results at the G.C.E. (A/L) Examination 2010 – Logic and Scientific Method, Ananda College, Colombo 10 in 2010.

Mr Madhushan is an author of several scholarly articles published nationally and internationally. His research interests are Land Law, Law of Property, Right to Information, Jurisprudence, Legal Systems, and the law of Interpretation.

Currently, he holds several positions at the Faculty of Law such as Temporary Student Counsellor, Assistant Coordinator in LL.M. programme of the Faculty of Law, University of Colombo, A Consultant Research and Academic Coordinator of the Advanced Certificate in Human Rights Approach to Prison Administration at the Centre for Study of Human Rights, Faculty of Law, University of Colombo, A Research Supervisor of Bachelor of Labour Education, Institute of Human Resource Advancement, University of Colombo.

Qualifications, Fellowships and Certifications

  • CTHE 2022

    Certificate Course in Teaching in Higher Education (CTHE) - Pending

    Staff Development Centre, University of Colombo

  • LL.M. 2021

    Master of Laws (LL.M.)

    Faculty of Graduate Studies, General Sir John Kotelawala Defence University, Sri Lanka

  • LL.B. 2015

    Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.) (Hons) - Second Class (Upper Division)

    Faculty of Law, University of Colombo

  • Attorney-at-Law 2016

    Attorney-at-Law

    The Supreme Court of Sri Lanka

  • Certificate 2017

    International Human Rights

    Université catholique de Louvain

  • Certificate Course 2021

    Certificate Course in Academic Writing

    Sanford International Campus

  • MaTE 2016

    Making Teaching Effective

    Staff Development Centre, University of Colombo

  • Certificate 2019

    Liberal, Property and Environment

    Friedrich Naumann Foundation, Germany

  • 2013

    Runners Up, Intra-Faculty Moot Court Competition

    Moot Court and Debating Society, Faculty of Law, University of Colombo

  • 2010

    P.A. WEERASINGHE MEMORIAL SCHHOLARSHIP

    Awarded on the Results of the G.C.E. A/L Examination 2010 – Art Section, Ananda College, Colombo 10

  • 2010

    ANADA PRADEEPA Academic Achievements

    based on the results at the G.C.E. (A/L) Examination 2010 – Logic and Scientific Method, Ananda College, Colombo 10

  • 2010

    Scholarship in honor of the outstanding performance at G.C.E. Advanced Level Examination -2010 in Arts

    Leo club of Colombo Wekanda, District 306 C1 along with Achievers Lanka Business School

Positions

  • Present2020

    Lecturer (Probationary)

    Department of Private and Comparative Law, Faculty of Law, University of Colombo

  • PresentNovember, 2021

    Assistant Coordinator - LL.M. Programme 2022

    Faculty of Law, University of Colombo

  • PresentNovember, 2021

    Academic Coordinator of the Advanced Certificate in Human Rights Approach to Prison Administration

    Centre for Study of Human Rights, Faculty of Law, University of Colombo

  • Present2021

    Research Supervisor of Bachelor of Labour Education

    Institute of Human Resource Advancement, University of Colombo

  • Present2019

    Consultant Research

    Centre for the Study of Human Rights (CSHR), Faculty of Law, University of Colombo

  • Present2020

    Student Counsellor (Temporary)

    Faculty of Law, University of Colombo

  • Present2018

    Marking Examiner

    Sri Lanka Law College

  • 20182016

    Lecturer (Temporary)

    Department of Private and Comparative Law, Faculty of Law, University of Colombo

  • 20162016

    Lecturer (Visiting)

    Department of Private and Comparative Law, Faculty of Law, University of Colombo

  • Present2017

    Life Member

    BAR Association of Sri Lanka

  • 20202018

    Legal Researcher

    Right to Information Commission of Sri Lanka

  • 20182016

    Head, Student Affairs

    Legal Aid Unit, Faculty of Law, University of Colombo

  • 20202018

    Researcher

    Centre for Policy Alternatives, Sri Lanka

  • Present2018

    Member

    International and Comparative Law Society

  • 20182018

    Member - Criterion 04 : Course/Module Design and Development

    Quality Assurance Committee, Faculty of Law, University of Colombo