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Ms. Samurdhi Jayamaha

Senior Lecturer

Faculty of Humanities & Sciences | School of Law

Career Summary

Samurdhi is a Lecturer attached to the School of Law, Faculty of Humanities and Sciences. She obtained her Bachelor of Laws from Faculty of Law University of Colombo in 2015 and thereafter pursued her Masters in International Business and Commercial Law from University of West-London in 2018-2019. She is currently reading for her PhD. 

Sha took oaths as an Attorney-at-Law of the Supreme Court of Sri Lanka in January 2017 and has about 6 years’ of experience in the legal field in various capacities such as a practicing Attorney-at-Law, a Legal Researcher and an Academic. Samurdhi started her career as an apprentice to a well-known President Counsel’s Chamber in Sri Lanka and continued to be a Junior Counsel for the same Senior, for three years. Then she joined a legal firm as an Associate Attorney. Her practice was mainly on Civil matters pertaining to Family Law, Labour Law, Company Law, Money Recovery, Banking Law and Commercial Law. Samurdhi also has experience in Notarial and Company Secretarial matters. While working as a practicing Attorney Samurdhi started as a part-time a lecturer in law at the Asia Pacific Institute Of Information Technology (APIIT) Sri Lanka for the LLB(Hons) Degree of Staffordshire University, UK (2018-2021). Samurdhi has been a Visiting Lecturer for SLIIT, School of Law since September 2020 before she joined SLIIT as a full-time academic in June, 2021.

 

ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS

  • Reading for PhD in Law, South-West University of Political Science and Law, China (2020-present)
  • Master of Laws (LLM), University of West-London, UK, 2019
  • Attorneys-At-Law Examinations, Sri Lanka Law College, Sri Lanka, 2015
  • Bachelor of Laws (Hons) (2nd Class- Upper Division), University of Colombo, 2011-2015
  • Certificate Course in Anti- Terrorism Laws, South-West University of Political Science and Law, China, 2018 
  • Certificate Course in Human Resource Management Institute of Personal Management, Sri Lanka, 2010-2011 

HONOURS AND AWARDS

  • South-West University of Political Science and Law- Chinese School Scholarship (International Student) 2020-2023 (for the Doctoral Study)
  • Chongqing Municipal Government Mayor Scholarship Scholarship, China, 
  • To take participate in ‘Legal Training Course on Regional Anti-Terrorism Cooperation in Southeast and South Asia', 2018
  • Represented University of Colombo, Sri Lanka at the World Universities Debating Championship as a Competitive Adjudicator, Malaysia, 2013
  • Quarter-Finalist at the RV Debating Championship Tournament, India (2013)
  • Mahapola Merit Scholarship For Academic Excellence, Government Higher Education Scholarship For Undergraduates, Sri Lanka

Research Interests and Memberships

Research Interests

Private International Law, Investment Law, Intellectual Property Law, Commercial Law, Environmental Law, Laws on Terrorism, Labour Laws, Dispute Settlement

Memberships

  • Sri Lanka Bar Association (Since 2017)

Ongoing Research

  • An Investigation of Online Harassment Among the Young Population in Sri Lanka: Development of a national strategy to combat online harassment' - Research funded by Accelerating Higher Education Expansion and Development (AHEAD) project of World Bank 2019-2022
  • ‘Recent Trends in Protection of Intellectual Property as an International Investment’ undertaken as the Doctoral Research 2020-2023

My Publications

Journal Publications

  • Jayamaha S.  " Anti-dumping and Countervailing Duties Act No. 2 of 2018; Future for Sri Lanka’s Economy?’ "  Junior Bar e-Journal ,  vol.1(2019),    2019,        
  • Jayamaha S., Ratwatte S.,  " Sri Lanka’s encounter with Terrorism; an Analysis of the History and Law "  Journal of China Law Society,  vol.1(2019),    2019,        
  • Jayamaha S.  " Reforms of Election Laws: “A hope for the better?" "  Law and Society Trust ,  vol.2014,    2014,        

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