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Department of Law

University of Peradeniya

Ms. Pamoda Jayasundara

Lecturer (Probationary)

LL.B (Peradeniya), LL.M (Texas)

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Education

LL.B

Department of Law, University of Peradeniya

April 2013 - December 2016

LL.M in Human Rights and Comparative Constitutional Law

School of Law, University of Texas at Austin

August 2019 - May 2020

Current Positions

Lecturer (Probationary) - Department of Law, University of Peradeniya

April 2019 - To Present

Lecturer (Visiting), Masters in Human Rights and Multiculturalism - Postgraduate Institute of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Peradeniya

February 2021 - To Present

Senior Academic Sub Warden - Ramanathan Hall, University of Peradeniya

December 2020 - To Present

Attorney-at-Law - Supreme Court of Sri Lanka

August 2018 - To Present

Treasurer - Staff Welfare Guild, Department of Law

January 2022 - To Present

Positions Held

Research Fellow - Transnational Law Center, University of Texas at Austin

August 2019 - May 2020

Temporary Lecturer - Department of Law, University of Peradeniya

August 2017 - April 2019)

Academic Sub Warden - Wijewardana Hall, University of Peradeniya

December 2017 - August 2019

Volunteer Student Counselor - Faculty of Arts, University of Peradeniya

November 2017 - April 2019

Internee - The Asia Foundation, Colombo, Sri Lanka

April 2017 - June 2017

Internee - Human Rights Commission of Sri Lanka

April 2017 - June 2017

Memberships

Member - Bar Association of Sri Lanka

September 2018

Member - Alumni Association of the University of Peradeniya

November 2021

Member - Mooting Team of the Department of Law

2017

Awards

Fulbright Mater’s Scholar - Fulbright Commission of Sri Lanka

2019

MD Anderson Research Fellow - Transnational Law Center, University of Texas at Austin

2019

Neelakandan Thiruchelvam Memorial Gold Medal for Excellence in Constitutional Law - Faculty of Arts, University of Peradeniya

2017

LL.B (First Class Honours) - Department of Law, University of Peradeniya

2016

Publications

JOURNAL ARTICLES

‘The Domestication of International Human Rights Treaties: A Legisprudential Analysis of the Purpose and Parameters of Treaty-Implementing Statutes’ – Working Paper Series of the Transnational Law Center, University of Texas at Austin (May 2020)

CONFERENCE PAPERS

‘A Critical Evaluation of the Effectiveness of Right to Equality in the 1978 Constitution of Sri Lanka in Light of Feminist Jurisprudence’ – University of Peradeniya Undergraduate Research Conference (November 2016)

‘A Critical Evaluation of the Effectiveness of Right to Equality in the 1978 Constitution of Sri Lanka in Achieving Gender Justice through Law’ - Peradeniya University International Research Sessions (November 2017)

‘Eco-racism as an Emerging Circle of Green Victimization and the Role of Environmental Justice in Combating Distributional Inequities’ – Amity International Conference on Legal Dimensions of the Environment, Amity Law School, Gurgaon, New Delhi, India (October 2017)

'The Relevance of Jurisprudence in the Contemporary Legal Studies of Sri Lanka’ – National Law Teachers’ Conference, Colombo, Sri Lanka (January 2018)

'Foundational Failures in Jurisprudential Legitimizations of Capital Punishment: A Critical Analogy of the Utilitarian and Retributivist Theories and Their Usage in the Sri Lankan Debate' – International Conference on Humanities and Social Sciences (ICHSS), University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka (November 2018)

The Story of Powerful Satire: An Analysis of the Impact and Boundaries of Political Cartoons’ – University of New England Online Symposium (November 2021)

‘An Appraisal of Clinical Legal Education in Sri Lanka with Special Reference to the Curriculum of University of Peradeniya’ – National Law Teachers’ Conference (To be published, 2022)

Conferences

International Conference on Humanities and Social Sciences (ICHSS)

Presented a paper

University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka

November 2018

University of Peradeniya Undergraduate Research Conference (iPURSE)

Presented the abstract of the undergraduate dissertation

University of Peradeniya

November 2016

Peradeniya University International Research Sessions

Presented a paper

University of Peradeniya

November 2017

Amity International Conference on Legal Dimensions of the Environment

Presented a paper

Amity Law School, Gurgaon, New Delhi, India

October 2017

National Law Teachers’ Conference

Presented an abstract

Colombo, Sri Lanka

January 2018

Global Conference on Constitution-Making and Constitutional Change

Participation

The University of Texas at Austin

January 2020

University of New England Online Symposium

Presented an abstract

Online

November 2021

Specialization

Legal Theory / Jurisprudence

Human Rights Law

Animal Protection Law

Comparative Constitutional Law

Public International Law

Teaching

LAW 401 / LAW 3013 - Jurisprudence I

Department of Law

2018 - To Present

LAW 418 - Jurisprudence II

Department of Law

2018 - To Present

LAW 3017 - Animal Protection Law

Department of Law

October 2021 - To Present

LAW 498 - Legal Clinic

Department of Law

2018 - To Present

LAW 309 / LAW 2010 - Human Rights Law

Department of Law

2018 - 2020

Research Interests

Legal Theory

Human Rights Law

Animal Protection Law

Comparative Constitutional Law


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