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Nationality. Sri Lankan. Awards. Fukuoka Prize. Academic background. Alma mater. Ladies College, University of Peradeniya, Harvard Law School. Savitri Goonesekere is a jurist and academic [ 1] from Sri Lanka. She is an international expert on the rights of children.
Ladies' College is a private girls' school in Cinnamon Gardens, Colombo, Sri Lanka, founded on behalf of the Church Missionary Society by Lilian Nixon in 1900. The school is managed by the Anglican Church of Ceylon , and falls under the Diocese of Colombo .
Tiruchelvam held several academic positions in Sri Lanka and the USA. He was Fulbright Fellow (1969–71) and fellow in law and modernization at Yale Law School (1972–74). He was then reader at the Faculty of Law, University of Sri Lanka Colombo campus and Edward Smith Visiting Fellow and Lecturer at Harvard Law School.
In 2006, Suk became an assistant professor at Harvard Law School, making her the second woman of minority background to join the faculty (after Lani Guinier). [1] In 2010, Suk was granted tenure; she was the first Asian American woman awarded tenure in the law school's history. [1] She is currently the John H. Watson, Jr. Professor of Law.
Established in 1935, this position enables scholars to work across disciplines and at any of Harvard's schools. [2] The number of University Professors has increased over time, made possible by new endowed gifts to the university. In 2006, there were 21 University Professors. [3] As of 2022, the total has risen to 25 University Professors. [4]
Radhika Coomaraswamy. Deshamanya Radhika Coomaraswamy (born 17 September 1953) [ 1] is a Sri Lankan lawyer, diplomat and human rights advocate who served as an Under-Secretary General and Special Representative for Children and Armed Conflict from 2006 to 2012. Secretary-General Kofi Annan appointed her to the position in April 2006. [ 2]
John Chipman Gray (LL.B. 1861), property law professor and founder of the law firm Ropes & Gray. Livingston Hall, Roscoe Pound Professor of Law at Harvard Law School until his 1971 retirement. George Haskins (1942), Algernon Sydney Biddle Professor of Law at the University of Pennsylvania Law School.
Harvard Law School ( JD) Christine M. Jolls (born October 1, 1967) is the Gordon Bradford Tweedy Professor of Law and Organization at Yale Law School, [ 1] where she has been since 2006. She is known for her work in the emerging theory of behavioral economics and law. Her areas of research include employment law and contracts.