Sanjit Dias, LL.M.
Consultant
Project Activities
Maldives and Sri Lanka
Areas of Expertise
Constitutional Law, Human Rights, Administrative Law, Public International Law
Other Activities and Research Interests
Comparative Constitutional Law, Fourth Branch Institutions, Independence of the Judiciary
Since 12/2026 Consultant, Max Planck Foundation for International Peace and the Rule of Law
07/2023–12/2025 Research Fellow, Max Planck Foundation for International Peace and the Rule of Law
08/2022–05/2023 Master of Laws, Harvard Law School
02/2020–07/2022 Attorney-at-Law, Supreme Court of Sri Lanka
08/2019–02/2020 Legal Apprenticeship, Sri Lanka Law College
08/2018–08/2019 Legal Research Officer (Judicial Clerk) to the late Hon. Justice Prasanna Jayawardena, President’s Counsel, Judge of the Supreme Court of Sri Lanka.
02/2015–07/2018 LL.B. (Hons), Faculty of Law, University of Colombo
- Dias, S, Between a rock and a hard place: The constitutional role of the Attorney-General in Sri Lanka (2022) 6 INDIAN L. REV. 434
- Bar Association of Sri Lanka