President’s Counsel Prasantha Lal de Alwis has been appointed as the new Principal of Sri Lanka Law College, effective October 22. His appointment was made by ex-Chief Justice Jayantha Jayasuriya, following the retirement of the college’s former principal, Dr Atula Pathinayake. PC de Alwis holds both his LLB and LLM from the University of Colombo.

He began his legal career in 1983 as a State Counsel at the Attorney General’s Department, where he served until 1990. In addition to his legal practice, he has contributed significantly to legal education as a lecturer at the Faculty of Law of the Open University of Sri Lanka, the University of Colombo, and Sri Lanka Law College. Currently, he serves as a Director at Assetline Finance. (Ranjith Padmasiri)