Shirani tilakawardene biography for kids
Shirani Thilakawardeana was born Shiran Buran, daughter of an eminent surgeon, a Malay.
A person who carries herself with dignity and communicates with great diplomacy....
Shiranee Tilakawardane
Sri Lankan judge
Shiranee Tilakawardane is a former puisne justice of the Supreme Court of Sri Lanka and a member of the Judicial Service Commission.
She has also served as acting chief justice when Mohan Peiris was out of the country.[1]
Education
Tilakawardane was educated at Bishop's College, Colombo and went on to study law at the Sri Lanka Law College.
Her legal career commenced with an apprenticeship under Lalith Athulathmudali PC. This was followed by a tenure in the United States, where she served in the Consumer and Narcotic Division of the District Attorney's Office of Fort Colorado.[2] She received an honorary degree from Williams College in June and an honorary degree from Smith College in May
Pioneer
Justice Tilakawardane represented an early generation of women lawyers in Sri Lanka and scored many firsts.
She became the first woman to be enrolled as a State Counsellor in She further established a record by being