Career Series: Dinusha Mendis, Bournemouth University

26-01-2022

Muireann Bolger

Career Series: Dinusha Mendis, Bournemouth University

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The IP professor tells WIPR about how she made the journey from a childhood in Sri Lanka to becoming a copyright expert in the UK.

Tell us about the course of your career.

After training to be a barrister at The Honourable Society of the Middle Temple in London, and working in practice, I returned to academia and completed my PhD in copyright law at the University of Edinburgh in 2007. During this time, I fell in love with copyright, and have never looked back.

Following my PhD, I worked as a lecturer in law at the University of Central Lancashire (2007–2010) and then moved to Bournemouth University as a senior lecturer in law in 2011. I was appointed co-director of the Centre for Intellectual Property Policy and Management (CIPPM) in 2011 and my involvement with CIPPM helped me to progress my research in copyright law.


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