The old saying is that ‘to teach, is to twice learn’. What that saying does not encompass is all of the new things that you will learn when you teach. I feel like I am the one who has been on a voyage of discovery.
Thank you to ADB and SLJI, to Charuka Ekanayake, Miro Frances Capili, Amrit Rajapakse and Lih Jeng Low.
Thank you to the impressive and dedicated judges of the District Court. This experience has been so inspiring to get to meet almost every judge in this cohort and to hear them speak of their challenges and commitment. Every judge was generous and engaged with us even for the roleplays. I have learnt something fascinating and wonderful at every training from the judges.
Organised by the Sri Lanka Judges’ Institute (SLJI) in collaboration with Asian Development Bank.
From January to May 2026, ADB’s Law and Policy Reform Program, in partnership with the Sri Lanka Judges’ Institute (SLJI), trained more than 110 district court judges and magistrates to strengthen commercial dispute resolution critical in Sri Lanka.
The program equipped district court judges with practical skills in judicial settlement in Sri Lanka’s legal context, core skills for settlement facilitation and ethical roles of judges. Participants also honed their mediation capabilities through hands-on, facilitated roleplays.
This initiative builds on earlier ADB-SJJI collaboration in July 2025, which trained 25 high court judges and 49 judicial officers in commercial arbitration and mediation.