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Yemi Akinseye George | |
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| President of the Center for Socio-Legal Studies | |
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| Born | Ekiti State, Nigeria |
Yemi Akinseye George, SAN (Born, 1963 Ekiti State, Nigeria) is a Nigerian professor of Public law and President of the Center for Socio-Legal Studies[1][2].
Education and career
He was born on 1963 in Ekiti State, Nigeria[3]. He obtained a Bachelor of Law, LL.B in 1985 and a Master of law, LL.M from the University of Lagos and was called to the Nigerian Bar as a Barrister and Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Nigeria in 1986[4]. After he completed his National Youth Service Corps in 1986, he proceeded to the University of Lagos where he obtained a Master's degree in Public law[5]. In 1989, he joined the services of the prestigious University of Ibadan where he rose to the position of a senior lecturer[6][7]. After 8 years of academic service at the University of Ibadan, he bagged the prestigious Fellowship of the Davis Centre, Princeton University, New Jersy, United States of America where he conducted a research on Corruption and Constitutionalism in Africa (1997-1998)[8]. In 2003, he was appointed as Special Adviser to the Minsters of justice and Attorneys-General of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, a tenure that elapsed in 2007. While serving in this capacity, he was appointed as a professor of Public law at Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba Akoko Ondo State, Nigeria on December 2004. He served as Dean of the faculty of law at Adekunle Ajasin University[9]. On july 2012, he became a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, alongside with Femi falana and 22 others[10][11].
Membership
He is a member of the following professional bodies:
- Member of the Nigerian Bar Association
- Member of the Law professors Network,University of Pittsburgh, USA
- Member of the International Society for the Reform of Criminal Law
- Member of the Nigerian Society of International Law
- Member of the Network of University Legal Aid Institutions[12]
- Senior Advocate of Nigeria
- Member of the Council of Legal Education in Nigeria
See also
References
- ^ http://www.vanguardngr.com/2014/08/impeachment-open-letter-state-chief-judges/
- ^ http://newtelegraphonline.com/gadzama-kalu-express-worry-non-implementation-oronsaye-report/
- ^ http://www.ekiti.com/ekitinews/display_search.php?news_source=&news_id=107159
- ^ http://m.nationalmirroronline.net/article/ex-sgf-chides-govt-offi-cials-over-neglect-of-populace/?page=3&article-id=17285
- ^ https://books.google.com/books?id=EFwSuuwM-EsC&pg=PR7&lpg=PR7&dq=Professor+Yemi+Akinseye+George&source=bl&ots=dDjzopVasr&sig=GIvalOZScRs_U0NrsiE7wAO9DCU&hl=en&sa=X&ei=p1yLVM6-Lsa-PfS4gPAM&ved=0CBAQ6AEwAjgo
- ^ https://dailytrust.com.ng/sunday/index.php/letters/58-sunday-interview/sunday-interview/7600-efcc-icpc-are-operating-from-disadvantaged-position-prof-akinseye-george
- ^ http://www.bellanaija.com/2012/07/13/straight-from-the-headlines-what-everyone-was-talking-about-this-week-25/
- ^ http://transparencyng.com/index.php/television/72-interview/4473-what-jonathan-should-do-to-tackle-corruption-prof-akinseye-george
- ^ http://saharareporters.com/2010/02/21/appraising-role-legal-profession-creating-ideal-democratic-society
- ^ http://www.punchng.com/news/supreme-court-elevates-femi-falana-jacobs-23-others-to-san/
- ^ http://m.thenigerianvoice.com/news/94434/1/falana-25-others-appointed-senior-advocates-of-nig.html
- ^ http://www.nulai.org/index.php/aboutus/board-of-directors