Event Title
Conference Report: Professor Dr. Christian N. Okeke, Celebrating Our Success: International Law at a Crossroad.
Start Date
27-3-2015 9:00 AM
End Date
27-3-2015 9:30 AM
Mar 27th, 9:00 AM
Mar 27th, 9:30 AM
Conference Report: Professor Dr. Christian N. Okeke, Celebrating Our Success: International Law at a Crossroad.
Comments
Christian Nwachukwu Okeke is a Professor of International and Comparative Law and Director of the Sompong Sucharitkul Center for Advanced International Legal Studies at the Golden Gate University School of Law. He is also the Director of LL.M. & S.J.D. International Legal Studies at Golden Gate University School of Law.
Professor Okeke earned his Master of Laws (LL.M.) with honor (magna cum laude) from Kiev State University, Ukraine and Doctor in de Rechtsgeleerdheid (Ph.D.) from the Free University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Professor Okeke has taught law courses in international and comparative law at various Universities in Africa, Europe and North America for about three decades. He is a Visiting Professor of Law at Mount Crest University, Accra Ghana. Currently at Golden Gate University School of Law, he teaches courses on International and Comparative Law, specifically on International Law, Comparative Legal Systems, International Investment Law, International Organizations, Air, Space and Telecommunications Law.
He is the Editor-in-Chief of the Annual Survey of International and Comparative Law. Before joining Golden Gate University School of Law, Professor Okeke practiced law in the Law firm of Ilegbune, Okeke & Co. as a Solicitor and Advocate of the Supreme Court of Nigeria. He was an Emeritus Pioneer Dean and Professor of Law of two Nigerian accredited Faculties of Law, namely: Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka (formerly Anambra State University of Technology), and Enugu State University of Science and Technology, Enugu, Nigeria. He was also a Deputy Vice Chancellor of the Enugu State University. Professor Okeke has widely published books and articles on international and comparative law. A 786-page book titled, Contemporary Issues on International and Comparative Law: Essays in honor of Professor Dr. Christian Nwachukwu Okeke, was published by Vandeplas Publishing Company in 2009. In 2012 he was awarded the Cross Ecclesia et Pontifice (“Cross of Honor”), the highest medal of honor conferred by the Papacy on the laity by Pope Benedict XVI for his outstanding services to the Catholic Church and humanity at large. He is the Pioneer Pro Chancellor and Chairman of the Governing Council, Godfrey Okoye University, Enugu (2009-to date), the first Diocesan Catholic University in Africa.