Chioma Kanu Agomo | |
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Born | March 1, 1951 |
Citizenship | Nigerian |
Known for | Gender and the Law, Law of Contract, Industrial Law, Insurance Law |
Academic background | |
Alma mater | Queen Mary University of London |
Academic work | |
Institutions | University of Lagos |
Chioma Kanu Agomo is a Nigerian professor of Law at the University of Lagos with specialisation in Law of contract, Industrial law, Insurance law and Gender and the Law. [1]
Chioma Agomo (née Offonry) was born on 1 March 1951 in Nkpa, Bende Local Government Area of Abia State, Nigeria. [2] She attended the Methodist Girls Secondary School, Ovim, but her education was interrupted from 1967 to 1970 by the Nigerian Civil War. [2] She went to London in 1970 to complete her education at the Kennington College of Further Education before going to the Kingston College of Further Education, Kingston, Surrey, UK. [2] Agomo obtained both her Bachelor of Law (LL.B) and Masters of Law (LL.M) from the Queen Mary College, University of London [3] in 1976 and 1977 respectively. [2] From 1979 to 1980 she attended the Nigerian Law School before being called to Bar in 1980. [2]
In 1981, Agomo joined the Department of Commercial and Industrial Law as a lecturer. From 1994 to 1995 she was in the United States as a senior Fulbright Research Scholar. [2] Agomo was appointed a Professor of Law in 1999 [3] and has served as the Head of the Department of Law three times. Agomo was a Fellow of the International Training Center of the ILO (ITCILO) and again in 2006 in Turin. [2] In 2004, Professor Agomo was elected Dean of the Faculty of Law, making her the first elected female dean of a Faculty in the University of Lagos. [3] In 2006, Agomo returned to the United States on the Visiting Fulbright Specialist Program. Professor Agomo was made an Honorary Fellow of the Queen Mary University of London in 2011. [4]
Professor Agomo was a member of the National Universities Commission Accreditation Panel to evaluate law programmes at the University of Jos, and University of Maiduguri. [5] She was the Leader of the Accreditation team to University of Ghana, Legon and the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana. Professor Agomo was also a Member of the Council of Legal Education, Governing Committee Nigerian Institute of Advanced Legal Studies. [3]
Chioma Kanu Agomo | |
---|---|
Born | March 1, 1951 |
Citizenship | Nigerian |
Known for | Gender and the Law, Law of Contract, Industrial Law, Insurance Law |
Academic background | |
Alma mater | Queen Mary University of London |
Academic work | |
Institutions | University of Lagos |
Chioma Kanu Agomo is a Nigerian professor of Law at the University of Lagos with specialisation in Law of contract, Industrial law, Insurance law and Gender and the Law. [1]
Chioma Agomo (née Offonry) was born on 1 March 1951 in Nkpa, Bende Local Government Area of Abia State, Nigeria. [2] She attended the Methodist Girls Secondary School, Ovim, but her education was interrupted from 1967 to 1970 by the Nigerian Civil War. [2] She went to London in 1970 to complete her education at the Kennington College of Further Education before going to the Kingston College of Further Education, Kingston, Surrey, UK. [2] Agomo obtained both her Bachelor of Law (LL.B) and Masters of Law (LL.M) from the Queen Mary College, University of London [3] in 1976 and 1977 respectively. [2] From 1979 to 1980 she attended the Nigerian Law School before being called to Bar in 1980. [2]
In 1981, Agomo joined the Department of Commercial and Industrial Law as a lecturer. From 1994 to 1995 she was in the United States as a senior Fulbright Research Scholar. [2] Agomo was appointed a Professor of Law in 1999 [3] and has served as the Head of the Department of Law three times. Agomo was a Fellow of the International Training Center of the ILO (ITCILO) and again in 2006 in Turin. [2] In 2004, Professor Agomo was elected Dean of the Faculty of Law, making her the first elected female dean of a Faculty in the University of Lagos. [3] In 2006, Agomo returned to the United States on the Visiting Fulbright Specialist Program. Professor Agomo was made an Honorary Fellow of the Queen Mary University of London in 2011. [4]
Professor Agomo was a member of the National Universities Commission Accreditation Panel to evaluate law programmes at the University of Jos, and University of Maiduguri. [5] She was the Leader of the Accreditation team to University of Ghana, Legon and the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana. Professor Agomo was also a Member of the Council of Legal Education, Governing Committee Nigerian Institute of Advanced Legal Studies. [3]