Department of Commercial and Industrial Law

Prof. Adejoke Omolola Oyewunmi

Specialisation Intellectual Property and Information Technology Law, Labour Law, Business Law, Insurance, Gender and the Law

Personal Statement

Prof Adejoke Oyewunmi joined the Faculty in 1992 and specialises in Intellectual Property and Information Technology Law, Labour Law, Business Law, Insurance as well as Gender and the Law. She attended Federal Government Girls College, Benin City (O'Levels) and Federal Government College, Ilorin (A' Levels) as well as Obafemi Awolowo University, University of Lagos and University of New Hampshire, USA (for her undergraduate and postgraduate degrees). She was called to the Bar in 1989. Prof Oyewunmi has held regional and international fellowships at the Max Planck Institute for Intellectual Property and Innovation Law, Munich, Germany; Franklin Pierce Law Centre, University of New Hampshire, USA; International Labour Organisation Training Centre, Turin, Italy; and Africa University, Mutare, Zimbabwe. Her publications include Nigerian Law of Intellectual Property (2015); Handbook of Business Law (2017); Intellectual Property Law, Practice and Management: Perspectives from Africa (2018); and Rethinking Commercial and Industrial Law in Nigeria: Essays in Honour of Prof ChiomaKanuAgomo (2023). A former Sub-Dean and Master of Laws Coordinator, Prof Oyewunmi is Legal Adviser, West and Central Africa Division of Seventh-day Adventists; Member, Governing Council, Babcock University; and Former Head, Research and Documentation Committee, Nigerian Bar Association Women Forum.

Rank
Professor
Department
Commercial and Industrial Law
Publications listed
4
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