Ruth Okediji

Ruth Lade Okediji
Delivering a keynote at the Creative Commons Global Summit, 2018.
Born	1969 (age 55–56) [1] Nigeria [2]
Education	University of Jos (LLB) Harvard University (LLM, SJD)
Occupations	Author lawyer law professor

Ruth Lade Okediji (born 1969) is an American legal scholar. She is the Jeremiah Smith. Jr, Professor of Law at Harvard Law School and co-director of the Berkman Klein Center. ^[3] She also founded and serves as faculty director of Harvard Law School's Program on Biblical Law and Christian Legal Studies. ^{[4] [5]} Professor Okediji is an internationally renowned expert and scholar on intellectual property, trade and development. ^[6] In 2017 she was appointed as part of the Creative Commons Board.

Education

She received an LL.B. from the University of Jos in Nigeria in 1989. ^[7] She received her LL.M. in 1991 and S.J.D. in 1996, both from Harvard Law School. ^[7]

Career

She was the Edith Gaylord Presidential Professor of Law at the University of Oklahoma College of Law while also serving on the Oklahoma Public Employee Relations Board. ^[8]

From 2003 to 2017, she taught at the University of Minnesota Law School where she was the William L. Prosser Professor of Law and appointed as a McKnight Presidential Professor. ^[9]

In 2017, Okediji joined the Harvard Law faculty as a tenured professor. ^[10]

She also held visiting professorships at Duke University School of Law, the University of Haifa Law School, the University of St. Thomas School of Law, and the University of Tilburg Law School. ^[11]

She was awarded the prestigious Barry Prize for Distinguished Intellectual Achievement by the American Academy of Sciences and Letters in 2023. ^[12]

Bibliography

• Bagley, Margo A.; Okediji, Ruth L.; Erstling, Jay A. (2013). International Patent Law and Policy - American Casebook Series. St. Paul, MN. ISBN   978-0-314-28787-8. OCLC   842883961.
• Okediji, Ruth L.; Bagley, Margo A. (2014). Patent Law in Global Perspective. New York. ISBN   978-0-19-936110-6. OCLC   881476206.
• Cimoli, Mario; Dosi, Giovanni; Maskus, Keith E.; Okediji, Ruth L.; Reichman, Jerome H. (2014). Stiglitz, Joseph E. (ed.). Intellectual Property Rights : Legal and Economic Challenges for Development (First ed.). Oxford: Oxford. ISBN   978-0-19-966075-9. OCLC   879770440.
• Copyright Law in an Age of Limitations and Exceptions. New York, NY. 2017. ISBN   978-1-107-13237-5. OCLC   927166124.
• Helfer, Laurence R; Land, Molly K; Okediji, Ruth L; Reichman, J. H; Oxford University Press (2017). The World Blind Union guide to the Marrakesh Treaty: facilitating access to books for print-disabled individuals. New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN   978-0-19-067964-4. OCLC   1117298020.

Live drawing of her keynote at the Creative Commons Global Summit, 2018.

References

1. "VIAF Authority Control". viaf.org. Retrieved 8 October 2019.
2. "PIJIP's Marrakesh Treaty Event – Teaching Resource and Thanks". infojustice.org. Retrieved 16 July 2018.
3. "RUTH L. OKEDIJI Jeremiah Smith, Jr. Professor of Law". hls.harvard.edu. Retrieved 2018-04-16.
4. Ogebe, Emmanuel (November 19, 2023). "Ruth Gana-Okediji inducted into American Academy of Science". PM News Nigeria. Archived from the original on November 20, 2023. Retrieved November 26, 2023.
5. "Staff". Harvard Law School Program on Biblical Law and Christian Legal Studies. Retrieved 2023-11-27.
6. "Speakers' bio notes" (PDF). World Intellectual Property organization. Retrieved 2017-02-16.
7. "Ruth L. Okediji". Harvard Law School. Retrieved 2025-02-27.
8. Staff, HLS News. "Leading IP scholar Ruth Okediji joins Harvard Law faculty". Harvard Law School. Retrieved 2025-02-27.
9. "Ruth Okediji Awarded McKnight Presidential Professorship". University of Minnesota Law School. 2016-10-12.
10. Staff, HLS News. "Leading IP scholar Ruth Okediji joins Harvard Law faculty". Harvard Law School. Retrieved 2025-02-27.
11. "Okediji, Ruth". University of Minnesota Law School. 2015-09-04.
12. "Awards". American Academy of Sciences & Letters. Retrieved 2024-10-27.

External links

• Professor Ruth Okediji talks on Copyright and Public Interest at the IFLA Presidential Meeting, 2011.