Yemi Akinseye George

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Yemi Akinseye George
Born1963
NationalityNigerian
Alma mater University of Lagos
Occupation(s)Legal practitioner; academic administrator
EmployerYemi Akinseye-George & Partners
Known forLegal cases

Yemi Akinseye George, SAN (born 1963) is a Nigerian professor of public law and president of the Center for Socio-Legal Studies. [1] [2] He is the principal partner of Yemi Akinseye-George & Partners, a firm which provides qualitative legal and consultancy services to individuals, corporate bodies, and governments within and outside Nigeria. [3]

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Early life

George was born on 1963 in Ondo State, Nigeria. [4] He obtained a Bachelor of Law (LLB) in 1985 and a Master of Law (LLM) from the University of Lagos. He was called to the Nigerian Bar as a Barrister and Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Nigeria in 1986. [5] 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. [6]

Career

In 1989, he joined the University of Ibadan, where he became a senior lecturer. [7] [8] After eight years of academic service at the University of Ibadan, he received a fellowship at the Davis Centre at Princeton University. He conducted research on corruption and constitutionalism in Africa at Princeton (1997-1998). [9] In 2003, he was appointed Special Adviser to the Ministers of Justice and Attorneys-General of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. While serving in this capacity, he was appointed as a professor of public law at Adekunle Ajasin University in Ondo State in December 2004. He served as dean of the faculty of law at the university. [10] In July 2012, he became a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, alongside Femi Falana and 22 others. [11] [12] He has, since his call to bar actively combined scholarship with Legal practice.

Membership

He is a member of the following professional bodies:

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