Profile of Prof. Chioma Agomo
Professor Chioma Agomo obtained an LL.B. and LL.M. from the Queen Mary College, University of London and was subsequently admitted to practice law at the Nigerian Bar.
She is currently a professor of Law, Faculty of Law, University of Lagos, Nigeria where she has also served as Dean of the Faculty. Her areas of specialisation include Law of Contract, Industrial Law, Insurance Law and Gender & the Law.
She was a member of the National Universities Commission Accreditation Panel to evaluate law programmes at the University of Jos, University of Maiduguri, Leader Accreditation team to University of Ghana, Legon and Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana, Member, Council of Legal Education, Governing Committee Nigerian Institute of Advanced Legal Studies.
She has also acted as consultant to various organisations including the Civil Liberties Organisation (CLO) on the CLO/Konrald Adeneur Foundation Project on Social Security for Nigeria Project; the Legal Research Resources Development Centre (LRRDC) on the McArthur funded Reproductive Rights and Maternal Health Project; the International Labour Organisation on the Declaration Project Nigeria; and NECA Annual Advanced Industrial Relations Seminar.
She is a member of several academic and professional bodies including the International Bar Association, Nigeria Bar Association, Nigeria Association of Law Teachers, Association of African Women in Research and Development and the Fulbright Alumni Association. In 2012, she was conferred with the Honourary Fellowship Award of the Queen Mary, Law College of Queen the University of London.
Professor Agomo has written several books and articles including: Modern Nigeria Law of Insurance; Law and Industrial Relations – Nigeria, Gender and Human Rights in Nigeria.