Funso ADARAMOLA, Prof. (Chief) Sir

Biographical record

Title

Prof.

Surname

ADARAMOLA, Prof. (Chief) Sir

First Name

Funso

Gender

Male

Source of Publication

NIBC Who's Who (3rd Edition)

Date of Birth

September 23, 1937

Status

Alive

State of Origin

Kwara State

Place of Birth

Ile-Ife, Osun State

Father's Status

N/A

Mother's Status

N/A

Marital Status

Married

Names of Children

has children

Profession

Academic administrator
Legal practitioner

Education Level

Tertiary

Schools Attended with Dates

St Lukes College, Ibadan, 1953; Apostolic Teachers College, Ilesha 1957;University of London, England, 1961; College of Education' University of Dundee, Scotland, UK, 1962;University of London! England, 1964; Nigerian Law School, Lagos, 1965; Queens University of Belfast, Belfast Northern Ireland, UK, 1971;

Educational Qualification

LL.B, B.L, LLM Ph D MNIM, CIES, CIPM, K.S.C

Membership of Professional Bodies/Professional Qualifications

Executive Committee, N.S.I.L, since 1968; Governing Council, Nigerian Institute of International Affairs, Lagos, 1972-75; University Senate, University of Lagos, since 1990; Lagos State University College of Medicine Court of Governors, since 2000; Editorial Board, Regional Arbitrators, Journal of Lagos Regional Centre for International Commercial Arbitration, since 2000; Editorial Board, LASU Law Journal, since 2000; General sec, Nigerian Union of Great Britain and Northern , Ireland, Dundee Area Branch, 1961-62; Founder/ First presd. Nigerian League of Bribe Scorners, St Lukes College, Ibadan, 1953; Editor-in-Chief, The Voice, Students Magazine, Apostolic Teachers College, Ilesha, 1956-57; asst General sec National Council of Nigeria and the Cameroons. Offa Branch, 1954-55; 58-59; Nigerian Law Teachers Association; Nigerian Bar Association; Foundation Executive/Life mem. Nigerian Society of International Law; Nigerian Institute of Management; African Bar Association; Nigerian Institute of Internal Affairs; Fullbright Alumni Association of Nigeria;

Previous Appointments

Lecturer, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, 1964-71; ag. Dean, Faculty of Law, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, 1969; Lecturer, University of Lagos, Akoka,1972-73; Lecturer, Lagos State University, Ojo, 1987-89; 1989- 95; since 2000; aprof. International Law; snr. Lecturer, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, 1991-92; visiting prof. College of Law, University of Illinois, Urbana- Champaign, USA, 1992; visiting aprof. University of Ilorin, Faculty of Law, 1994-95; ee. Ogun State University; since 1997; University of Lagos, Akoka, since 1998; prof, of Jurisprudence and International Law, Faculty of Law, Lagos State University, Ojo, since 2000; Staff Adviser, Lincoln's Inn Chambers, LASU/LAWs, 2000; Sole Administrator, (Judicial), Boundary Settlement sec/Legal Adviser, Kwara State Water Corporation, 1973-75; comm. Kwara State, 1971- 75; Sole Administrator, Kwara State Polytechnic, Ilorin, 1979-80; Special Adviser, to Governor and dir. of Information, Kwara State! July -Sept 1983;

Have you ever been a member of any political party?

N/A

Traditional Titles

Aare of Ekanland, Kwara State, 1974J Balogun-Aafin ofOra-Igbomina, Osun State, 1978; Aare ofEkitilandl 1983; First Baamofin of Obboland, Kwara State, 1990;

International/Foreign Decorations

First Nigerian Professor to have combined Chairs of Jurisprudence and International Law, 2000; International Man of the Year for Law and Legal Education, International Biographical Centre, Cambridge, England, 1993; Cited in Africa's WHO WHO, Maiden Edition 1981&1991; Cited in the Millenium Edition of WHO's WHO in the World,2000;Placed on Role of Honour of Apostolic Teachers College Ilesha; Won the first Commonwealth Scholarship for Diploma in Education, 1960; h: Grand Commander Of The Order of the Knights Saint Christhopher, 2000;

Creative Work/Major Exhibitions

Basic Jurisprudence, First Printed and Published , University of Illinois Press, Urbana-Champaign, USA, 1992; A Manual on Legal Methods .1991; 2™ (Revised and Enlarged) Edition Of Basic Jurisprudence Spectrum Books Ltd, Lagos, 2002;

Hobbies

play acting, singing, gardening, sport

Social Clubs

Diocesan Counsellor, Kwara Anglican Diocese, since 1974; Founder/First presd. Ife Divisional Union of Student 1953-56; Founder, Obbo Peoples Union (A Social- Economic and Cultural Organisation), 1965; National asst Treasurer Students Christian Movement of Nigeria, 1953; sec. Parish Council' St. Marks Anglican Church, Offa, Kwara State, 1954-59;

Residential Address

No.l, Ajero Crescent, Kajola Street, Obbo-Aiyegunle, Ekiti lea Kwara State

Official Address

Faculty of Law, Lagos State University, Ojo, Badagry Expressway, P.M.B. 1087, Apapa, Lagos