Jadesola Olayinka AKANDE

Biographical record

Title

Prof.

Surname

AKANDE

First Name

Jadesola

Other Names

Olayinka

Gender

Female

Source of Publication

NIBC Who's Who (3rd Edition)

Date of Birth

November 15, 1940

Status

Alive

State of Origin

Lagos

Place of Birth

Lagos

Father's Status

N/A

Mother's Status

N/A

Marital Status

Widowed

Name of Spouse

Late Debo Akande, August 31, 1963

Names of Children

has children

Profession

Legal practitioner
Researcher
Administrator

Education Level

Primary

Educational Qualification

SAN, OFR, LL.B., LL.M.. Ph.D

Membership of Professional Bodies/Professional Qualifications

dir.Women Law Development Centre of Nigeria; Regional v-presd., Internaitonal Federation of Women Lawyer 1981-83;

Previous Appointments

Admin. Officer/State Counsel, Western Region, 1964- 65; Lecturer/snr. Lecturer, Faculty of Law, University of Lagos, 1965- 79; prof/aprof., Nigerian Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, 1981; Research prof., Nigerian Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, 1983; Regional Consultant to various UN organasations; founder. Women Law and Development Centre; Dean, Faculty of Law, Lagos State University, Ojo, Lagos, 1986-88; v-c, Lagos State University, Ojo, Lagos 1989-93; Foundation Dean, Faculty of Law; mm. Draft Constitution Debating Society; life mem. International Law Society; Barrister at Law of Inner Temple and Nigerian Bar; mm: Constitution Review Committee; Constituent Assembly, 1989; Pro-Chancellor/ch., Governing Council of Federal University ofTechnology, Akure, 2000; NBA Legal Education Committee;

Have you ever been a member of any political party?

N/A

Awards and Honours

Officer of the Federal Republic; h: Fellow University College of London, May 2002

Creative Work/Major Exhibitions

Introduction to the Nigerian Constitution, Sweet and Maxwell, 1982; Adoption Edict. 1967, Nigerian Bar Journal Vol. 10, Lagos, 1972, Causation and Remoteness of Damage in Tort, Nigerian Journal of Contemporary Law Vol. 4, 1973; Personal Injuries Assessment ofDamages, Nigenan Bar Journal Vol. 13, 1976; The Legal Right of Women in Decision Making, Nigerian Women and Development, 1980; The Legal Aspect of Mass Communication in West Africa Mass Communication, Culture and Society in West Africa, collection of Essays, 1980; published several books,and well researched articles and papers in learned Journals, Seminars and conference;

Hobbies

dancing, reading, gardening,

Social Clubs

mm.Zonta Club of Lagos; Legal Director 1973-83- sec. general, 1983,

Official Address

c/ o Nigerian Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, University of Lagos, Akoka, Lagos.