Olabisi D. Akinkugbe

Bio

Olabisi D. Akinkugbe is an Assistant Professor at the Schulich School of Law having previously been a Visiting Assistant Professor from 2017-2018. Before joining the Schulich School of Law, Professor Akinkugbe was an Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Law, University of New Brunswick where he taught Contracts and two upper-year seminars on International Trade Law, and Law & Economic Development.

Professor Akinkugbe completed his Ph.D. from the University of Ottawa, an LL.M. from the University of Toronto, and an LL.B. from the University of Lagos, Nigeria.

Prior to his doctoral work, Professor Akinkugbe worked as a legal counsel on the first public-private partnership road project in West Africa, where he advised on various aspects of the project and finance contracts. He was also an associate in a law firm in Lagos, Nigeria, practicing corporate and commercial law and an active member of the firm’s litigation and arbitration practice group.

Research

Professor Akinkugbe’s current research focuses on regional courts and economic integration in Africa. Specifically, he examines the role of regional courts in economic integration in Africa and how the complex socio-historical, economic, political and legal contexts that they are embedded shape them. He also has research interests in Business Law, Transnational Law, African Regional Economic Cooperation/Integration, International Law & Development, and Socio-Legal Approaches to Law.

Teaching

• Contracts and Judicial Decision-Making (LAWS 1000X/Y)
• International Trade Law (LAWS 2056X/Y)
• Civil Procedure (LAWS 2061X/Y)