Prof. Nwazi Joseph Nzute

Prof. Joseph Nwazi is a Barrister and Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Nigeria, and a member of the Nigerian National Association of Law Teachers (NALT). He has 23 years of teaching experience across undergraduate and postgraduate levels in the College of Law, Igbinedion University Okada. He is currently a member of the End Ecocide Nigeria Society and a Fellow of the Centre for African Amerian Research Centre (CAARS) which membership comprises mainly academic scholars committed to scholarly research and teaching across Africa.

Today, Prof. Nwazi has over 70 publications to his credit. In striving for excellence in teaching and research, he engages in continuing human capacity development through training on pedagogy and scholarship. He has also garnered adequate experience through workshops and conferences, local and international. He has presented well researched papers in some of these workshops and conferences.

• Commercial Law
• Law of Arbitration
• Environmental Law
• Constitutional Law

Law / Business Law

Environmental Law and Constitutional Law

• Best Lecturer Award (with a plaque) by Law Students’ Association (LAWSA), June 2008.
• Merit Award (with a plaque) by the Alumni of the College of Law, Igbinedion University Okada in Diaspora, for an outstanding intellectual role in enhancing legal education in Igbinedion University Okada, April 2010.
• Award of Excellence as Outstanding Lecturer of Law by College of Law, Igbinedion University Okada, 2012/2013 Valedictory Session.
• Distinguished Award for Meritorious Service by the College of Law, Igbinedion University Okada, May 2015.
• Certificate of Excellence in Reviewing by the Chief Managing Editor of the Journal of Education, Society and Behavioral Studies (UK), Dr. M. Basumondal (on behalf of Science Domain) in recognition of an outstanding contribution to the quality of the Journal, 2018.