Dr. Oladiran Akinsola Ayodele LL.B, LL.M, LL.D, B.L, DPA, B.Ed
Biosketch
Dr. Oladiran Akinsola Ayodele was called to the Nigerian Bar. He is an academician and a Guidance Counsellor. He studied at Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria, Nigerian Law School and North-West University, South Africa respectively. He also attended the University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria where he studied Education and Guidance & Counselling. He began his academic career as a Lecturer II in Osun State University, Osogbo. He was promoted to lecturer I in 2013. He obtained his Doctoral Degree in 2018 and was promoted to Senior Lecturer grade level the same year. He was appointed as Acting Head of Department of Business and Private Law in 2018, the position he held until he was appointed as the Acting Provost/Dean of the College of Law in December 2019. He is a member of the University Senate, Committee of Provosts, Deans and Directors and the University Central Admission Committee.
Research Interests and Achievements
His research interests are Oil & Gas and Environmental Law.
Contributions to knowledge
He has over 16 scholastic publications at both national and international levels. He has attended various local and international conferences and workshops. He has supervised many undergraduate LL.B long essays.
He is one of the Review Editors of Osun State University (UNIOSUN) Journal of Law, Development and the Humanities.
Academic Appointments
(i) Ag. Head, Department of Business and Private Law - October 2018 – Nov. 2019
(ii) Member, College of Law Board of Studies - since 2018 to date.
(iii) Member, College of Law Selection Panel - since 2018 to date
(iv) Member, College of Law Review Panel - since 2018 to date
(v) Member, College of Law Research Committee - since 2018 to date
(vi) Member, College of Law Journal Committee - since 2018 to date
(vii) Ag. Provost and Dean, College of Law - Dec. 2019 to date
(viii) Member, College of Law, Postgraduate Studies Committee- 2020
Membership of Learned and Professional Bodies
(i) Member, Nigerian Bar Association, Osogbo Branch
(ii) Member, Nigerian Association of Law Teachers
Selected Publications
Learned Nigerian Journal
(i) Ayodele, O.A. (2019): “ An examination of the role of Law in Sustainable Development in Africa” NAILS Journal of Public Law, Vol. 1, 145- 174.
(ii) Ayodele,O.A. and O.D. Falade (2017): “Patentability of Inventions under the Nigeria’s Patents and Designs Act: An Examination” Nnamdi Azikiwe University Journal of International Law and Jurisprudence (JILJ), Vol 8. No. 2, 48-57.
(iii) Ayodele, O.A (2016): “Constitutional Approach to the Issues of Control and Owner of Oil and Gas in Nigeria: How Equitable and Just” Akugba Law Journal (AKLJ), 51-75.
(iv) Ayodele, O.A. (2013): “An Examination of Civil Remedies for Copyright Infringements in Nigeria” 1(1) Nigerian Institute of Advanced Legal Studies International Journal of Legal Studies (NIJLS), 175-212.
(v) Akintayo, D.I. and Ayodele, O.A. (50%) (2013): “Ethical Factor and Termination of Employment of Blogging Employees in Work Organizations South-West Nigeria” 4(1&2) UNIOSUN Journal of Politics and Society (UJPS), 57-69.
(vi) Ayodele, O.A. (2012): “Civil Liability for Oil Pollution under Nigerian Law”, 1 Nigerian Institute of Advanced Legal Studies Journal of Law and Public Policy, 291 - 324.
Learned International Journal
(vii) Ayodele, O.A. (2014): “An Appraisal of Injunctive Remedy of Anto Piller Order on Copyright Infringement in Nigeria” 1(1) International Law Journal on Trade, Business and Economics (ILJTBE), 47-59.
(viii) Ayodele, O.A. (2014): “The Legal Frameworks for the Control of Corporate
Financial Crimes in Nigeria”, International Company and Commercial Law Review (I.C.C.L.R.),Vol 2, Issue7 Sweet & Maxwell Thomson Reuters (Professional) UK Limited and Contributors, 248-260.
(ix) Ayodele, O.A. and Olaposi, T.O. (2012): “Entrepreneurship for Economic Development: The Role of a Lawyer.” 2(2) IRCAB Journal of Social and Management Sciences, Vol.2, 47- 53 (South Africa)
Selected Conferences/Workshops Attendance:
1. Annual Conference on Intellectual Property and International Law, ACIPIL,17 -19 November, 2014, Holiday Inn (Heathrow Ariel), London, United Kingdom, Ayodele O.A. (Paper Presenter), “An Appraisal of Injunctive Remedy of Anto Piller Order on Copyright Infringement in Nigeria.”
2. Annual International Conference on Interdisciplinary Legal Studies (AICILS) held at University of Oxford, St. Annes’s College, Oxford, United Kingdom, 2-4 March, 2015.
3. University of Zululand Management, Business, Administration and Legal Initiatives (MBALI) Conference held at Premier Hotel – Richards Bay, South Africa, 6-8 July 2016, O.A Ayodele, (Paper presenter), Combating Female Genital Mutilation through Legislation. A case study of Nigeria.
4. Advanced Human Rights Courses, held at the Centre for Human Rights, Faculty of Law, University of Pretoria, South Africa, 8-10 June 2016.
5. All Africa Course on International Humanitarian Law, Organized by International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), held at the Department of Public Constitutional and International Law, University of South Africa, Pretoria, South Africa, 25 October – 3 November 2016.
6. A Research Symposium, organized by the ACP-EU Development, Minerals Programme, African Union Commission, Addis Ababa, October 16-19, 2016 Ayodele O.A (Paper presenter) and Kekere A. I “The role of law in promoting Development Minerals in Nigeria”.
7. 9th Annual SPMA International Conference on Public Administration and Management, Protea Hotel Centurion, Pretoria 26-27 October, 2016 (Paper presenter) on “A study of Local Government and Intergovernmental relations in South Africa: A case study of Local Municipalities in North-West Province”
8. Symposium Co-Organised by the North-West University (NWU) and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) on the International Human Right to a Nationality, the Prevention of Statelessness and the protection of Stateless Individuals in the 21st Century at North-West University (NWU), Mafikeng Campus, Mafikeng, South Africa 31 October – 2 November 2017.
9. Workshop on Data Ethics and Skills for Reproduction of Research Findings Using Stata organized by Association of African Universities at Association of African Universities Secretariat, Accra – Ghana 7 – 10 August, 2018.