Hilary Egheose Okoeguale, is a Mandela Washington Fellow and holds a PhD in Law from University of Benin, Nigeria. He served as Associate Professor of Law and Director at the Law Clinic, Afe Babalola University, Ado-Ekiti, Nigeria, where he taught Human Rights Law, Constitutional Law and Public International Law for about nine years. Under the auspices of the Law Clinic, he coordinated students to provide civic education in secondary schools and para-legal services to detainees at a Correctional Centre through a service-learning module.
He has quality experience in strategic advocacy, law reforms and litigation. His interventions in the criminal justice system in Ondo State, Nigeria between 2008 – 2013 included providing free legal representation in court for indigent detainees and mobilizing efforts for criminal justice reforms. Between 2011 and 2012, he co-drafted the extant Administration of Criminal Justice Law of Ondo. In July, 2022, he served as visiting Faculty at the Staley School of Leadership Studies at Kansas State University to share his experience with Mandela Washington Fellows. His passion for strengthening democracy made him commence a second doctoral study at the Center for Constitutional Democracy, Maurer School of Law, Indiana University, where he hopes to make world class contributions to the development of democracy.
Contact:
Email: hokoegua@iu.edu; hilaryokoe8@gmail.com;
Phone number: +1 (812)974-3198
Research Interest: criminal justice, human rights, public international law and constitutional law.
