TRANSNATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL LEGAL CAREERS: CALCULATING FOR OPPORTUNITIES IN ACADEMIA, POLICY, PRACTICE AND BEYOND

ABSTRACT

Transnational and International Legal Career (TILC) opportunities will likely increase in the post-COVID 19 era. Being competitive for top TILC opportunities in academia, policy, practice and beyond requires some knowledge for conscious calculation. Although globalization and technology have made knowledge more accessible and could guide one’s calculation, personal experiences offer a clearer pathway. Backed by personal stories, this article is a career autoethnography synthesizing and building on public lectures on TILC opportunities, including graduate and post-graduate work, delivered at the International Law Student Association workshops of University of Ibadan and Obafemi Awolowo University. The writer discusses how to navigate this career path. Bachelor of Laws (LLB) and Juris Doctorate (JD) students are the primary audience, while young lawyers (including graduate students) are the secondary audience, although non-law undergraduates and graduates could also benefit.

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UNILAG Law Review, (2020) Volume 4 Edition 1

About the Author

Temitope Onifade is a Research Associate, Commonwealth Climate and Law Initiative, Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment, University of Oxford. Also, he is an International Doctoral Fellow, a Vanier Scholar, a Liu Scholar and a Co-Chair of Liu Institute Network for Africa, University of British Columbia (UBC). Additionally, he is an elected Senator of UBC sitting as an appeal judge and advocating for students to reduce appeals going to the British Columbia Supreme Court, Project Director of Community Sustainability Global bringing non-governmental actors and governments together for sustainability projects, Co-Host on Vancouver Cooperative Radio advocating for climate action and Africa, and director on the boards of some NGOs in Canada and Nigeria. He would like to thank his Research Assistants (Iyanu Akinbola and Oluwaseyi Awosiyan) for compiling and reviewing the lectures that produced the article, and his friends (Ayoola Odeyemi and Gideon Odionu) for reading the article drafts. Temitope can be contacted on Twitter @Temi_Onifade or read more about his work on his website: www.onifade.org.