Dr. Chinwe Egbunike-Umegbolu
Profile
Chinwe is a Barrister and Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Nigeria. She is a part-time law lecturer and a Post-Doctoral fellow at the University of Brighton (UoB).
Chinwe is also an ADR Blogger and Host of Expert Views on ADR (EVA) Podcast; she has interviewed notable experts in ADR like David. A.Hoffman (Harvard Law Lecturer and Founder of the Boston Law Collaborative LLC). Adeyinka Aroyewun, FCIArb (Director of the LMDC), Prof Emilia Onyema (Law lecturer at SOAS London and "she convenes the SOAS Arbitration in Africa" conference series), Prof David Allen Larson, (Mitchell Hamline School of Law and Chair of the American Bar Association Section of Dispute Resolution), Prof Mark Feldman (Law Lecturer at Peking University, China), Prof Bryan Clark (Law lecturer at the Newcastle University) and amongst others. She is a reviewer in academic journals/books. She has authored and presented her research work- Dispensation of Justice: Lagos Multi-Door Courthouse (LMDC) as a Case Study and other research such as 'Bargaining in the Shadow of the Law: The Facts of Divorce as they stand Today, 'Access to Justice for People with Disability', 'The Workings of International Commercial Arbitration, The Functionality of the Election Tribunal and The Chronicles of the Pre Colonial Method of Settling Disputes: Nigeria as a Case Study' at national and international conferences. Chinwe was shortlisted under the category for publication of the year-2020 by the African Arbitration Association (AfAA) and has achieved the Silver status of the Resolution Institute Member Connect in 2021 for her many valuable contributions. Chinwe is skilled in the Traditional African Method of Settling Dispute (TAMSD), Multi-Door Courthouse, Dispute Resolution, Religion, Conflict and Peace.