| Yemi Akinseye George | |
| Birth Date: | 1963 |
| Birth Place: | Ondo, Nigeria |
| Nationality: | Nigerian |
| Occupation: | Legal practitioner; academic administrator |
| Employer: | Yemi Akinseye-George & Partners |
| Known For: | Legal cases |
Yemi Akinseye George, SAN (born 1963) is a Nigerian professor of public law and president of the Center for Socio-Legal Studies.[1] [2] He is the principal partner of Yemi Akinseye-George & Partners, a firm which provides qualitative legal and consultancy services to individuals, corporate bodies, and governments within and outside Nigeria.[3]
George was born on 1963 in Ondo State, Nigeria.[4] He obtained a Bachelor of Law (LLB) in 1985 and a Master of Law (LLM) from the University of Lagos. He was called to the Nigerian Bar as a Barrister and Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Nigeria in 1986.[5] After he completed his National Youth Service Corps in 1986, he proceeded to the University of Lagos where he obtained a master's degree in public law.[6]
In 1989, he joined the University of Ibadan, where he became a senior lecturer.[7] [8] After eight years of academic service at the University of Ibadan, he received a fellowship at the Davis Centre at Princeton University. He conducted research on corruption and constitutionalism in Africa at Princeton (1997-1998).[9] In 2003, he was appointed Special Adviser to the Ministers of Justice and Attorneys-General of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. While serving in this capacity, he was appointed as a professor of public law at Adekunle Ajasin University in Ondo State in December 2004. He served as dean of the faculty of law at the university.[10] In July 2012, he became a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, alongside Femi Falana and 22 others.[11] [12] He has, since his call to bar actively combined scholarship with Legal practice.
He is a member of the following professional bodies: