Smaranda Olarinde is a Nigerian professor of
Law, President of the
Nigerian Association of Law Teachers The Nigerian Association of Law Teachers, abbreviated as NALT is a professional body which represents the interests of law teachers in Nigeria. It was established in 1961 to promote excellence in research and legal academic teaching in Nigeria.
It a ...
and incumbent
Vice chancellor of
Afe Babalola University.
In 1995, she served as
UNICEF's legal researcher for
Niger and
Oyo State.
Career
Mrs. Olarinde has over three decades of cumulative experience as a law teacher,
academic,
researcher and
legal practitioner
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. Her
legal background, in both
civil law (
Romania) and
common law (
Nigeria) systems, adds to her diverse
multidisciplinary profile.
Her focus has been on women, children and young
adolescents rights and protection. In 1989, she was a legal researcher for
IDRC on
land tenure and access to land for women. She also served as a legal researcher for the
World Bank on law development and the
status of women
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(1990) and towards a gender strategy in
Nigeria (1992).
She was a member of the “
think tank” for the legal protection of children in
Oyo State and coordinator of the
International Federation of Women Lawyers (FIDA).
Mrs. Olarinde carried out several multidisciplinary researches on
reproductive rights, women and children's rights, HIV/AIDS and participated in the collaborative effort between researchers from
Israel, the
Netherlands and Nigeria.
She is actively involved in training law students at the
undergraduate and
postgraduate levels, as well as law
clinicians
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for participation in
community services
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involving
pro bono
( en, 'for the public good'), usually shortened to , is a Latin phrase for professional work undertaken voluntarily and without payment. In the United States, the term typically refers to provision of legal services by legal professionals for pe ...
legal advice.
Personal life
Smaranda is the mother of Freeze of Cool FM personality
Ifedayo Olarinde.
See also
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Afe Babalola
Afe Babalola (born 30 October 1929) is a Nigerian lawyer and founder of Afe Babalola University.
Early life and education
Afe Babalola was born in Ekiti State South Western Nigeria. He attended Emmanuel Primary School, Ado Ekiti. He enroll ...
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Living people
People from Oyo State
Nigerian women lawyers
Nigerian human rights activists
Nigerian women academics
Academic staff of the University of Ibadan
Nigerian people of Romanian descent
Nigerian women activists
UNICEF people
Nigerian officials of the United Nations
Year of birth missing (living people)
Yoruba people
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