Chukwuebuka Ogbodo admitted to Harvard for his Masters of Law

Eha-Alumona born legal sensation Chukwuebuka Christain "Earl" Ogbodo has been admitted to the prestigious Harvard Law School for his LL.M for the 2024-2025 program. The former Templars and Banwo and Ighodalo associate arrived at the Massachusetts Campus of the University in August where he will be researching the Intersection between Finance, Technology and Public Policy.

Brief History of Chukwuebuka Ogbodo

Born to the family of Chief Ogbodo and Nneamaka Ogbodo of Eha-Alumona in Nsukka local government, Ebuka had part of his primary education in Nsukka before relocating to Lagos where he finished his primary school at God’s Delightsome Land Nursery and Primary School, He attended both Immaculate Hearts Comprehensive Junior High School, Maryland, Lagos and The Apostolic Church Grammar School, Ketu, Lagos for his secondary education.

He was later admitted to study Law in 2012 and graduated in 2027 with a Second Class Upper Degree. He was admitted to the Yola Campus of Nigeria Law School where he finished with a First Class winning the Chief Earnest Shonekan prize in property law.

As an undergraduate, he won a $6500 Google Policy Fellowship in Africa (The first African to win such an award).

Professional Journey

Ebuka has extensive experience across most of Nigeria’s biggest legal names. He was a summer intern at Top-tier law firm Banwo & Igbodalo in 2014 and 2015. He was also an Associate with Templars (another Top-tier Nigerian law firm) between 2019 to 2020.

He later joined META (Parent company of Facebook, Instagram and Youtube) as Public Policy Manager for West and Anglophone Africa. He was later promoted to the Cluster head for Africa.

After leaving META, he had a short stint with both Bill & Melinda Foundation as a consultant and with Luminate as an Investment Advisor.

The Eha-Alumona shining star joins the both Kenneth Okwor of IMF and Emenike Omeye of Sidley London Office as Harvard Law School Alumni doing Nsukka, Enugu and Nigeria proud on the global scene.

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