LLM, (magna cum laude) Kiev State University, Ukraine
DrJur, Free University of Amsterdam
PROFESSIONAL & TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Solicitor and advocate of the Supreme Court of Nigeria.
Practiced with Ilegbune, Okeke & Co. (Nigeria).
Consulted for The Law Offices of Dr. Jude A. Akubuilo (Los Angeles).
Former Deputy Vice-Chancellor of Enugu State University of Science and Technology
(Nigeria).
Pioneer Dean of the Schools of Law, namely: Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka (formerly
Anambra State University of Technology), and Enugu State University of Science and
Technology, Enugu, Nigeria.
Author of Controversial Subjects of Contemporary International Law and Theory and
Practice of International Law in Nigeria and numerous book chapters and review articles
in the field of international law.
Taught courses in international legal studies at various universities in Africa, Europe
and North America for 25 years.
"The Role and Place of Women in Contemporary Legal Profession with reference to Nigeria,"
Keynote paper delivered at Inwelle Study and Research Centre, Enugu, Nigeria, December
2017. (Published in the Symposium Proceedings).
Catholic Social Teachings Enroute in Africa, ch. Bankruptcy of Justice under Nigerian Law (Ike, ed., 1991).
Management in Nigeria, ch. Nigerian Law of Contract (Ejiofor, ed., 1990).
The Soviet Union in World Politics, ch. Nigeria's Relations with Eastern Europe (Victor Kalu, ed., 1988).
The Theory and Practice of International Law in Nigeria (Enugu: Fourth Dimension Press, 1986).
Nigerian-Soviet Economic and Industrial Relations, ed. (Enugu: Chuka Press, 1983).
New Directions in International Law, ch. Treaty-Making and Treaty Implementation by a Federal State under International Law
with Particular Reference to the Relevant Provisions of the 1979 Nigerian Constitution (1982).
Introduction to Nigerian Law, ch. International Law (C.O. Okonkwo ed., 1980).
The Recent Developments in the Law Relating to Aliens in Nigeria, 1 Univ. of Jos L.J. 35 (1980).
Marketing in Nigeria, ch. The Impact of Law on Marketing (J. O. Onah ed., 1979).
Settlement of Disputes Between International Organizations and Their Employees (The Hague Academy, 1976).
The Legal Framework of the Provision of Open Spaces in Anambra State of Nigeria, 1976 U. of Nigeria J. of Tropical Environment.
Controversial Subjects of Contemporary International Law: an examination of the new
entities of international law and treaty-making capacity (Rotterdam: Rotterdam Univ. Press, 1974).
The Expansion of New Subjects of Contemporary International Law Through their Treaty-Making
Capacity (Rotterdam University Press, 1973).
International Treaty as the Main Source of Contemporary International Law (Kiev Univ. Press, 1969). Written and published in Russian.
"African Law in Comparative Law." An annual lecture delivered to the students of the
Comparative Law Course at Santa Clara University, School of Law. 2017-2018.
"Directing the Legal and Regulatory Framework on Biosafety in Nigeria," delivered
at the three day International Biosafety Management Training Course held at Godfrey
Okoye University, Enugu, Nigeria, July 16-19, 2018.
"Mentorship in Scholarly and Professional Legal Education Development," Welcome address
delivered at the 2018 Annual Conference of the Literary Society of Nigeria held at
Godfrey Okoye University, Enugu, Nigeria, 26-29 June, 2018.
HONORS & AWARDS
2012: For his outstanding services to the Catholic Church and humanity, Prof. Okeke
received the Cross Pro Ecclesia et Pontifice (Cross of Honor), the highest medal that
can be awarded to the laity by the Papacy, from Pope Benedict XVI.
A book of essays in honor of Prof. Okeke has been published by Vandeplas Publishing:
Contemporary Issues on International and Comparative Law: Essays in Honor of Professor
Chris Okeke (2009). The book has 27 chapters and explores the broad range of legal, personal,
social, political and historical foundations of international law and covers many
important subjects in comparative law. The authors are drawn from varying cultures
across the oceans of the world, representing diverse legal philosophies and corresponding
practices. The noted Editor of the book is Justice Centus Nweze, an erudite judge
and international law scholar of the Nigeria Court of Appeal. The writer of the foreword
is His Excellency Judge Abdul G. Koroma - a two-term erudite judge of the International
Court of Justice at the Hague.