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Education
Skills
Personal Details
Certification
Accomplishments
PUBLICATIONS
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OPEOLUWA OLOWE

Law
4,Unity Aghedo Estate,Atan-Nla,Ayobo,Lagos.

Summary

She is a highly motivated person with excellent interpersonal, communication, and legal research skills. With a strong will to develop a career in a challenging environment, she values opportunities to explore herself in the acquisition of more knowledge to create a positive impact in a reputable organization.

Overview

5
5
Certifications
11
11
years of post-secondary education
2
2
years of professional experience

Work History

Legal Advisor

Kosol Consult
, Lagos
10.2020 - Current
  • Contributes strategies and recommendations to the management of the company to follow applicable laws.
  • Supports various departments with achieving and maintaining legal compliance in all matters.
  • Monitors state and federal regulations to keep company up to date with changing laws.
  • Develops compliance best practices for company.

Trainee Associate (NYSC)

AFE BABALOLA & CO CHAMBERS
11.2019 - 10.2020
  • Responsibilities included representing clients at hearings and trials.
  • Extensive legal research and writing, corresponding with clients and experts.
  • Coordinating with co-counsel from a wide range of jurisdictions.
  • Managing document production and interviewing clients.
  • Developed litigation strategies for senior associates on a variety of claims.
  • Responsible for negotiating, drafting, and analyzing on term sheets.

Legal Extern

F.O ADENIYI & ASSOCIATES
05.2019 - 07.2019
  • Researched extensively on civil and criminal matters.
  • Assisted in the research and drafting of briefs of argument for several cases.
  • Transcribed relevant information given in courts.
  • Communicated and Negotiated with Clients.
  • Carried out legal presentations and research exercises.
  • Classified documents, carried-out document review, and formulated due diligence reports.

Legal Extern

High Court of Lagos State
Lagos, Lagos State
04.2019 - 05.2019
  • I observed daily court proceedings, recording and evaluating key points during these sessions. I found it interesting to observe the decorum of the various barristers and to assess how the different law ethics were being applied, overlooked, or excused in Court; as well as the bearing it had on the cases and the professionalism of the lawyers.

Intern

LegalPoint, House of Law.
Alimosho , Lagos
06.2016 - 08.2016
  • Learnt extensive about drafting and legal documentations.
  • Prepared written correspondence for attorneys.
  • Provided assistance on compliance projects.
  • Reviewed legal information and proofed documentation for errors.
  • Created highly researched and articulate legal paperwork such as pleadings, contracts,briefs and Law reports.

Education

B.L HONS (Second Class Lower Division) -

NIGERIAN LAW SCHOOL
11.2018 - 11.2019

LL.B (Second Class Upper Division) -

BOWEN UNIVERSITY
09.2013 - 06.2018

West African Senior School Certificate (WASC) -

Doregos Private Academy
Alimosho, Lagos
09.2007 - 06.2013

Skills

Public Speakingundefined

Personal Details

Date of Birth: 10th October, 1997.

Sex: Female.

Nationality: Nigerian.

Certification

Associate, Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators of Nigeria (ACIS) 2021

Accomplishments

2019

  • VOLUNTEER, WOMEN'S RIGHT & HEALTH PROJECTS.

2017-2018

  • ACADEMIC CO-ORDINATOR,EQUITY CHAMBER, BOWEN UNIVERSITY.
  • WELFARE CO-ORDINATOR, STUDENT REPRESENTATIVE COUNCIL (SRC), BOWEN UNIVERSITY.
  • WELFARE PRESIDENT, BOWEN BAPTIST STUDENT FELLOWSHIP (BBSF).
  • MEMBER, PUBLICITY UNIT, FACULTY OF LAW, BOWEN UNIVERSITY.
  • MEMBER,THE ALPHA ASSEMBLY (MOOT&MOCK COMMITTEE),FACULTY OF LAW,BOWEN UNIVERSITY.
  • MEMBER,CLASFON, BOWEN UNIVERSITY.

PUBLICATIONS

2018

  • The Imperative of a Legal Framework for Surrogacy in Nigeria. Unpublished First Degree Project submitted to Faculty of Law, Bowen University.
  • An Examination of the Validity of the Proscription of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) as a Terrorist Organization. A Legal Commentary submitted to Faculty of Law, Bowen University.

Timeline

Legal Advisor

Kosol Consult
10.2020 - Current

Trainee Associate (NYSC)

AFE BABALOLA & CO CHAMBERS
11.2019 - 10.2020

Legal Extern

F.O ADENIYI & ASSOCIATES
05.2019 - 07.2019

Legal Extern

High Court of Lagos State
04.2019 - 05.2019

B.L HONS (Second Class Lower Division) -

NIGERIAN LAW SCHOOL
11.2018 - 11.2019

Intern

LegalPoint, House of Law.
06.2016 - 08.2016

LL.B (Second Class Upper Division) -

BOWEN UNIVERSITY
09.2013 - 06.2018

West African Senior School Certificate (WASC) -

Doregos Private Academy
09.2007 - 06.2013
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