{"60":"2017-12-04","61":{"first":"OLUWADAMILOLA","last":"OGUNYEMI"},"62":"oluwadamilolaogunyemi@gmail.com","63":"081-018-2041","64":{"street":"NO. 47, 2ND AVENUE, FIRST GENERATION ESTATE, LOKOGOMA","street2":"","city":"ABUJA","state":"FEDERAL CAPITAL TERRITORY","zip":"900108","country":"NIGERIA"},"65":["General LLM with a concentration in Environmental Law"],"66":"DURING MY FOURTH YEAR AT THE UNIVERSITY, 2011\/2012 SESSION, I ELECTED TO UNDERTAKE ENVIRONMENTAL LAW AND GOING THROUGH THE HISTORY OF ENVIRONMENTAL LAW IN NIGERIA AS PER THE \"KOKO , I WAS MOTIVATED TO STUDY ENVIRONMENTAL LAW FOR MY MASTER'S PROGRAM  SO AS TO HAVE FULL GRASP OF ENVIRONMENTAL LAW AND THEN BUILD MY CAREER AROUND ENVIRONMENTAL LAW.\r\nIN THE COURSE OF MY STUDY AND RELEVANT CASES DECIDED, I REALIZED THAT THERE ARE LAWS ENACTED TO PROTECT THE ENVIRONMENT AND THE PEOPLE KNOWING FULLY WELL THAT ENVIRONMENT LIFE, YET THESE LAWS ARE NOT BEING OBEYED BY ECHELONS WHOSE ACTIVITIES AFFECT ENVIRONMENT THE MOST AND THE PEOPLE THEREAT. ALSO, IS THE FACT THAT WHEN COURTS AWARD DAMAGES\/COMPENSATION, THE OFFENDERS OF POLLUTION SEEM NOT TO BE CONCERNED ABOUT THE WELL-BEING OF THE COMMUNITY AFFECTED BY NOT PAYING COMPENSATION.\r\nWITH ALL THESE ISSUES, I  PONDERED IN MY HEART ON THE NEED TO FURTHER STUDY ENVIRONMENTAL LAW IN A DEVELOPED COUNTRY AND UNDERSTAND THE METHODS, MODES  AND SYSTEMS ADOPTED BY HER IN OVERCOMING ENVIRONMENTAL LAW ISSUES. \r\nI WOULD ALSO SAY THAT THE PASSION I SHOWED TO FURTHER STUDY ENVIRONMENTAL LAW AT THE ONSET   MADE ME STUDY HARD AT THE UNIVERSITY TO EARN COL. YOHANA MADAKI PRIZE ON ENVIRONMENTAL LAW DURING THE GRADUATION CEREMONY IN 2014.","67":"WHAT INFLUENCED MY DECISION TO APPLY TO DELAWARE LAW SCHOOL IS BASED ON MY RESEARCH THAT THE LAW SCHOOL HAS DEEPEST AND LONGEST- STANDING ENVIRONMENTAL LAW PROGRAMS  AS WELL AS CLINICAL PROGRAMS ENGAGED IN HER MASTER PROGRAM AND ALSO THE LAW  LIBRARY.","68":"MELBOURNE LAW SCHOOL, UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE IN AUSTRALIA OFFERED ME ADMISSION TO STUDY MASTER OF LAWS IN ENVIRONMENTAL LAW.","69":"MY PROFESSIONAL ASPIRATIONS AFTER  COMPLETION OF MY DEGREE IS TO BE EMPLOYED IN AN ENVIRONMENT REGULATORY AGENCY IN SUCH A WAY TO UTILIZE THE KNOWLEDGE ACQUIRED DURING MY PROGRAM FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COUNTRY, PARTICULARLY TO PROTECT VICTIMS OF ENVIRONMENTAL HAZARDS. IN ADDITION IS TO SPONSOR A BILL TO THE PARLIAMENT  ON ENVIRONMENTAL LAW RELATED ISSUES AS IT SEEMS THAT ENACTMENT ON ENVIRONMENTAL LAWS ARE ARCHAIC WHICH DO NOT MEET OCCURRENCES OF RECENT TIMES.\r\nANOTHER IS TAKING UP PRO BONO CASES AS A PRACTICING LAWYER FOR AFFECTED CITIZENS WHO ARE INDIGENTS BY ENSURING THAT THE ENVIRONMENTAL LAWS ARE STRICTLY COMPLIED WITH AND DAMAGES\/COMPENSATION ARE BEING PAID TO VICTIMS BY DEFAULTERS.\r\nANOTHER ASPIRATION IS TAKING UP A CAMPAIGN ON ENVIRONMENTAL LAW IN DIFFERENT LANGUAGES BOTH ONLINE AND OFFLINE AS I TAG IT \"KNOWING YOUR ENVIRONMENTAL RIGHTS AS A CITIZEN\" \r\n","70":"MY LEADERSHIP EXPERIENCES HAVE MADE A  DIFFERENCE TO MY SCHOOL, EMPLOYER AND COMMUNITY BUT I WOULD ONLY DESCRIBE THAT OF MY SCHOOL.\r\nAS  A SECOND YEAR STUDENT AT THE UNIVERSITY, I DISCOVERED THAT MOOT COMPETITIONS WERE ORGANIZED BY SCHOOLS BOTH LOCALLY AND INTERNATIONALLY AND MY FACULTY OF LAW WAS NOT PARTICIPATING  PER SE AS THERE WAS LITTLE OR NO SUPPORT FROM THE MEMBERS OF STAFF EITHER FINANCIALLY OR INTELLECTUALLY. THUS, STUDENTS WERE NOT INTERESTED; AND THE ONLY FEW STUDENTS INVOLVED WERE THOSE OF US WHO UNDERWENT INTERNSHIP IN LAW FIRMS DURING VACATION AND THERE WAS THIS ENTHUSIASM IN PARTICIPATING IN MOOT COMPETITIONS. I  WAS PASSIONATE ABOUT MY SCHOOL ALSO PARTICIPATING IN THOSE COMPETITIONS AND THERE WAS A DIRE NEED TO HAVE A FORMIDABLE AND COMMITTED TEAM FOR THIS PURPOSE.\r\nDURING MY THIRD YEAR, I WAS MADE THE CHAIRPERSON OF THE MOOT COMMITTEE AND THEN I BEGAN TO RECRUIT TEAM MEMBERS BY INSTRUCTING THEM TO PICK UP A FORM AND TO PAY A TOKEN FOR THE FINANCIAL GROWTH OF THE MOOT COMMITTEE IN ORDER TO ASCERTAIN WILLING AND INTERESTED MEMBERS. THROUGH THIS INITIATIVE, I WAS ABLE TO GET CAPABLE, INTELLIGENT AND COMMITTED TEAM MEMBERS WHO WERE READY FOR THE TASK. THIS, TO A GREATER EXTENT HELPED  US TO PARTICIPATE IN COMPETITIONS AND WHILE WE WON SOME, WE ALSO LOST SOME. EVEN WHEN MY TENURE ELAPSED AS THE CHAIRPERSON, I GREATLY ENCOURAGED MY SUCCESSORS  NOT TO DERAIL FROM THE PATH; TO DO MUCH  BETTER THAN I CONTRIBUTED AND I STILL KEEP IN TOUCH WITH TEAM MEMBERS WHOM I DID NOT MEET IN SCHOOL.. DESPITE THE FACT THAT I HAD LEFT SCHOOL SINCE 2013, MY AIM IS TO MAINTAIN THE LEGACY I LEFT BEHIND AND ALSO WISH TO DO MORE IN SPITE OF DISTANCE FROM THE SCHOOL.\r\n","72":"Ogunyemi"}