Ruth Okediji

Ruth Lade Okediji
Delivering a keynote at the Creative Commons Global Summit, 2018.
Born1963 (age 60–61)[1]
Nigeria[2]
EducationUniversity of Jos (LLB)
Harvard University (LLM, SJD)
Occupations
  • Author
  • lawyer
  • law professor

Ruth Lade Okediji (born 1963) is an American legal scholar. She is the Jeremiah Smith. Jr, Professor of Law at Harvard Law School and co-director of the Berkman Klein Center.[3] She also founded and serves as faculty director of Harvard Law School's Program on Biblical Law and Christian Legal Studies.[4][5] Professor Okediji is an internationally renowned expert and scholar on intellectual property, trade and development.[6] In 2017 she was appointed as part of the Creative Commons Board.

  1. ^ "VIAF Authority Control". viaf.org. Retrieved 8 October 2019.
  2. ^ "PIJIP's Marrakesh Treaty Event – Teaching Resource and Thanks". infojustice.org. Retrieved 16 July 2018.
  3. ^ "RUTH L. OKEDIJI Jeremiah Smith, Jr. Professor of Law". hls.harvard.edu. Retrieved 2018-04-16.
  4. ^ Ogebe, Emmanuel (November 19, 2023). "Ruth Gana-Okediji inducted into American Academy of Science". PM News Nigeria. Archived from the original on November 20, 2023. Retrieved November 26, 2023.
  5. ^ "Staff". Harvard Law School Program on Biblical Law and Christian Legal Studies. Retrieved 2023-11-27.
  6. ^ "Speakers' bio notes" (PDF). World Intellectual Property organization. Retrieved 2017-02-16.