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LL.M. Alum Serves as Dean of Kenyan Law School
07/13/2017
Duncan Ojwang, LL.M. ’11, has been named dean of Africa Nazarene University Law School in Nairobi, Kenya.
After receiving his LL.M. in the International Human Rights Law track from IU McKinney, Ojwang completed his Ph.D. in Law and Policy at the University of Arizona James E. Rogers College of Law in 2013.
While at McKinney, Ojwang served as an international human rights law intern under the Overseas Summer International Human Rights Law Internship Scholarship Program of the law school’s Program in International Human Rights Law. He interned with the Women’s Rights Initiative in Jinja, Uganda, as well as with the Legal Aid Centre of Eldoret in Kenya. Together with Professor George Edwards and other IU McKinney law students, Ojwang also participated in the International Criminal Court review conference in Kampala, Uganda.
"Dr. Ojwang performed skillfully as a student at Indiana University McKinney School of Law, including as a research assistant, and as an international human rights law intern dispatched to East Africa.," said Professor George Edwards. Edwards is the PIHRL's director. "Dr. Ojwang has long demonstrated dedication and commitment to human rights and the rule of law, and his perseverance should continue to serve him well in his academic pursuits. Congratulations to Dr. Ojwang, and to the students, faculty, staff and graduates of Africa Nazarene University Law School, who will certainly benefit from the Dr. Ojwang’s leadership."
Ojwang received a bachelor of arts degree in psychology from IU South Bend in 2006. In the photo, he is seated at a conference attended by the attorney general of Sudan, who is standing behind Ojwang.
Ojwang credits his studies at IU McKinney with helping him attain where he is now in his career. “My journey to the deanship and my work as a scholar on human rights and international law began with the Program in International Human Rights Law at IU McKinney,” Ojwang said. “From that time, I have never looked back. IU McKinney gave me a platform and things have never been the same.”
