Elijah Christopher Briggs

Elijah Christopher Briggs

CURRENT RANK: Lecturer 1

Elijah Christopher Briggs obtained his Bachelor of Laws (LLB) from Igbinedion University, Okada in 2009 with First Class Honours. He was called to the Bar as a Barrister and solicitor of the supreme Court of the Federal Republic of Nigeria in 2010. He obtained his Master of Laws (LLM) from the University of Southampton in Maritime Law, in 2011.

He began as a lecturer in the faculty of law, Department of Comnercial and Industrial Law, Rivers State University in 2014 and has risen to the rank of Lecturer 1. He has taken the modules of Commercial Law (where he specializes in Intellectual property/International trade) and Maritime Law

He is a policy advisor, seasoned attorney and regular speaker on various issues of law in print, social and audiovisual media.

He currently is a PhD candidate in the area of International Economic Law.

He can be reached via elijah.briggs@ust.edu.ng