Chosen Udorji

I am a Teaching Fellow (in Law) and the LLM Lead Tutor at Portsmouth Law School. I am a qualified (non-practicing) barrister and solicitor (Nigeria). 

I have several years of experience working in the academic sector, completing legal research as well as teaching core law and other non-law subjects. 

My research expertise broadly covers public international law, particularly, the law on use of force, humanitarian law, human rights law, the law on state responsibility, and the law on arms trade and arms transfer. My recently completed research project examined the scope of the law on the use of indirect force under international law.

At Portsmouth Law School, I convene the Business and Employment Law Course and co-convene the International Law and Armed Conflict Course.

I completed my LLB at the Ahmadu Bello University, Nigeria and following upon completing my BL at Nigerian Law School, I was called to the Nigerian Bar as a Barrister and Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Nigeria. I practiced in both capacities in criminal and civil litigation and general corporate law for some years before relocating to the United Kingdom to pursue my LLM at the University of Aberdeen, Scotland. While pursuing my LLM I was offered internship opportunity at the United Nations Headquarters, New York, to work with the United Nations Security Council (Research Section of the Department of Political Affairs). I eventually did not take on this internship role but decided to go on to pursue and obtain my PhD (Law) at the University of Sussex, England, UK. During my PhD studies, I taught (law and non-law subjects) at various universities -  particularly, as an Associate Tutor (2015 - 2018) at the University of Sussex and as a Lecturer (2016) at London South Bank University - and presented (my research papers) at various universities within and outside the UK, including Yale Law School, Connecticut, USA. I have also taken on various committee roles within the higher education and in non-governmental organizations.

My research expertise broadly covers public international law, particularly, the law on use of force, humanitarian law, human rights law, the law on state responsibility, and the law on arms trade and arms transfer. My recently completed research project examined the scope of the law on the use of indirect force under international law.

I Teach Tort Law, Legal Issues in Procurement and Supply (LIPS), Business and Employment Law (which I convene), and International Law and Armed Conflict (which I co-convene). In the previous academic year, I also taught Employment Law (at undergraduate and postgraduate levels).