Cecile Ogufere

Cecile is a lecturer in Law and Course Leader for BA International Relations at Regent’s University London, where she plays a key role in shaping the academic experience of students and supports the MA International Relations. 

Cecile delivers modules in Business Law, International Law, and Human Rights, and supervises both undergraduate and postgraduate dissertations. 

In addition to 20 years' experience in education and human rights law practice, her research focuses on the intersection of law, education, and social justice, with an emerging emphasis on the role of artificial intelligence (AI) in these areas.

• MA Education
• PGCHE
• MA Human Rights
• LLM International Business Law
• LPC Law, LLB Law

• 2016- present: Regents University London, Lecturer in Law, Human Rights, and International Business Law, in addition to others
• 2017-2021 Birkbeck, University of London, Associate Tutor in Commercial Law for Management
• 2011: London College of Business and Law, lecturer in Intellectual Property Law for the University of London International Programme
• 2010: University of Westminster- Guest Lecturer on International Development Law:
• 2005 -2007: London Brooks College - Law Tutor in Intellectual Property Law, European & Contract Law.
• 2004 – 2005: Middlesex University – Research Assistant for Professor S Subedi
• 2000 – 2001: College of Northeast London- Lecturer in Criminal Law and Business Studies
• 2007 – 2008: Diaspora, Hackney Community and Voluntary Services -In-house Legal Adviser
• 2001 – 2002: Ogun @ Law - Trainee Solicitor
• 1999 – 2000: Tax Aid- Researcher in Personal Tax, Commercial and Insolvency proceedings
• 1996 – 1997: Debo & Co- Trainee Solicitor
• 1993 – 1996: M.J. Solomon and Partners, Farmer Miller Solicitors, John Ellison and Co, Lucas & Ball - Freelance Paralegal
• 1987 – 1991: Harrods Ltd - Accounts Assistant
   

2025: co-authoring with Bello, O., Mikova, J., Rikitianskala, M., (Forthcoming) Human Rights by Design: Embedding Dignity, Fairness, and Inclusion in AI-Mediated Academic Integrity Policies in UK Higher Education, Journal of Education.

2024 – Conference - East Midlands Doctoral Conference – The Untold Story: Law and practice of education for the Fulani Pastoralists in northern Nigeria – forthcoming.

2024 – Journal Article - The role of Artificial Intelligence in judicial decision making in Nigeria,
Commonwealth Law Journal.

2024 - Symposium – Colonisation and education systems: Personal reflections of primary and secondary education in Barbados – University of Lincoln.

2020 – 2023 – Book Chapter - MELE - Modernising European Legal Education, Springer (Contributed to the Interdisciplinary Case Study approach).

2020 - Conference – The importance of volunteering – Talk delivered to judges and senior lawyers in Nigeria.

2014 - Seminar - The Voluntary Repatriation System for Asylum Seekers and Irregular Migrants – Talk delivered to lawyers in the Harrow Law Firm, UK

2007 - Guest Talk – The Strain between human rights and the rights of holders of patents: The Novartis/WTO case of 2007 regarding access to medicines in India and the Global South – Westminster University, London

Cecile is currently studying a PhD on the relationship between the law and policy of education and the education experience of nomadic pastoralist communities in Nigeria.

Her research interests centre on education, law, and social justice, with a particular focus on how historical legacies, policy frameworks, and governance structures shape access to education. 

Cecile's current research looks at the link between colonial legacies and education for marginalised communities. She is also pursing research on how students use artificial intelligence and technology in education.

Cecile supervises various undergraduate and postgraduate dissertations in law, international law, and international relations.

• The Law Society of England and Wales
• HEA fellow

Cecile has enhanced and developed several modules for both undergraduate and postgraduate courses, including business law, international business law, international law, crime and society, criminal justice, criminal law, human rights, media and the law, law and the luxury environment.

She has helped develop the Masters in Luxury Brand Management, the Masters and Undergraduate courses on International Relations, and the newly validated undergraduate, LLB in Law .

She has conducted a seminar for academics on how to incorporate the use of AI in the design of assessments.