Edna Udobong

Education

• LL.M., Harvard Law School
• LL.M., University of Lagos, Lagos, Nigeria
• B.L., Nigerian Law School, Lagos, Nigeria, with honors
• LL.B., University of Lagos, Lagos, Nigeria, with honors

Areas of Interest/Teaching

International law, international human rights, immigration law, adoption law, lawyering skills

Experience

Admitted to practice law in New York, the District of Columbia, and Nigeria

Biography

Prof. Udobong began her teaching career in 2000 at John Marshall Law School in Atlanta, Georgia, where she established and directed the first academic support program. In addition, Udobong has taught at the University of Maryland–College Park and the University of Georgia–Athens as adjunct associate professor and visiting lecturer, respectively. Prof. Udobong is multilingual and has lectured in Africa and Europe.
A 2014 recipient of Liberty University President’s Award for Excellence in Teaching, Prof. Udobong joined LU’s distinguished law school faculty in 2010 as a visiting professor. She has taught international law, immigration law and policy, adoption law and policy, and international human rights. She now holds the rank of professor in Liberty University’s Helms School of Government.

Edna Udobong is the advisor for the Faculty and Student International Scholarship and Fellowship Programs for the Fulbright Scholar Program, the Fulbright U.S. Students Program, and the Gilman Scholarship Program. Udobong received a 2008–2009 Fulbright Scholarship to the University of Lagos, Nigeria, and a 2013 Fulbright Specialist Scholarship to the University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa.

• Received the Harvard Law School Reginald Lewis Human Rights award in 1995
• Served as a Fellow in the human rights section of the Carter Center in Atlanta
• Served as a member of the American Bar Association’s (ABA’s) Africa Law Initiative, 2009–2011; the 2008–2010 chair of the Africa, Asia, and Eurasia Division of the American Bar Association International Law Section (overseeing China, Europe, Africa, Asia Pacific, and Russia Eurasia Committees); and a 2011–2012 advisor to the Africa Committee
• Led a team of distinguished leaders of the ABA in 2006 on an exchange trip to Ghana, Liberia, and Sierra Leone on development initiatives
• Received the 2006–2007 Unsung Hero Award In recognition of her contributions to the ABA and as division chair of the Africa Committee of the ABA Section of International Law