Faculty
Dr. Luis Franceschi
Dean of Strathmore Law SchoolDr Luis G Franceschi, LL.B (UCAB), LL.M (Nairobi) and LL.D (Navarre) is chairman of the Board of the Ethics Institute of East Africa and chairman of the Scientific Committee of the Annual Ethics Conferences since 2004. He has published more than a dozen peer reviewed articles and books on topics relating to law and ethics. Dr Franceschi is also a Member of the team of experts Peer Reviewers of the Council of Legal Education (Kenya) and a Consultant for the Ministry of Justice, National Cohesion and Constitutional Affairs, the Constitution Implementation Commission, the National Cohesion Commission and the National Economic and Social Council (Office of the President), where he was a founding member of the National Values Committee.
“The philosophy of the proposed Master of Laws Programme is to strive to promote justice and serve society through integral training and all-round development of legal professionals in specialized areas of law. To this end, the proposed programme will strive to offer quality academic and professional training and cultivate academics and practitioners of high professional competence and moral conviction. This approach is consistent with the educational philosophy of the University and that of Strathmore Law School.”
Dr Joy Malala-Scholz
Director of ResearchDr Joy Malala-Scholz has a special interest in researching the structure of regulation and supervision, risk-based system of supervision, legal accountability of regulators, corporate governance, enforcement sanctions, deposit insurance and the use of external auditors. She is interested in the examination of the role of Central Banks.
“This course was developed in consultation with the industry and delivered by leading international and local experts on financial regulation. This innovative LLM in International Finance Law and Regulation provides an interdisciplinary approach in the global context of the theory, practice and regulation of financial firms.”
Dr Peter Kwenjera
Academic DirectorDr Peter Kwenjera holds a PhD in Law and a Masters in Governance and Culture of Organisations from the University of Navarre, as well as a Bachelor of Laws (LL.B) from the University of Nairobi. He is qualified as a Certified Public Accountant and is a member of the Law Society of Kenya. His areas of focus include: negotiation skills, contract skills, management law for entrepreneurs and legal ethics.
“The continued existence of gaps in diversity of legal thought and areas in legal academia in Kenya manifests not only the problem but also the growth potential of legal education in Kenya. Suffice it to say, the LLM at Strathmore Law School is uniquely placed as an important tool in fostering the latter while obliterating the former. In tackling, among others, International Criminal Law and Information Technology Law, this Masters Program in essence emphasizes the adaptation of new, localised and practical ways of effectively resolving contemporary legal problems in Kenya and Africa.”
Dr Isaac Rutenberg
Senior Lecturer and Director of CIPITDr Isaac Rutenberg is a senior lecturer and Director of the Center for Intellectual Property and Information Technology Law (CIPIT) at Strathmore university in Nairobi. He is licensed to practice law in California and to practice before the patent offices in the USA and Kenya. His academic research focuses on efficient use and implementation of IP rights in Kenya and across the African Continent.
“With the recent rapid advancement of technology, there is a need to create awareness about people’s rights in intangible property e.g. intellectual property. In Africa, Intellectual Property (IP) is a largely untapped area, yet it is a rapidly growing area of law as more people are trying to develop solutions to the various problems in the continent. The Strathmore Law School LL.M combines academic lectures with clinical experience, is aimed at capturing the creative minds in various industries with a yearning for intellectual stimulation by increasing their knowledge about intellectual property and the law that surrounds it.”
Dr Melba Kapesa Wasunna
Director, Extractives BarazaDr. Melba Kapesa Wasunna, SJD, is the Director of the Extractives Baraza based at Strathmore University, Nairobi, Kenya. She was a legal associate at one of New York’s premier law firms, Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP. She is admitted to practice as an attorney at the New York State Bar.
“Developed in collaboration with the industry and delivered by leading international and local experts on oil and gas, this exciting LLM programme provides an interdisciplinary approach – the first of its kind in East Africa – set in the broader context of contemporary oil and gas regulation, law and policy. Our mission is to make you a highly effective legal specialist, capable of operating in a transnational oil and gas context.”
Dr John Ambani
Lecturer at Strathmore Law School and Editor-in-Chief for the Strathmore Law JournalDr J Osogo Ambani, LLD (UP), LLM (UP), LLB (UoN), Dip KSL, teaches at Strathmore Law School and is also the Editor-in-Chief, Strathmore Law Journal. He has taught, published, and consulted widely in the areas of Constitutional Law, Human Rights, Gender, Governance, Jurisprudence and Research Methods.
“A good Masters Program aims at making candidates start feeling like masters. An excellent one makes them raise more questions than they can answer, suspending premature celebrations of ‘mastery’. Ours will do exactly this. And more! Candidates will have to find new, and higher goals to aim at!”
Professor Claus Kreß
Director of the Institute of International Peace and Security Law at the University of Cologne, GermanyProfessor Claus Kreß (Dr. jur. Cologne; LL.M. Cantab.) is Professor for Criminal Law and Public International Law. He holds the Chair for German and International Criminal Law and he is Director of the Institute of International Peace and Security Law at the University of Cologne, Germany.
“Scholarship and teaching in international criminal law has been thriving at Strathmore Law School over the past years. Through the inauguration of a Master’s program with a strong major in International Criminal Law and Justice, Strathmore University Law School is now firmly on its way toward establishing itself as an East African lighthouse in the field. It is much to be hoped that many students, not least from Africa, will avail themselves of the splendid new opportunity to study for their Master of Laws degree in Kenya.”
Dr Arielle Emmett
Writer, Visual Journalist and Traveling ScholarDr. Arielle Emmett, Ph.D., is a writer, visual journalist and traveling scholar specializing in East Asia, African-China relations, science writing, and human interest. She is a recipient of a 2015 Fulbright grant to teach visual media and online journalism curriculum for the Universitas Padjadjaran, West Java, Indonesia. Emmett has been a professional journalist and teacher since beginning her career as a correspondent for Newsweek in the 1970s. Currently she is a regular contributor to Smithsonian Air & Space, Smithsonian.com, and Business North Carolina.
“Legal advocates are, first and foremost, communicators. Deep research, writing and speaking skills must go beyond the comparatively specialized jargon of professional journals and legal briefs. Rather, the great advocate writes and speaks with a clarity and directness that commands the attention of all peoples, including lay audiences and the press. The LL.M programme challenges experienced attorneys to find that clarity, linking it to their deepest convictions regarding justice and human rights.”
Professor Santiago Legarre
Visiting Lecturer, Strathmore Law SchoolProfessor Santiago Legarre, PhD (Universidad de Buenos Aires), M. St (University of Oxford), LLB (Universidad Catolica, Argentina), is a visiting professor at the University of Notre Dame Law School (Indiana) and at Strathmore Law School (Kenya), where he developed a teaching system of expressing knowledge through art. In 2016 he lectured at Harvard Law School, invited by the American Constitution Society; and at Cornell Law School, where he was part of the Berger International Speakers Series. In 2017 he presented on natural law and constitutional law for the Eric Voegelin Institute at Louisiana State University.
“It has been a great experience teaching at Strathmore Law School. I have the joyful role of contributing inadvertently to developing the hidden talents of my students, plus the notable responsibility of awarding prizes without knowing much about art myself.”
Dr. Luis Franceschi
Dean of Strathmore Law SchoolDr Luis G Franceschi, LL.B (UCAB), LL.M (Nairobi) and LL.D (Navarre) is chairman of the Board of the Ethics Institute of East Africa and chairman of the Scientific Committee of the Annual Ethics Conferences since 2004. He has published more than a dozen peer reviewed articles and books on topics relating to law and ethics. Dr Franceschi is also a Member of the team of experts Peer Reviewers of the Council of Legal Education (Kenya) and a Consultant for the Ministry of Justice, National Cohesion and Constitutional Affairs, the Constitution Implementation Commission, the National Cohesion Commission and the National Economic and Social Council (Office of the President), where he was a founding member of the National Values Committee.
“The philosophy of the proposed Master of Laws Programme is to strive to promote justice and serve society through integral training and all-round development of legal professionals in specialized areas of law. To this end, the proposed programme will strive to offer quality academic and professional training and cultivate academics and practitioners of high professional competence and moral conviction. This approach is consistent with the educational philosophy of the University and that of Strathmore Law School.”
Dr Joy Malala-Scholz
Director of ResearchDr Joy Malala-Scholz has a special interest in researching the structure of regulation and supervision, risk-based system of supervision, legal accountability of regulators, corporate governance, enforcement sanctions, deposit insurance and the use of external auditors. She is interested in the examination of the role of Central Banks.
“This course was developed in consultation with the industry and delivered by leading international and local experts on financial regulation. This innovative LLM in International Finance Law and Regulation provides an interdisciplinary approach in the global context of the theory, practice and regulation of financial firms.”
Dr Peter Kwenjera
Academic DirectorDr Peter Kwenjera holds a PhD in Law and a Masters in Governance and Culture of Organisations from the University of Navarre, as well as a Bachelor of Laws (LL.B) from the University of Nairobi. He is qualified as a Certified Public Accountant and is a member of the Law Society of Kenya. His areas of focus include: negotiation skills, contract skills, management law for entrepreneurs and legal ethics.
“The continued existence of gaps in diversity of legal thought and areas in legal academia in Kenya manifests not only the problem but also the growth potential of legal education in Kenya. Suffice it to say, the LLM at Strathmore Law School is uniquely placed as an important tool in fostering the latter while obliterating the former. In tackling, among others, International Criminal Law and Information Technology Law, this Masters Program in essence emphasizes the adaptation of new, localised and practical ways of effectively resolving contemporary legal problems in Kenya and Africa.”
Dr Isaac Rutenberg
Senior Lecturer and Director of CIPITDr Isaac Rutenberg is a senior lecturer and Director of the Center for Intellectual Property and Information Technology Law (CIPIT) at Strathmore university in Nairobi. He is licensed to practice law in California and to practice before the patent offices in the USA and Kenya. His academic research focuses on efficient use and implementation of IP rights in Kenya and across the African Continent.
“With the recent rapid advancement of technology, there is a need to create awareness about people’s rights in intangible property e.g. intellectual property. In Africa, Intellectual Property (IP) is a largely untapped area, yet it is a rapidly growing area of law as more people are trying to develop solutions to the various problems in the continent. The Strathmore Law School LL.M combines academic lectures with clinical experience, is aimed at capturing the creative minds in various industries with a yearning for intellectual stimulation by increasing their knowledge about intellectual property and the law that surrounds it.”
Dr Melba Kapesa Wasunna
Director, Extractives BarazaDr. Melba Kapesa Wasunna, SJD, is the Director of the Extractives Baraza based at Strathmore University, Nairobi, Kenya. She was a legal associate at one of New York’s premier law firms, Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP. She is admitted to practice as an attorney at the New York State Bar.
“Developed in collaboration with the industry and delivered by leading international and local experts on oil and gas, this exciting LLM programme provides an interdisciplinary approach – the first of its kind in East Africa – set in the broader context of contemporary oil and gas regulation, law and policy. Our mission is to make you a highly effective legal specialist, capable of operating in a transnational oil and gas context.”
Dr John Ambani
Lecturer at Strathmore Law School and Editor-in-Chief for the Strathmore Law JournalDr J Osogo Ambani, LLD (UP), LLM (UP), LLB (UoN), Dip KSL, teaches at Strathmore Law School and is also the Editor-in-Chief, Strathmore Law Journal. He has taught, published, and consulted widely in the areas of Constitutional Law, Human Rights, Gender, Governance, Jurisprudence and Research Methods.
“A good Masters Program aims at making candidates start feeling like masters. An excellent one makes them raise more questions than they can answer, suspending premature celebrations of ‘mastery’. Ours will do exactly this. And more! Candidates will have to find new, and higher goals to aim at!”
Professor Claus Kreß
Director of the Institute of International Peace and Security Law at the University of Cologne, GermanyProfessor Claus Kreß (Dr. jur. Cologne; LL.M. Cantab.) is Professor for Criminal Law and Public International Law. He holds the Chair for German and International Criminal Law and he is Director of the Institute of International Peace and Security Law at the University of Cologne, Germany.
“Scholarship and teaching in international criminal law has been thriving at Strathmore Law School over the past years. Through the inauguration of a Master’s program with a strong major in International Criminal Law and Justice, Strathmore University Law School is now firmly on its way toward establishing itself as an East African lighthouse in the field. It is much to be hoped that many students, not least from Africa, will avail themselves of the splendid new opportunity to study for their Master of Laws degree in Kenya.”
Dr Arielle Emmett
Writer, Visual Journalist and Traveling ScholarDr. Arielle Emmett, Ph.D., is a writer, visual journalist and traveling scholar specializing in East Asia, African-China relations, science writing, and human interest. She is a recipient of a 2015 Fulbright grant to teach visual media and online journalism curriculum for the Universitas Padjadjaran, West Java, Indonesia. Emmett has been a professional journalist and teacher since beginning her career as a correspondent for Newsweek in the 1970s. Currently she is a regular contributor to Smithsonian Air & Space, Smithsonian.com, and Business North Carolina.
“Legal advocates are, first and foremost, communicators. Deep research, writing and speaking skills must go beyond the comparatively specialized jargon of professional journals and legal briefs. Rather, the great advocate writes and speaks with a clarity and directness that commands the attention of all peoples, including lay audiences and the press. The LL.M programme challenges experienced attorneys to find that clarity, linking it to their deepest convictions regarding justice and human rights.”
Professor Santiago Legarre
Visiting Lecturer, Strathmore Law SchoolProfessor Santiago Legarre, PhD (Universidad de Buenos Aires), M. St (University of Oxford), LLB (Universidad Catolica, Argentina), is a visiting professor at the University of Notre Dame Law School (Indiana) and at Strathmore Law School (Kenya), where he developed a teaching system of expressing knowledge through art. In 2016 he lectured at Harvard Law School, invited by the American Constitution Society; and at Cornell Law School, where he was part of the Berger International Speakers Series. In 2017 he presented on natural law and constitutional law for the Eric Voegelin Institute at Louisiana State University.
“It has been a great experience teaching at Strathmore Law School. I have the joyful role of contributing inadvertently to developing the hidden talents of my students, plus the notable responsibility of awarding prizes without knowing much about art myself.”