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Jake Okechukwu Effoduh

Jake Okechukwu Effoduh

Assistant Professor,
Lincoln Alexander School of Law

Areas of Expertise

  • Technology Justice
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • International Human Rights Law
  • Discrimination and Identities
  • Law, Communications and Culture
  • Technology Law
  • Third World Approaches to International Law (TWAIL)

"A system that cannot be challenged is not innovation but impunity. Justice in the digital age begins with the right to contest the machine."

Effoduh鈥檚 research focuses on the intersections of AI, human rights, and international law. He has contributed to a broad range of AI policy development in several countries, including Canada, the United States, Brazil, Kenya, South Africa, China and Nigeria. He has also carried out legal advocacy within sub-regional and regional systems like the Inter-American Commission, the ECOWAS Court, the East African Court, the African Commission, and the UN Human Rights Council. Effoduh is executing a SSHRC-Explore Grant titled 鈥淐odes for Algorithmic Justice鈥, where he is evaluating regulatory solutions for algorithmic bias against Black Canadians. He is also an inaugural recipient of the Black-Focused Pedagogy Grant Award for his work on Critical Race Theory and Afrofuturism in AI and the Law. He is the convener of 鈥淏lack Futures by Design鈥, an expert consultation advancing racial justice in AI governance and regulation. Effoduh has held fellowships at Harvard Law School, Harvard Kennedy School, Carnegie Mellon University, the University of Ottawa, and the University of Cape Town. He is currently a 2025/26 Rogers Cybersecure Catalyst Fellow and the Editor-in-Chief of the Transnational Tech Law Review. He is also an Editor of the Transnational Human Rights Review. He is a UNESCO Expert on AI and the Rule of Law, providing training to judges, law teachers and legal officers on the use of AI in legal and judicial contexts. Some of Effoduh鈥檚 works have been published by the Harvard Human Rights Journal, Oxford University Press, Cambridge University Press, Journal of Robotics, AI & Law, Journal of Scholarly Publishing, Journal of Sustainable Development, Law and Policy, African Journal of Legal Studies, and TWAIL Review.

  • Third World Approaches to International Law Review (2025)

  • Journal of Scholarly Publishing (2025)
  • World Economic Forum (2025)
  • Centre for the Governance of AI (2025)

  • The Journal of Sustainable Development, Law and Policy (2024)
  • Third World Approaches to International Law Review (2023) 
  • The Transnational Human Rights Review (2023)
  • The Palgrave Handbook of Democracy, Governance and Justice in Africa (2022)
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Current Students

  • Alegbe Caitlyn, Lincoln Alexander School of Law (Academic Assistant)
  • Asgedome Ruby, Lincoln Alexander School of Law (Academic Assistant)
  • Efechaobor Deborah, Lincoln Alexander School of Law (Academic Assistant)
  • Dr. Dawodu Segun, Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, University of London, UK (Research Supervisee)
  • Dr. Nokuthula Oloruntope Olorunju, University of Cape Town, South Africa (Research Supervisee)
  • Engr. Cardoso Oluwaseun Qadri, University of Waterloo (Academic Assistant)
  • Eze Kingsley, Lincoln Alexander School of Law (Academic Assistant)
  • Gabriele Paola, Lincoln Alexander School of Law (Academic Assistant)
  • Galstyan Tamara, Lincoln Alexander School of Law (Research Supervisee)
  • Haghighi Aminah, Lincoln Alexander School of Law (Academic Assistant, )
  • Kiang Veronica, Lincoln Alexander School of Law (Academic Assistant, Research Supervisee)
  • Moll Simon, Lincoln Alexander School of Law (Academic Assistant, Research Supervisee)
  • Saningong Azinwi Kien, Lincoln Alexander School of Law (Academic Assistant)
  • Sheikh-Mohammed Suwayda, Lincoln Alexander School of Law (Academic Assistant)
  • Srirajasingam Charanija, Lincoln Alexander School of Law (Academic Assistant)
  • Ufot Victor, Lincoln Alexander School of Law (Academic Assistant)

Past Students

  • Varty Brenden, Lincoln Alexander School of Law (Academic Assistant, Research Supervisee)
  • Wallace Joshua, Lincoln Alexander School of Law (Academic Assistant)
  • Yu Annie, Lincoln Alexander School of Law (Academic Assistant)