Prof. Collins Odote PhD, LLM, LLB HON
Prof. Collins Odote is the Chairperson of the Council of Legal Education. He holds a Doctor of Philosophy degree in Law from the University of Nairobi. He is also an Advocate of the High Court of Kenya and a member of the Law Society of Kenya. Odote is an Associate Professor of Law and currently serving as the Associate Dean at the Faculty of Law and Research Director of the Centre for Advanced Studies in Environmental Law and Policy (CASELAP), both at the University of Nairobi. He is an arbitrator and a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators.
Further, Prof. Odote serves as the President of the Association of Environmental Law Lecturers in Africa (ASELLAU) - a continental network of scholars focusing on capacity building, research and knowledge exchange amongst universities and lecturers on teaching of environmental law in Africa.
His teaching and research instruments include land law, environment, natural resource management and governance. He is an accomplished consultant, facilitator, trainer, public speaker and an intellectual across legal and policy environments both nationally and internationally.
He was appointed to the CLE Board on 6th October 2023.