Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIArb), United Kingdom, has admitted a Nigerian lawyer and council member of the Nigerian Bar Association Section on Public Interest and Development Law (NBA-SPIDEL), Mr. Emeka Nwadioke as a member.

Notifying Nwadioke of his success at the rigorous assessment process spanning panel interviews in Nigeria and written examination administered by its London Office, the Institute said: “We are pleased to inform you that you are now a member CIArb. Membership of CIArb demonstrates that a person has reached a high standard of excellence and proficiency when it comes to dispute avoidance.”
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Aside from CIArb’s International Arbitration course, Nwadioke has participated in several programmes on international arbitration, mediation and case management. He is also a member of the prestigious Lagos Court of Arbitration (LCA).
  
Nwadioke is the Lead Partner of Emeka Nwadioke & Co, a full-service law firm operating in Lagos. A Notary Public for Nigeria, he is also accredited with Nigeria’s corporate registry and the trademarks office.
  
He has served the Nigerian Bar in several roles, including being a member of the NBA Criminal Justice Reform Committee; member, Local Organising Committee (LOC), NBA yearly general conference (2017); Publicity Secretary, NBA Lagos Branch; Ex-Officio Member, NBA Lagos Branch and Chairman, Police Duty Solicitors Scheme (PDSS), NBA Lagos Branch.
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He was a member of the legal team that represented NBA in the highly contentious “SCUML case” (Registered Trustees of the Nigerian Bar Association v Attorney-General of the Federation and Central Bank of Nigeria), a strategic litigation lawsuit by the Bar association, challenging Nigeria’s money laundering law.

Nwadioke has a strong pro bono practice and has successfully defended several indigent detainees in criminal trials.

He is also a member of several lawyers’ networks working at fostering access to justice, including Capital Defence Lawyers Network, Coalition of Lawyers for Press Freedom, and Freedom of Information (FOI) Legal Response Network.
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He has also been involved in campaigns on petty offences and humane treatment of indigent drug arrestees.
 
A former banker and award-winning journalist, Nwadioke was in 1999 appointed by Nigeria’s President as a member of the National Y2K Committee saddled with containing the millennium bug.

His views are routinely sought on legal issues by Nigeria’s leading news media.
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