Richard Edem Kwadzofio

Profile

I left the comfort of my family business in Italy to pursue my educational ambitions in England. I initially gained admission to Unity College in London to undertake my A-Level qualifications. However, through hard work and great exuberance towards academic work, I was assisted and supported by the lecturers and the registrar to proceed to university. Through their collective commendation I gained admission to a number of universities in England. I was again assisted by my lecturers to choose Canterbury Christ Church University as a place of study. I pursued Law and Business Studies Degree – Qualifying Law Degree (known by other universities as LLB with Business Studies). Only three students in the university combined Law with Business Studies at the time. I came out as the best among the three, by attaining a High Second-Class Upper Division Degree (2.1).

After my degree, I immediately gained admission to Kent Law School, University of Kent in the UK, to undertake my postgraduate studies. I enrolled on the Masters in International Commercial Law (LLM) programme and successfully completed with a High Merit. I further studied for a second Masters degree in International Financial Law (LLM) at the Shoool of law, Hertfordshire University in the UK, and finished with a High Merit with distinction in my final dissertation; which was titled: ‘The role of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank in the international financial system, stabilization and development.’

I am currently a PhD in Law Candidate at the University of Leeds, which is a global top 100 university and a member of the prestigious Russel Group of Universities in the UK. I have research interests in different areas of law. I am currently undertaking my research in Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and Environmental Protection which falls under Corporate Governance. Apart from traditional legal research methodologies (‘black letters’ research approach), I also have keen interest in socio-legal studies. My PhD research takes socio-legal approach. I am using doctrinal and empirical research methodologies for my PhD. I am passionate about sociolegal studies which often times lawyers pay little or no attention to. I am particularly interested in finding out how law impacts society (‘the law in action’). So, matters of legislative efficacy and compliance are of great concern and interest to me. I have previously worked in the following industries; retail (management), hospitality (management), legal (consultancy and practice), Finance (Investment and loans adviser), charity and academia. I am also one of the pioneering AI Generative Large Language Model (LLM) legal experts in the UK working on LexisNexis project that is intended to revolutionise the global legal industry. I am also a Seminar Leader for Constitutional and Administrative Law at the Univeristy of Leeds.

Research interests

My research interests include the following:

• Corporate governance/corporate law.
• Commercial law.
• Constituttional law/Public law.
• Law and development.
• Foreign Investment Law; with particular interest in FDIs in developing countries.
• International law; with particular interest on the impact of uti possidetis principle in post-colonial eras in Africa and South America, self-determination, colonialism and neocolonialism.

Qualifications

• BSc (Hons) Law with Business Studies - Qualifying Law Degree (QLD)
• Masters Degree in International Commercial Law - (LLM)
• Masters Degree in International Financial Law - (LLM)