
Justice Okezie is a PhD student at Osgoode Hall Law School researching on the intersection between emerging technologies and anti-money laundering and terrorism financing. Justice obtained his LLB in Nigeria at the Nnamdi Azikiwe University where he graduated among the top 4 of my LLB class and then proceeded to the Nigerian Law school where he obtained his Licentiate Degree, graduating in First Class. He then proceeded to practiced law for 7 years in top-ranked Nigerian firms where he practiced business law (including commercial litigation and arbitration, capital markets, project finance, and M&A). In 2024, Justice completed his professional LLM in International Business Law Student at Osgoode Hall Law School, Osgoode Professional Development, and proceeded immediately to start his PhD at Osgoode under the supervision of Prof. Benjamin Geva. His research proposal won him the entry award of Williard Estey Graduate Fellowship in Law. Justice is also a Fellow of the Jae and Jack Nathanson Centre on Transnational Human Rights, Crime and Security. His PhD research focuses on Canadian, and international anti-money laundering and terrorism financing regimes in the digital era. His PhD builds on his LLM research and studies on international finance, and anti-money laundering, terrorism financing and international country sanctions law.