Emeka Duruigbo
Roberson King Professor of Law
Phone: (713) 313-1135
Email: emeka.duruigbo@tmslaw.tsu.edu
Joined the faculty in 2006.
Courses Taught
Business Associations
Oil & Gas Law
Biographical Information
- Roberson King Professor of Law, Texas Southern University, Thurgood Marshall School of Law, Houston, TX (2023-Present)
- Professor of Law, Texas Southern University, Thurgood Marshall School of Law, Houston, TX
(2012-Present) - Associate Professor, Texas Southern University, Thurgood Marshall School of Law, Houston, TX
(2009-2012) - Assistant Professor, Texas Southern University, Thurgood Marshall School of Law, Houston, TX (2006-2009)
- Adjunct Professor of Law, Golden Gate University, San Francisco, CA (2003-2006)
- Senior Legal Counsel, Natural Heritage Institute, San Francisco, CA (2004-2006)
- Research Fellow, Program on Energy and Sustainable Development, Stanford University, Stanford, CA. (2003-2004)
- Resource Development Associate, Law Finance Group Inc., San Francisco, CA (2000-2003)
- Research Assistant, Faculty of Law, University of Alberta. Alberta, Canada
Professor Emeka Duruigbo is nationally and internationally recognized as a scholar and advocate, with a focus on Energy Law, Business Law, and International Economic Law. He has been on the faculty of Thurgood Marshall School of Law, Texas Southern University in Houston since 2006. Prior to joining the legal academy, he was a senior legal counsel at Natural Heritage Institute, an adjunct professor at Golden Gate University School of Law, a resource development associate at LawFinance Group, Inc. and a Research Fellow at the Program on Energy and Sustainable Development, Center for Environmental Science and Policy, at Stanford University. His scholarship has been cited by state and federal courts and in a number of amicus briefs at the United States Supreme Court. He has been invited to speak at high-level conferences in the United States and abroad, including a Corporate War Crimes conference at The Hague in October 2010. Professor Duruigbo has made a number of media appearances and was featured in the international award-winning petroleum documentary film, "Crude Impact." Along with the Chief Justice of Canada, he was profiled in Without Prejudice, the Law Alumni Magazine of the University of Alberta in 2009, in celebration of the University's centenary. He was honored as “Professor of the Year” by the African Law Students Association at Thurgood Marshall School of Law in 2016. He sits on the advisory board of the Institute for Energy Law and on the Education Advisory Board of the Association of International Petroleum Negotiators (AIPN). Professor Duruigbo received his Bachelor’s, Master’s and Doctoral degrees in Law and held academic fellowships at the University of Benin, University of Alberta, Golden Gate University and Stanford University. He is licensed to practice law in Nigeria and California.
Select Publications
- Nunc Dimittis or Chief Cornerstone: Evaluating Africa's International Norm-Development Experiment in the Chad-Cameroon Pipeline Project, 35 Nw. J. Int’l & Bus. 297 (2015).
- Balancing Energy Development and Environmental Rights: From Foreign Litigation to International Insurance?, 2 Groningen J. Int’l L. 33 (2014).
- Texas Business Associations (2014) (with Marcia Johnson).
- Sustainable Energy in the United States: Access, Efficiency and Private Rights, in Energy Access for Economic Development: Policy, Institutional Frameworks and Strategic Options, Proceedings of the 2014 NAEE/IAEE Conference 882 (Adeola Adenikinju et al eds., 2014).
- Powering the Future: A Modern Conversation on Energy, 38 T. Marshall L. Rev. 151 (2013).
- Community Equity Participation in African Petroleum Ventures: Path to Economic Growth?, 35 N.C. Cent. L. Rev. 111 (2013).
- Stimulating Long-Term Shareholding, 33 CARDOZO L. REV. 1733 (2012).
- Oil, Turmoil and a Texas Export for Energy Security, 37 T. MARSHALL L. REV. 231 (2012).
- Tackling Shareholder Short-termism and Managerial Myopia, 100 KY. L. J. 531 (2012).
- Realizing the People's Right to Natural Resources, 12 WHITEHEAD J. OF DIPL. INT'L. REL. 111 (2011).
- Avoiding a Limited Future for the Defacto LLC and LLC by Estoppel, 12 U. PA. J. BUS. L. 1013 (2010).
- The Global Energy Challenge and Nigeria's Emergence as a Major Gas Power: Promise, Peril or Paradox of Plenty?, 21 GEO. INT'L ENV. L. REV. 395 (2009).
- Corporate Accountability and Liability for International Human Rights abuses: Recent Changes and Recurring Challenges, 6 NW. U. J. INT'L. HUM. RTS. 222 (2008).
Additional Publications
Books and Monographs
- Texas Business Associations (Wolters Kluwer, 2017) (with Marcia Johnson).
- MULTINATIONAL CORPORATIONSAND INTERNATIONAL LAW: ACCOUNTABILITYAND COMPLIANCE ISSUES IN THE PETROLEUM INDUSTRY (Ardsley, NY: Transnational Publishers, Inc., 2003).
Book Chapters and Contributions
- Corporations and International Law, in INTERNATIONAL LAW: CONTEMPORARY ISSUES AND FUTURE DEVELOPMENTS 173 (Sanford R. Silverburg ed. 2011).
- The New Incarnation of the Stabilization Clause Controversy in International Investment, in CONTEMPORARY ISSUES ON PUBLIC INTERNATIONALAND COMPARATIVE LAW: ESSAYSIN HONOROF PROFESSOR DR. CHRISTIAN NWACHUKWU OKEKE (Judge Chima Centus Nweze ed. 2009).
- Pioneering Models for International Project Finance and Criminal Adjudication through Shared Sovereignty, in AFRICA: MAPPING NEW BOUNDARIES IN INTERNATIONAL LAW 205 (Jeremy Levitt ed. 2008).
- BEYOND GOOD DEEDS: CASE STUDIES AND A NEW POLICY AGENDA FOR CORPORATE ACCOUNTABILITY (Michelle Leighton, et al., July 2002) (contributor, pp. 35-39).
Articles and Others
- Nunc Dimittis or Chief Cornerstone: Evaluating Africa's International Norm-Development Experiment in the Chad-Cameroon Pipeline Project, 35 Nw. J. Int’l & Bus. 297 (2015).
- Balancing Energy Development and Environmental Rights: From Foreign Litigation to International Insurance?, 2 Groningen J. Int’l L. 33 (2014).
- Sustainable Energy in the United States: Access, Efficiency and Private Rights, in Energy Access for Economic Development: Policy, Institutional Frameworks and Strategic Options, Proceedings of the 2014 NAEE/IAEE Conference 882 (Adeola Adenikinju et al eds., 2014).
- Powering the Future: A Modern Conversation on Energy, 38 T. Marshall L. Rev. 151 (2013).
- Community Equity Participation in African Petroleum Ventures: Path to Economic Growth?, 35 N.C. Cent. L. Rev. 111 (2013).
- Stimulating Long-Term Shareholding, 33 CARDOZO L. REV. 1733 (2012).
- Oil, Turmoil and a Texas Export for Energy Security, 37 T. MARSHALL L. REV. 231 (2012).
- Tackling Shareholder Short-termism and Managerial Myopia, 100 KY. L. J. 531 (2012).
- Realizing the People's Right to Natural Resources, 12 WHITEHEAD J. OF DIPL. INT'L. REL. 111 (2011).
- Avoiding a Limited Future for the Defacto LLC and LLC by Estoppel, 12 U. PA. J. BUS. L. 1013 (2010).
- The Global Energy Challenge and Nigeria's Emergence as a Major Gas Power: Promise, Peril or Paradox of Plenty?, 21 GEO. INT'L ENV. L. REV. 395 (2009).
- Corporate Accountability and Liability for International Human Rights abuses: Recent Changes and Recurring Challenges, 6 NW. U. J. INT'L. HUM. RTS. 222 (2008).
Honors and Awards
- 2016: Faculty Member of the Year, African Law Students Association, TMSL.
- 2003: Lieberman Fellow, Stanford University
- 1997: Alberta Law Foundation Scholar, University of Alberta
- 1992: Dean's Prize for Best Overall Graduating Student, University of Benin
- 1991: Chief F. Ajudua Prize in Commercial Law
- 1989: First Prize, National Essay Competition, Ambassador Magazine
Affiliations
- Association of International Petroleum Negotiators (AIPN) (Member, Education Advisory Board)
- Institute for Energy Law, Center for American and International Law (Member, Advisory Board)
- American Society of International Law
- American Bar Association
- State Bar of California
- Nigerian Bar Association
- Production Editor, Annual Survey of International and Comparative Law
