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Liz Nwarueze

Election Year: 2021

Election Constituency: West Africa

Scholar Status: Scholar in Residence

Rhodes Identifier: Nigeria & Trinity 2021

Liz Nwarueze

Biography

Elizabeth is a Lawyer, Board Secretary at StreetLaw Advocacy Network, Analyst at Borg.Research and Advisor at EduCore. She served as Clerk of the Lagos State Children's Parliament of Nigeria from 2012 to 2016 and emerged as West Africa's Best Oralist at the Monroe Price Media Law Moot Competition in 2017. She is a 2017 Scholar of the Nigeria Higher Education Foundation and graduated top of the 2018 University of Ibadan Law Class. She is a 2019 Alumna of the British Council Future Leaders Connect and has engaged policy issues on platforms like The Pat Utomi Public Policy Debate, Impact Africa and The Cambridge Union. As an enthusiast in policymaking and good governance, Elizabeth will pursue further studies in law and international trade policy at Oxford.