Joyce Nnenna Eseni, a Nigerian legal practitioner with two decades of post-call experience, has built a career spanning medical law, health policy, alternative dispute resolution and legal practice within the healthcare sector. She currently serves as Assistant Secretary of the Nigerian Bar Association Section on Legal Practice (NBA-SLP), Second Vice Chair of its Medicine and Law Committee, and an Executive Member of the African Bar Association Women Forum. She is also the pioneer and former Head of Legal Services at Alex Ekwueme Federal University Teaching Hospital, Abakaliki, Ebonyi State.
Eseni, who holds an LL.M in Medical Law and is pursuing doctoral studies in Global Health Law and Policy, is a facilitator at the Institute of Medical and Health Law, Nigeria, and The Medico-Legal Academy. A certified Alternative Dispute Resolution practitioner, she is also an Associate of the UNESCO Chair on Health, Race and Human Rights and a member of the World Association for Medical Law, among other professional organisations. With several publications and international speaking engagements to her credit, she continues to contribute to discussions and professional development in medical law and health policy.
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Joyce Nnenna Eseni (Mrs.) is a legal practitioner with two decades of post-call experience. She serves as Assistant Secretary of the NBA Section on Legal Practice (NBA-SLP), 2nd Vice Chair of its Medicine and Law Committee, and an Executive Member of the African Bar Association Women Forum.
Eseni is the pioneer and former Head of Legal Services, Alex Ekwueme Federal University Teaching Hospital, Abakaliki, Ebonyi State, Nigeria. She is a Facilitator with the Institute of Medical and Health Law, Nigeria, and The Medico-Legal Academy. She is a Certified Alternative Dispute Resolution practitioner with extensive medico-legal experience.
A doctoral scholar in Global Health Law and Policy, Eseni holds an LL.M in Medical Law. She is an Associate of the UNESCO Chair on Health, Race and Human Rights, a widely published international speaker, and a member of the World Association for Medical Law and other notable professional organizations.