Chizelu Emejulu is the Managing Partner at Emejulu & Emejulu Law Firm based in Lagos, Nigeria. He has a personal bias for human rights advocacy and for challenging unjust systems through public interest litigation.

He was part of the legal team that successfully defended the 57 men arrested in 2018 at Egbeda, Lagos and arraigned in court for an offence under section 4(2) of the Same-Sex Marriage Prohibition Act (SSMPA) 2014. He is also part of the legal team currently challenging the provisions of sections 4(1), 5(1) and 5(2) of the SSMPA 2014 at the Federal High Court, Lagos.

With up to a decade of experience advising clients on various aspects of local and international law, Chizelu’s goal is always to help people, teams and organizations with timely, strategic and solution-driven legal support in times of uncertainty, doubt and legal crises.