DR. EMEKA ALEXANDER DURUIGBO

DR. EMEKA ALEXANDER DURUIGBO Thurgood Marshall School of Law Texas Southern University 3100 Cleburne Street Houston, TX 77004 Mobile Telephone: (510) 717 2009 Office Telephone: (713) 313-1135 Facsimile: (713) 313-1049 Email: eduruigbo@tmslaw.tsu.edu EMPLOYMENT 2012 -: Professor of Law, Thurgood Marshall School of Law, Texas Southern University 2009 2012: Associate Professor, Thurgood Marshall School of Law, Texas Southern University 2006-2009: Assistant Professor, Thurgood Marshall School of Law, Texas Southern University 2003-2006: Senior Legal Counsel, Natural Heritage Institute, San Francisco 2003-2006: Adjunct Professor, Golden Gate University School of Law 2004: Researcher for Professor Pauline Jones Luong (Yale University) & Erika Weinthal (Tel Aviv University) 2003-2004: Research Fellow, Program on Energy and Sustainable Development, Center for Environmental Science and Policy, Stanford University 2000 2003: Resource Development Associate, LawFinance Group, Inc., San Francisco 1997-1999: Research Assistant, Faculty of Law, University of Alberta 1996-1997: Senior Counsel, Numero Uno (Solicitors), Lagos, Nigeria 1995-1996: Counsel, Ayo-Kasumu & Co. (Solicitors), Lagos, Nigeria 1993-1994: Executive Director, NYSC Legal Aid Service, Bama L.G.A., Borno, State, Nigeria 1993-1994: Legal Adviser (City Attorney), Bama Local Government Council, Borno State, Nigeria OTHER PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS Member, American Bar Association Member, American Society of International Law Member, State Bar of California Member, Nigerian Bar Association Production Editor, Annual Survey of International and Comparative Law 1

CITATION AND RECOGNITION 1. Sarei v. Rio Tinto Plc., U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit (Dec. 2008) (concurring opinion of Judge Bea) 2. Sarei v. Rio Tinto Plc., U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit (Dec. 2008) (dissenting opinion of Judge Reinhardt) 3. Rojas Mamani v. Sanchez Berzain, United States District Court, S.D. Florida (Jun. 2009) 4. First Community Bank, N.A. v. Community Youth Center; Circuit Court of Virginia (Dec. 20, 2010) 5. Cited in numerous textbooks and law journals, including Harvard Law Review and virtually every leading international law journal in the world Yale Journal of Int l Law; Harvard Int l Law Journal; International and Comparative Law Quarterly, Nordic Journal of International Law, Chinese Journal of International Law, etc. 6. Profiled in, Without Prejudice, University of Alberta Faculty of Law Alumni Magazine, Special University Centenary Edition (Spring 2009) HONORS AND AWARDS 2012: Faculty Hooding Honor, Thurgood Marshall School of Law - Elected by the graduating class for second consecutive year to invest them with their academic hoods during commencement. 2011: Faculty Hooding Honor, Thurgood Marshall School of Law - Elected by the graduating class to invest them with their academic hoods during commencement. 2009: International Service Award Nominee (Law School), Texas Southern University 2003: Lieberman Fellow, Stanford University 2003: Fellow, Stanford Program in International Legal Studies, Stanford Law School 2001: First Recipient, Using Your Head Award, LawFinance Group, Inc. 1999: Doctoral Scholar, Golden Gate University 1998: Faculty of Law, University of Alberta Nominee, Western Association of Graduate Schools/EMI Distinguished Master s Thesis Award 1997: Alberta Law Foundation Scholar, University of Alberta (full scholarship) 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 2

RESEARCH AND TEACHING INTERESTS Business Associations, Corporations Law and Policy, Public International Law, International Business Transactions, International Trade Law, International Environmental Law, Environmental Law and Policy, Energy Law, Oil & Gas Law, Natural Resources Law, Comparative Legal Systems, International Investment Law, International Development Law, Law of International Organizations. RESEARCH FUNDING 2008: Soros Foundation/ Open Society Initiative for West Africa, Research and Policy Grant 2005: Soros Foundation/ Open Society Initiative for West Africa, Research and Policy Grant 2004: John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, Research Grant 2002: Ford Foundation, Grant as a consultant to the Institute for International Education SELECTED MEDIA APPEARANCES 1. Cap & Trade Houston Media Source Television, February 10, 2010, http://vimeo.com/9992702 2. Crude Impact 2006, International Award-winning documentary film featuring a handful of oil, gas and environmental scholars and practitioners from across the world, www.crudeimpact.com/page.asp?content_id=9684 3. Contra Costa Times, Business Section C1, March 31, 2006 (Rick Jurgens, Group Looks at Nigeria s Effect on Oil ), reproduced at http://www.redorbit.com/news/science/452106/group_looks_at_nigerias_ef fect_on_oil/. 4. KPFA Radio, Berkeley March 14, 2005, Interview with Walter Turner on Political Situation in Nigeria, www.kpfa.org/archives/index.php?date=2005-03-14. 5. KPFA Radio, Berkeley June 14, 2004, African Oil: A Look at the Petroleum Industry in Africa Interview with Bill Heath, www.kpfa.org/archives/index.php?date=2004-06-14 3

PUBLICATIONS A. Books and Monographs 1. Multinational Corporations and International Law: Accountability And Compliance Issues In The Petroleum Industry (Ardsley, NY: Transnational Publishers, Inc., 2003). B. Book Chapters and Contributions 1. Corporations and International Law in International Law: Contemporary Issues and Future Developments 173 (Sanford R. Silverburg ed.) (Boulder, CO: Westview Press, 2011) 2. The New Incarnation of the Stabilization Clause Controversy in International Investment in Contemporary Issues on Public International and Comparative Law: Essays in Honor of Professor Dr. Christian Nwachukwu Okeke 631 (Judge Chima Centus Nweze, Ed.) (Lake Mary, FL: Vandeplas Publishing, 2009) 3. Pioneering Models for International Project Finance and Criminal Adjudication through Shared Sovereignty in Africa: Mapping New Boundaries in International Law 205 (Jeremy Levitt, Ed.) (Oxford: Hart Publishing, 2008) 4. Beyond Good Deeds: Case Studies And A New Policy Agenda For Corporate Accountability (Michelle Leighton, et al., July 2002) (Contributor, pp. 35-39) C. Articles & Others 1. Stimulating Long-Term Shareholding, 33 Cardozo Law Review 1733 (2012) 2. Oil, Turmoil and a Texas Export for Energy Security, 37 Thurgood Marshall Law Review 231 (2012) 3. Tackling Shareholder Short-termism and Managerial Myopia, 100 Kentucky Law Journal 531(2012) 4

4. Realizing the People s Right to Natural Resources, 12 Whitehead Journal of Diplomacy and International Relations 111 (2011) 5. Avoiding a Limited Future for the Defacto LLC and LLC by Estoppel, 12 University of Pennsylvania Journal of Business Law 1013 (2010) 6. The Global Energy Challenge and Nigeria's Emergence as a Major Gas Power: Promise, Peril or Paradox of Plenty?, 21 Georgetown International Environmental Law Review 395 (2009) 7. Corporate Accountability and Liability for International Human Rights Abuses: Recent Changes and Recurring Challenges 6 Northwestern University Journal of International Human Rights 222 (2008) 8. Exhaustion of Local Remedies and Alien Tort Litigation: Implications for International Human Rights Protection 29 Fordham International Law Journal 1245 (2006) 9. Permanent Sovereignty and Peoples Ownership of Natural Resources in International Law 38 George Washington International Law Review 33 (2006) 10. The World Bank, Multinational Oil Corporations and Resource Curse in Africa 26 University of Pennsylvania Journal of International Economic Law 1 (2005) 11. The Economic Cost of Alien Tort Litigation: A Response to Awakening Monster: The Alien Tort Statute of 1789, 14 Minnesota Journal of Global Trade 1 (2004) 12. Managing Oil Revenues for Socio-Economic Development in Nigeria: The Case for Community-Based Trust Funds 30 North Carolina Journal of International Law & Commercial Regulation 121 (2004) 13. Natural Gas Development in Nigeria and Its Implications Energy Business 43 (October 2004) 14. International Relations, Economics and Compliance with International Law: Harnessing Common Resources to Protect the Environment and Solve Global Problems, 31:2 California Western International Law Journal 177 (2001) 15. Multinational Corporations and Compliance with International Regulations Relating to the Petroleum Industry, 7 Annual Survey of International & Comparative Law 101 (2001) 5

16. Oil Development in Nigeria: A Critical Investigation of Chevron Corporation's Performance in the Niger River Delta (Natural Heritage Institute, 2001) 17. Reforming the International Law and Policy on Marine Oil Pollution, 31:1 Journal of Maritime Law & Commerce 65 (2000) REVIEWS OF WORK 1. Karsten Nowrot, Emeka Duruigbo: Multinational Corporations and International Law. Accountability and Compliance Issues in the Petroleum Industry, 47 German Yearbook of International Law 967-968 (2004) 2. Lyonette Louis-Jacques, Multinational Corporations and International Law: Accountability and Compliance Issues in the Petroleum Industry. By Emeka A. Duruigbo, 33 International Journal of Legal Information (Yale University) 145-147 (2005) 3. Robert Dufresne, Short Review: Multinational Corporations and International Law: Accountability and Compliance in the Petroleum Industry. By Emeka A. Duruigbo, Global Law Books (Dec. 12, 2005), at http://www.globallawbooks.org/reviews/detail.asp?id=46 PRESENTATIONS AND PANEL MODERATION 1. Financial Transactions Tax in a Socio-Legal Context, South Texas College of Law, October 12, 2012 2. Legislating Patient Capital: Capital Gains, Transaction Taxes or Loyalty Dividends?, Economic Reform and Election-Year Politics: Rhetoric and Reality panel, Southeastern Association of Law Schools (SEALS) 2012 annual meeting, the Ritz-Carlton, Amelia Island, Florida, July 31, 2012. 3. Government Versus Market Regulation of Market Short-termism, Transacting Business and Controlling Finance: Between Self-Interest and the Market panel, International Law and Society Conference, Hilton Hawaiian Village, Honolulu, Hawaii, June 8, 2012. 4. Reforming Texas Law to Protect Small Tract Owners from Hydraulic Fracturing for Natural Gas, Faculty Quodlibet, TMSL, April 18, 2012. 5. Nunc Dimitis or Chief Cornerstone: Evaluating Africa s International Norm-Development Experiment in the Chad-Cameroon Pipeline Project, Africa and International Law Conference, Albany Law School, April 14, 2012. 6

6. Fostering Economic Growth and Regional Integration through Petroleum Laws, R.J. Reynolds Symposium, North Carolina Central University School of Law, April 13, 2012. 7. Oil, Turmoil and a Texas Export for Energy Security, Thurgood Marshall Energy Symposium, March 30, 2012. 8. Shared Sovereignty: Grading Africa as a Generator of International Norms, International Law and Lunch Series, Institute of International and Immigration Law, Thurgood Marshall School of Law, February 29, 2012. 9. Collaboration in Teaching Business Associations, (with Prof. M. Johnson), Faculty Teaching Forum, Thurgood Marshall School of Law, February 1, 2012. 10. Trust Fund Theory Reconsidered, Corporate Personalities and Identities Panel, Law and Society Association Annual Meeting, San Francisco, California, June 2, 2011. 11. Panelist, Diversity Day (Law Week), Thurgood Marshall School of Law, April 13, 2011. 12. Peoples Rights to Natural Resources, The Peace Palace, The Hague, Netherlands, October 29, 2010. 13. Public Corporations for the Public Good: A Realistic Expectation from Incentivizing Long-term Investing?, Quodlibet Forum, Thurgood Marshall School of Law, Texas Southern University, September 22, 2010. 14. Long-term Shareholding, Southern Methodist University, Dedman School of Law, Dallas, June 25, 2010. 15. Benevolent Failure or A Failure of Benevolence?: The World Bank, Shared Sovereignty and Chad-Cameroon Oil Pipeline Project, at the Law and Society Association Annual Meeting, Chicago IL., May 24, 2010. 16. Panelist, How to Become a Law Professor, (Organized by Career Services Department), Thurgood Marshall School of Law, March 25, 2010. 17. Shareholder Liability for Corporate Human Rights and Environmental Obligations, Southwest Junior Faculty Conference, Arizona State University, O Connor School of Law, March 15, 2010. 7

18. Policing Multinational Corporations: International or Inter-Local Enterprise? Brown International Advanced Research Institutes (BIARI), Brown University, June 7-20, 2009. 19. The De facto and Estoppel Concepts in the LLC Context, Midwest People of Color Conference, University of Iowa, May 10, 2009 20. Commentator to Professor Regina Burch, Worldview Diversity: In the Best Interests of the Corporation, Midwest People of Color Conference, University of Iowa, May 10, 2009 21. Doing Business With the African Environment: Intersection of the Profit Motive and Environmental Protection, Africa Trade Symposium 2009, Jesse H. Jones School of Business, Texas Southern University, April 23, 2009 22. The Continuation of the Rendition Policy by the Obama Administration, Obama International Law Series 1, Thurgood Marshall School of Law, March 24, 2009 23. Writing a Law Review Article TMSL Junior Faculty Roundtable, Thurgood Marshall School of Law, Texas Southern University, September 26, 2008 24. Should Conscientious Shareholders Put Their Money Where Their Mouths Are? Faculty Quodlibet, Thurgood Marshall School of Law, Texas Southern University, September 24, 2008 25. Civil Regulation, Shareholder Taxation and an Uncommon Coalition for Corporate Accountability South Eastern Association of Law Schools (SEALS) New Scholars Workshop, Ritz Carlton Hotel, Palm Beach, Florida, July 30, 2008 26. The Politics of International Law, American Society of International Law Annual Regional Meeting/Fulbright Symposium, Golden Gate University, San Francisco, April 18, 2008 27. Corporate Accountability and Oversight Symposium, University of San Francisco Law School, April 4, 2008 28. Business and Human Rights: New Changes and Challenges to Direct Corporate Regulation and Accountability Faculty Quodlibet, Thurgood Marshall School of Law, Texas Southern University, January 30, 2008 29. Panel Moderator, The Johnnie Cochran Symposium, Thurgood Marshall School of Law, Texas Southern University, November 2, 2007 8

30. The World Bank, MNCs and the Resource Curse in Africa Research Week, Thurgood Marshall School of Law, April 2, 2007 31. The Resource Curse: Communities, Corporations and Oil in Nigeria Second Annual Human Security Conference, Center for International Studies, Cape Breton University, Nova Scotia, Canada, March 10, 2007 32. Issues in Nigerian Oil and Gas Business (on the Invitation of Nigeria s Minister of Information and Communications, Frank Nweke, Jr., at the launch of the Heart of Africa Project) Houston, Texas, February 27, 2007 33. Communitization of Development Through Trust Funds NHI-CORI Stakeholders Conference, Port Harcourt, Rivers State Nigeria, January 10, 2007 34. Handle With Care: Christians and the Environment, Christian Legal Society, Thurgood Marshall School of Law, November 16, 2006. 35. A Better World: Stopping the Spread of Nukes and Other Deadly Weapons Prairie View A&M University, October 24, 2006 36. Controlling Corruption in Developing Countries Through Foreign Prosecution American Society of International Law Annual Regional Meeting/Fulbright Symposium, April 7, 2006 37. Human Rights, Nigeria and What You Pay for Gas: A Look at Why the Niger Delta Matters World Affairs Council, Walnut Creek, California, March 29, 2006 38. The Relevance of OPEC in the 21 st Century World Affairs Council, Young Professionals International Forum, San Francisco, April 28, 2004 39. The World Bank, Multinational Corporations and the Resource Curse in Africa, panel on International Financial Institutions and African Economic Development, Young Scholars Symposium, Stanford Law School, March 13, 2004 (by selection) 40. Moving Africa Forward in the Twenty-First Century: The Leadership/Institution Debate and Recurring Issues in Law, Politics, and Economics, Africa Society Monthly Discussion Series, International Centre, University of Alberta, December 17, 1998 9

INVITED LECTURES 1. Stanford University (Environment and Growth and related courses), 1999 2005. 2. University of California Berkeley School of Law (International Human Rights Law) 2002. 3. Golden Gate University School of Law (Public International Law, Comparative Legal Systems) 2002. UNIVERSITY SERVICE Rank & Tenure Committee Chairman (2012 - Present). Academic Standards Committee Member Faculty Scholarship and Development Committee Member Environmental Law Society Faculty Advisor Public Interest Law Association Faculty Advisor University Student Evaluation Committee (ad hoc) (2011-2012). LICENSURE U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit 2003 California Bar 2003 Nigerian Bar - 1993 EDUCATION Fellow, Stanford University, June 2004 S.J.D. Golden Gate University, November 2002 LL.M. University of Alberta, September 1998 B.L. Nigerian Law School (Magna cum Laude) December 1993 LL.B. University of Benin (First in Class) October 1992 10