Join us as we discuss UCLA Law's LL.M. Program and chat with current LL.M. students, Ayodeji Ayolola and Zenobia van Heerden, about their experiences and tips for prospective students.

Thursday, January 4
8:00am-9:00am PST
[5:00pm-6:00pm WAT]
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Registrants will receive a link to the Zoom event by no later than January 3.

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Ayodeji Ayolola earned his Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.) at the University of Ibadan (2016) and his qualification certificate at the Nigerian Law School (2018). He is licensed as a barrister and solicitor of the Supreme Court of Nigeria, and has practiced in commercial litigation and dispute resolution. Prior to joining the LL.M. program at UCLA Law, he served as an adjunct professor of corporate law at the Nigerian Law School for five years. A recipient of UCLA’s limited and highly selective Health and Human Rights Fellowship full-tuition grant, Ayodeji is completing coursework to earn a dual specialization in Environmental Law and Public Interest Law and Policy. In spring 2024, he will complete a judicial externship in the chambers of Associate Justice Martin J. Jenkins of the Supreme Court of California. Following graduation from the LL.M. program in May 2024, he plans to return to teaching and will also practice corporate law and commercial litigation.

Zenobia van Heerden earned her LL.B. cum laude from University of the Western Cape in 2022. As an LL.M. at UCLA Law, she's pursuing dual specializations in Public Interest Law and Policy and Law and Sexuality. She also serves as LL.M. representative for the UCLA Law Student Bar Association. Zenobia recently co-authored two papers - both of which have been accepted for publication - that consider transgender persons and international child abduction in South Africa from a human rights perspective. Her most recent academic work focuses on South Africa’s laws on surrogacy and LGBTQ+ family rights within the United States and South Africa. Her interest areas include human rights, gender law, public interest law, child justice, and family law.