Francis Chigozie Moneke, ESQ. LLM (London) is a Barrister and Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Nigeria. He holds an LLB degree (2.1) from Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka; and was admitted to the Nigerian Bar in 2004.

For his academic excellence and robust public interest advocacy through consistent publication of articles on human rights, public policy and justice issues, he was in 2009 awarded the prestigious Chevening Scholarship by the British Foreign and Commonwealth Office to study for advanced deegree in Human Rights, Conflict and Justice at the reputable School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, where he obtained an LLM degree with distinction in 2010.

Francis has successfully prosecuted numerous public interest and human rights as well as diverse civil cases in various superior courts of record in Nigeria. To his credit are over 100 articles published in newspapers and journals diverse legal and public policy issues.

He has trained more than 3,000 police officers in Nigeria on human rights, rule of law and conflict management. Francis has anchored and facilitated training and capacity building programmes for lawyers, young professionals and youth corps members across the country.

Francis has attended numerous national and international conferences on human rights, public interest advocacy, conflict management and peace studies.