Maureen Ngozi Obi-Ezekpazu 

Barrister, civil rights lawyer

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Maureen Ngozi Obi-Ezekpazu is a barrister with her own chambers in London, England.

 

Her life story shines with love and service. She is no mystic, guru, or sage. She is a practising lawyer who happens to function with higher awareness of her connection to spirit and lives and breathes it in all her dealings.

 

She experienced a harrowing childhood of under-privilege, prejudice and abuse growing up in 1960s England as a child of Nigerian migrants. She overcame all of it and today is a successful civil rights lawyer.

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Her story is bound to amaze and inspire but, as she says herself, everyone has to find their own path and contribute their own unique gifts to the whole.

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Bio

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Bio:

Maureen Ngozi Obi-Ezekpazu is a barrister with her own chambers in London, England.

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Maureen offers holistic legal services to professional and lay clients in the law relating to children and families. She offers services in advice and advocacy, mediation and training workshops. She provides advice directly to the public through the Public Direct access scheme operated by the UK Bar Council.

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Show notes:

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• [2:30] Maureen's shares her early years as a child of Nigerian migrants in England, and her experiences of being placed in foster care at 6 weeks old. 

• [5:06] Maureen returned to her mother at age 5, after her father departed for Nigeria for mental health reasons.

• [8:34] Maureen's experiences as an intelligent and gifted child taught her the world insisted on conformance and passed judgment easily.

• [13:00] How Maureen first encountered her natural affinity for law at secondary school.

• [15:46] Maureen spread her knowledge into business and learned about the incredible power some people have over others.

• [17:57] Maureen began work in a law office, but not as a lawyer - her journey to that was just beginning. 

• [22:34] Maureen applies for the Access to Law course - an unconventional route to law practice which exposed her to social justice and civil rights issues in a remarkable way.

• [26:08] Qualifying as a solicitor, Maureen embarks on 18 years of dealing with clients in a heart-centred way.

• [34:01] Maureen fulfils her dream of becoming a barrister and secures a place with a prestigious civil rights barristers' chambers. 

• [37:14] Maureen establishes her own chambers and truly sets about on her mission to be God's instrument in her work.

• [40:27] Maureen's work is to help bring about the end of a need for lawyers, as humanity becomes self-governing. 

• [43:20] Maureen shares her wisdom around learning to honour one's uniqueness and to preserve all of life and nature.

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The Chambers of Maureen Ngozi Obi-Ezekpazu (Family Matters): familymatters.uk.com

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A BBC article on the history and influence of Nigerian migration to the UK. 

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An overview of the Law degree at South Bank University, London where Maureen obtained her degree,

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The Voice, Britain's Black newspaper, where Maureen read the ad that launched her journey to a law degree.

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A Guardian story on Angela Davis, the American civil rights activist.

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Tooks Chambers - a Law Gazette story of the demise of this high profile human rights and civil liberties barristers' chambers in 2013.

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Whitney Houston's Greatest Love of All.

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