Prof. Collins Odote is an Advocate of the High Court of Kenya with a Doctor of Philosophy in Law from the University of Nairobi. He is currently an Associate Professor of Law and Associate Dean at the Faculty of Law, and Research Director of the Centre for Advanced Studies in Environmental Law and Policy (CASELAP) at the University of Nairobi. He also serves as Chair of the Association of Environmental Law Lecturers in Africa (ASELLAU) and is a member of the International Council of Environmental Law. His teaching and research interests include property and land use law, environmental law, sustainable development and governance. Collins is a fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators and the Vice-Chairman of Uraia, Kenya’s premier charity on civic education. He is also a weekly columnist on environmental and governance issues for a leading daily newspaper in Kenya.