The Hon. Justice Dr. Abou Bhakarr Muhammed Binneh-Kamara, J. (Dean, Faculty of Law): LLB (Hons.)(USL), BL(SLLS), MPA(NU), M.Phil(USL), PhD(UK), PhD. Candidate(UK).

Brief Biography

The Hon. Justice Dr. Abou Bhakarr M. Binneh-Kamara, J. is a Justice of Sierra Leone’s Superior Court of Judicature and Dean of the Faculty of Law, Fourah Bay College, University of Sierra Leone. He was called to the Bar in 2005 and served as Legal Research Officer at the Law Reform Commission (LRC) and was subsequently appointed a Magistrate in 2006. Between 2007 and 2017, he served as Senior Magistrate and Principal Magistrate in the Judiciary, and as Lecturer in Law, Psychology, Communications Media and Management (at under and post-graduate) at Fourah Bay College, Institute of Public Administration and Management (IPAM) and Njala University. He was made Head of the Department of Law in the then Faculty of Social Sciences and Law, at Fourah Bay College in 2016 and became a Judge of the High Court of Justice in 2017. He has served as a resource person for Sierra Leone’s Independent Media Commission (IMC), Right to Access Information Commission (RIAC), National Commission for Democracy (NCD), PANOS West Africa, and the ECOWAS Court of Justice etc. He has as well delivered many academic papers at numerous international conferences in England, Nigeria, Ghana, Sierra Leone, Gambia and Liberia.

  ​ACADEMIC POSITIONS

1. Head of Department, University of Sierra Leone, 2017 – 2021
2. Assistant/Professional Dean, Faculty of Law, University of Sierra Leone, 2021 – 2023
3. Assistant/Professional Dean, Faculty of Law, University of Sierra Leone, 2024 to date.

  ​NON-ACADEMIC POSITIONS

1. Justice of the Superior Court of Judicature of Sierra Leone: JUDICIARY OF THE REPUBLIC OF SIERRA LEONE, General Civil and Criminal Divisions, Freetown, Sierra Leone17 Jul 2017
2. Magistrate: Judiciary of the Republic of Sierra Leone, General Civil and Criminal Division, Freetown, Sierra Leone1 Jan 2007 - 16 Jul 2017

​DEGREES:

1. Doctor of Philosophy, Media and War Crimes Jurisprudence (University of Bedforshire, Luton, England 2015)
2. Master of Philosophy, Communications Media Law and Policy (University of Sierra Leone 2010)
3. Master of Public Administration and Management (MPA), Public Administration and Management (Njala University, 2009)
4. Barrister-at-Law (BL), (Sierra Leone Law School, 2005)
5. Bachelor of Laws, (Fourah Bay College, University of Sierra Leone, 2004)

​CERTIFICATIONS

1. London Chamber of Commerce and Industry Second Level Certificates in Commerce, Business Statistics and Economics -Pearson (United Kingdom), London, United Kingdom, 1996.
2. London Chamber of Commerce and Industry Third Level Diploma Certificates in Business Statistics and Principles of Management -Pearson (United Kingdom), London, United Kingdom, 1999.
3. Certificate in Mass Communication -Fourah Bay College, University of Sierra Leone, 2000.