She is a graduate of the University of Ghana as well as the Harvard Law School.
[1][2] She serves on the Global Advisory Council of the Office of President of Harvard University, and she is also a member of the Harvard University Center for African Studies Africa Advisory Board.
[5] She started off her career as an Assistant at the Accra High Court Registry, Ghana in 1973.
While on her doctoral program, she was a Research Assistant to the Head of International Legal Studies, Dean David Smith.
[8][9] Belo-Osagie was elected an International Honorary Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in April 2018.