Nwabueze Jaja Wachuku Nwokolo (pronunciationⓘ) (born 11 December 1954), a royal princess of Ngwaland, is a Nigerian United Kingdom based lawyer who is council member at Law Society of England and Wales; including being a director and board chair of Great Britain's BSN: Black Solicitors Network,[4][5] the largest membership organisation of its kind in Europe.
[9] Nwokolo is a humanitarian, multiculturalism and better family plus social justice advocate; as well as a mediation, philanthropy, nonprofit, servant leadership, community development, peacebuilding, equality, tolerance, inclusion and diversity expert.
A council member of The Law Society with responsibility for Minority Ethnic Concerns,[17] Nwokolo is presently chair of the Black Solicitors Network: BSN organisation in the United Kingdom of Great Britain.
Earlier, before her election in October 2010 as BSN national chair, she led the Midlands chapter;[20] and had responsibility for pastoral care based upon her longstanding experience as family lawyer, ecumenical trustee and empathic mediator.
[22] Through many initiatives, which includes the Diversity League Table consultation, Nwokolo has led BSN to work consistently in the direction of widening meaningful participation and access to legal services in the United Kingdom.
[24] All her professional life, Nwokolo has advocated and campaigned for the elimination of any form of discrimination and unfair treatment of people in the United Kingdom, Nigeria and across countries of the world; and she affirms that "there is much work to be done" by all humankind in the years ahead.
Nwokolo said: "We must lead the charge, and not follow in the wake of others who are not as well equipped as solicitors to provide and deliver legal services" for improved human rights, political freedom and survival of black and minority ethnic (BME) practices in the United Kingdom and globally.
[27] Representing women, disadvantaged people and ethnic minorities, in November 2011, at the House of Lords Constitution Committee, in her service as Black Solicitors Network Chair, Nwokolo favoured the renowned "plateau of merit" reality, concerning the process of appointing Judges in the United Kingdom.
"[29] At the House of Lords, Nwokolo is an acclaimed champion of: human welfare, valuable servant leadership vision, enduring tolerance, Intercultural communication, learning to live together [1], empathic knowledge transfer and making sure that appropriate training is given to those involved in the judicial appointments procedure.
[33] Over the years, Nwokolo has been intimately involved in the visionary development and strategic growth of The Law Society's ethnic minorities division; and sees her efforts and service as "a work in progress.
[37] Affirmatively advocating for an excellent, innovative and exemplary legal education system in the United Kingdom as Law Society Council Member for Minority Ethnic Concerns and Chair of the Law Society Group Equality and Diversity Committee, Nwokolo, said in 2009: "The solicitors' profession continues to attract BME student lawyers despite the high cost of the academic, conversion and practice aspects of training to be a solicitor.
"[38] She is married to Chuka Uchemefuna Nwokolo, a medical doctor and professor of gastroenterology and nutrition at University of Warwick; plus CBE: Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire,[39][40][41] they have two daughters: Munachiso and Idu.