Professor Michael Olu Adediran, LL.B (HONS) ; LL.M ; PH.D IFE, is an eminent and distinguished Professor of Law.  He Obtained a Bachelor of Law from the University of Ife in 1977.  He rose through the ranks until he became a Professor of law in 1995. During his career, he obtained the Masters and Doctor of Philosophy degrees in Law from the same University.

Prof. M.O. Adediran is an accomplished academic with over eighty published and unpublished articles in foreign and local journals. He has presented academic papers in law seminars and conferences in the field of Public Law to wit: Constitutional Law Administrative Law Comparative Law, Local Government Law, Criminal Law and Civil Litigation.  An astute administrator, he has served as Head of Department of Public Law, University of Ife, and Dean of the Law faculty of the same University, and Director of Research in the Nigerian Institute of Advanced Legal Studies.  He was the Acting Vice Chancellor of the Benson Idahosa University in Benin City, Edo State of Nigeria, from 2006 to 2007.