Onyinye Jedidiah is a Senior Staff Attorney at the Immigration Project, holding three law licenses, with extensive experience in litigation, U.S. humanitarian immigration law, and roles in higher education as both an actor and administrator.

Onyinye currently serves as a staff attorney at The Immigration Project in Illinois, USA, and is also a facilitator for the Immigration Law Clinic at Southern Illinois University College of Law. She began her legal career as a legal officer with the Nigerian Legal Aid Council during her one-year National Youth Service Corps program. She later joined J. S. Okutepa, SAN and Co. as an associate, where she advanced to the position of Head of Research & Documentation.

Onyinye holds a Master of Laws in Regulation, Sustainability, and Compliance from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. She obtained her Bachelor of Laws degree from Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University in Anambra State, Nigeria, and subsequently attended the Nigerian Law School, where she earned her qualifying certificate.

She is licensed to practice law in Nigeria, New York, and before the Executive Office of Immigration Review, commonly referred to as the Immigration Court. In her leisure time, she enjoys cooking, reading, and spending quality time with her husband.