Richard Obeng Mensah holds a Bachelor of Laws (LLB) from the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Ghana, and a Master of Laws (LLM) in Energy Law from the University of Aberdeen, Scotland, United Kingdom. He also holds a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Energy and Environmental Law from KNUST.  He is a Fellow of the Brew-Hammond Energy Centre (TBHEC)-KNUST.

Richard was called to the Ghanaian Bar on 5th October 2012. He worked with Owusu-Dapaa Law & Associates Limited, a private law firm based in Ghana, from 2012 to 2019. He began his working life with the firm in 2012 as a pupil, later rising to the rank of Junior Associate and, by dint of hard work, subsequently to the position of Associate Solicitor. He has served as the Managing Solicitor of Light Associates Unlimited in Ghana, a law firm with branches in Kumasi and Techiman, since 2020.

Richard is a legal academic with over 10 years of experience in teaching, research, writing and editorials. He has taught in various capacities at the Faculty of Law, KNUST; the Institute of Human Resources Management Practitioners in Kumasi, Ghana; the KNUST Business School (KSB); the Faculty of Law, Central University (Kumasi Campus); and the Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration (GIMPA), Kumasi. He is currently a Law Lecturer with the Faculty of Law, KNUST.

Richard has a chain of academic and non-academic publications, totalling over 250 articles and 12 books (4 co-authored), on legal and non-legal themes. He is an award-winning, prolific writer, a Certified Life and Leadership Coach, a Chevening scholar and a scholar of the African Leadership Initiative's (ALI) Incubator. He has served as a Peer Reviewer for the Commonwealth Law Bulletin, Noyam Journal, and KNUST Law Journal. Richard is the Chairman of the Faculty of Law Publications Management Committee, KNUST. He is also the Assistant Editor of the KNUST Law Journal.

Richard is a member of the Ghana Bar Association, Advocates Africa, Advocates International and Chevening Alumni Association of Ghana. His research interests include energy security, renewable energy, climate change, sustainable development, human rights, intellectual property rights, comparative law, natural resources governance, artificial intelligence and law, and corruption and good governance.