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LAW WORK EXPERIENCE PLACEMENTS

Observe experts in the field of Law and learn how they work in Ghana. Working in a structured Work Experience placement in the developing world, plus the experience you gain, will be an excellent entry on your CV or Résumé.

After detailed discussion with you to ascertain what you're looking for, we try to tailor your Work Experience placement to suit your specific requirements, to ensure you gain the maximum benefit and experience from the placement.

ABOUT THE LAW PLACEMENT:

If you've qualified or hoping to go on to your Law degree, you can work with a legal practices in Accra giving you the opportunity to get exposure to all aspects of legal practice.

You'll gain experience in the day-to-day running of a law practice. If you are going to specialise in a particular area of law, the law firm will be more than happy to take this into consideration during your placement, Ghanaian law follows common law which is based on our own British system. During the placement, you will be given plenty of opportunity to visit the Ghanaian Courts and observe how they function. Cases could range from civil and criminal law to conveyance, probate and property law. 

As with all our Work Experience placements, this placement is tailored to suit your specific requirements to ensure you gain the maximum benefit and experience. We’ll have detailed discussions with you to ascertain what you’re looking for then we’ll tailor the programme for you

 

“So far have been really impressed with everything, the people are really friendly and have been very well looked after by my host family and everybody else. I've probably been most impressed by the nature of the work I've been doing, feel like I'm getting much more responsibility than I would be able to get in England, and dealing with human rights work which is very interesting as well. Am getting to prepare proper reports and proposals and not just doing menial tasks and the trip to Ada was great. Have also been on a trip to the opening of the Ghanaian Parliament and didn't really expect any of this when I came!

I get on really well with the other volunteers and we all meet up regularly so always have plenty to do. We went to Cape Coast and Kakum the other week, which was brilliant."
Paul Jones, after his first month on the Law Placement

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First impressions of both Ghana and the law placement are very positive: lovely people, very friendly, and the work Lara and I will be doing looks really interesting - lots of human rights stuff. Caroline Allen – Law Placement

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ACCOMMODATION AND LIVING IN GHANA

Your accommodation will vary depending on the type of placement you're doing and where you are located. You may live in comfortable guest house accommodation, but you will most likely live with a host family. This means that you get to eat, sleep, work, socialise and generally live like a Ghanaian. Local family stays enable you to fully experience the local culture from the inside.

Many of our volunteers remain friends with their host families long after they leave Ghana and in some cases they return to the country later especially to visit their family. Sometimes members of their Ghanaian family have even gone to visit them in their home country.

"My family - Lizzie and Prince are lovely. The children are very sweet, and I feel extremely lucky to have been placed with them. The house is of a Western standard in most ways, and Lizzie's cooking is excellent. I feel a part of their family already."

Food will be local cuisine - again this is to enable you to fully experience living as local Ghanaians do.

When we arrange your placement, we will liaise extensively with you regarding both the placement and your accommodation.  As always, our Local Manager will look after you well and will always be on hand to help and offer advice.

 

Caroline on the left, Susannah on the right
standing on the front verandah of their accommodation with Caroline’s host, Lizzie

TRAVEL:

You have the option to arrange your own flights or we can assist you with your flight arrangements. If you would like us to do this for you, we will liaise with you regarding available flights and dates to suit you. All arrangements for your flight bookings/payments will be fulfilled by Murray Rogers Travel Ltd., ATOL No. 6856. (Read more about Murray Rogers Travel Ltd.) Where possible, we arrange for two or more people to travel on the same flight and we will let you have the names and telephone numbers of other volunteers on your flight, so that you can chat to each other or even meet up before leaving for your placement.

Where possible, all flights we arrange for you have changeable return tickets because many of our volunteers choose to extend their stay once they are in their destination country. Changeable return tickets enable you to do so, within the limits of your visa and the level of your air ticket, of course. If you choose to book your own flights, you should endeavour to get a changeable ticket.

We can also arrange your flight dates to give you additional time at the end of your project for travelling around and sightseeing - this is a fascinating and wondrous country!

VISAS:. In countries where visas are required, we'll send you all the necessary forms and information and make the process very easy for you.

You'll fly into Accra where you'll be met by our Ghana Manager, or one of his staff. From the airport you'll be taken to your work and your accommodation and introduced to your hosts. You'd be well advised to prepare yourself for an almost overwhelmingly friendly welcome!

Read about the extensive Support & Back-up we provide in our countries.

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Volunteers at a wedding

PRICES:

To see the Prices of this project and all our other projects in Ghana, please click here

Prices include
  • Food & accommodation while on your project,
  • 2 T-shirts, if required for your project
  • All support and backup during your programme
  • Meeting you at the nearest airport, where appropriate, but exclude international travel.

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