You can work with a legal practice in Accra giving you the opportunity to get exposure to all aspects of legal practice and gain experience in the day-to-day running of a Ghanaian 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 the 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 conveyancing, Probate and property law. If you're interested in Human Rights law, you should be exposed to quite a lot of it in this practice.

WORK CONTENT
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 try to tailor the programme for you.

"I 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. I'm 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 I didn't really expect any of this when I came!"

The lawyers specialise in their own areas. Their areas of expertise and areas in which you may get the chance to work in include:

• Investment: Legal advice on investment in Ghana, co-ordination with consultants and analysts for comprehensive investment project planning, liaison with Ghana investment promotion centre etc.

• Corporate Practice: Structure and incorporation of companies, partnerships and joint ventures

• Commercial: Negotiation and drafting of tender documents and management contracts, registration of copyright, patent and trade marks and dispute resolution for international trade finance, telecommunication, shipping timber, agriculture, manufacturing, hospitality industries and major infrastructure projects.

• Industrial Relations: Industrial disputes resolution, drafting of service. Agreement negotiation of CBAs, employee share ownership programmes, welfare schemes and superannuation.

• Banking and Financing: Negotiation and drafting of international and local loan agreements, debentures and securities. Acquisition of banking and financing licenses. Provision of legal financial service companies.

• Conveyancing: Investigation of Land Title negotiation and drafting of leases and other property interest, registration of land titles and litigations. Urban regeneration schemes, location of industrial and residential properties for clients on request.

• Natural Resources and Energy: Based on our experience with power, mining, petroleum, water and forestry rights and regulatory regimes and practices both in Ghana and in other producing countries, we are able to guide investors in making key decisions about natural resource investment in Ghana.

• Environmental: Environmental consciousness in Ghana is growing rapidly. Regulatory practices in this area are increasingly vigorous but not yet very systematic. Our expertise in planning compliance is valuable to all investors

• Human Rights

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