LEGAL INTERNSHIP Buenos Aires Argentina Must be studying Law or qualified. A little Spanish is preferred.

Intern in a long-established practice that specialises in many areas, including corporate and commercial law, counselling on accounting, management, tax, business and labour planning. Their vast range of services means you'll get excellent, all-round experience. More information on this Internship

LEGAL INTERNSHIP Mendoza Argentina Previous knowledge of Law and intermediate Spanish required

This internship is with a law practice with 18 staff that concentrates on a variety of areas, from labour law counselling for corporations through to international human rights law. Intermediate Spanish required. More information on this Internship

LEGAL INTERNSHIP Perth Australia Law degree required

Gain experience in how law is practised in Perth, Australia. If you've completed your Law degree and want to gain valuable work experience in another culture, this internship is an excellent choice. The practice was established in the 1980's and their legal areas of expertise are varied, enabling you to get a wide experience More information on this Internship

LEGAL INTERNSHIP - PP 00004 Sydney Australia Second year of studies or higher required

This Lawyers & Consultants firm's core business is adding value to your knowledge, intellectual property, technology and innovation. Accordingly, they audit, manage, identify, develop, register, protect, value, contract and commercialize intellectual assets. This is complemented by their expertise in business structuring, business sale and purchase transactions, employment law, trade practices, general commercial law and dispute resolution. More information on this Internship

LEGAL INTERNSHIP Accra Ghana Second year of studies or higher required

Ghanaian law follows common law, which is based on the British system. You'll 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. More information on this Internship

LEGAL INTERNSHIP Cape Town South Africa Must be studying Law

If you've qualified, you can work in one of the biggest law firms in South Africa, based in the beautiful city of Cape Town. Placements at the firm are generally tailored according to the area of law that you are interested in to try to ensure that your experience is as fulfilling and beneficial as possible More information on this Internship

LEGAL INTERNSHIP Negombo Sri Lanka No qualifications required

This internship is at a small law practice in Negombo, near Colombo, with 5 partners, where the head partner is also an acting magistrate. local lawyers. Sri Lankan law is based upon two legal systems - 95% of Sri Lankan criminal law is based on the British Legal system, the other 5% of their criminal law is based on South African law. More information on this Internship

“After graduating with a law degree, I did a Travellers internship with a commercial law firm in Argentina in order to gain more legal work experience. I researched legal issues, drafted contracts and attended client meetings. I had to work both on my own initiative and in a team. The placement allowed me to make an informed decision about my career - to work in the public legal sector, rather than for a private law firm. Next week I start my new job in the Legal Services section of a successful County Council. I genuinely believe that my gap year experience helped to make me a more attractive candidate because of the transferable skills I developed, such as being adaptable, problem solving and learning vital communication skills.” Lucy Keenan, Argentina

CASE STUDIES:

Laura Marie Rodgers, Australia, Law
“The work experience itself was great, I loved the Law Firm and have actually been working there now for nearly 6 months with the option of a sponsored job. All the staff at the law firm were lovely, couldn't have been more welcoming and helpful and now I class them all as my friends.

• Organiser Supportiveness: Excellent
• Organiser Helpfulness: Excellent
• Organiser Attitude: Excellent
• Organiser Availability: Excellent
• Organiser Professionalism: Excellent
• Rate Accommodation Location: Excellent
• Rate Accommodation Facilities: Very good
• Placement Satisfaction: Excellent
• Experience Satisfaction: Very good
• Recommend To Friend: YES! "

Anon, Ghana, Law
"So far I have been really impressed with everything, the people are really friendly and I 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. I 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. I 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!”

Caroline Allen, Ghana, Law
“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.

My placement is going really well: the Law firm where we're working is really friendly, and we've seen some very interesting work. A lot of what we've done has been human rights based - our trip to Ada last week involved helping to train local community leaders as paralegals so that they can recognise human rights abuses when they take place and then advise their people on the best action to take.

We've been working very closely with one of the lawyers at the Trust. She's made a real effort to involve us in all the work she does, and has even taken us to christenings and funerals so that we get a really full picture of life here!”

Victoria Smith, Australia, Law
“Everything went really well at the law firm and me and Laurie are happy with the placement. We have been given work on files to do and are very glad to be given the independence to work as we would if we were lawyers here.”