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.

PLACEMENT OVERVIEW:

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 y

ou 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 conveyance, probate and property law.

“So far I've 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. 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 am getting to prepare proper reports and proposals and not just doing menial tasks, and the trip to Ada was great.

I 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 I 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

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.

ACCOMMODATION:

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