National Jurist - March 2009 - (Page 30) Life as a summer associate Whether it was working at a law firm, clerking for a judge or doing humanitarian work overseas, these five law students spent their summer honing their skills and learning new lessons. Also find out how the current state of the economy is affecting firm recruiting numbers. OSATO CHITOU Rutgers School of Law Shawbell Consulting in Ghana During my short summer stay interning with the legal consulting and institutional reform firm named Shawbell Consulting, I worked on a range of projects encompassing the institutional reform umbrella. Shawbell is located in Accra, Ghana, and is the area representative for Amazon.com. I arrived in Ghana during such an opportune time. Like the United States, Ghanaian Presidential elections took place in November 2008. The reason I chose to spend my first year summer in Ghana started two years earlier. Back in 2006, I traveled to Ghana to complete the required practicum for my Masters of Public Health Degree. I went to the Buduburam Refugee Camp in Gomoa District, Ghana, about 50 kilometers west of Accra. I was there to interview women about the role of social networks on their health. I was so disheartened upon my return to the United States, as I knew that I had to choose a more efficacious way to go about helping people. I saw “the law” as the answer, and soon began to gather the necessary materials needed to apply to law school. Two years later, I was getting ready for my first year summer, and I knew that I had to visualize refugee camp and law firm in the same country. First, it was important for me to know that one can don a suit in “Africa” 30 THE NATIONAL JURIST March 2009 http://www.Amazon.com
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