Virtue Foundation Institute for Innovation and Philanthropy in Ghana, in partnership with the Office of the Honorable Chief Justice of the Republic of Ghana and the Leitner Center for International Law and Justice at Fordham Law School, renewed scholarships for promising young women lawyers chosen to clerk for the Supreme Court of Ghana. Enam Antonio…
Virtue Foundation offers legal writing and research skills training workshop for Ghanaian Supreme Court law clerks. On June 7, 2012, Ghana’s Supreme Court law clerks attended a Virtue Foundation online legal writing and research workshop. The three female clerks met with Virtue Foundation volunteer legal experts to discuss legal writing style and research tips as…
Today, Ghana’s Supreme Court clerks learned many of the finer points of writing and research from legal experts at a Virtue Foundation online workshop. The clerks met with Virtue Foundation volunteers and staff to discuss legal writing style and research tips as part of an ongoing research paper project. All participants considered the session a…
With a grant from the Virtue Foundation Institute for Innovation and Philanthropy in Ghana and financial and logistics support from Kirkland & Ellis LLP, Lawyers Without Borders (LWOB) implemented a three-day judicial training led by 11 judge and attorney trainers at the Judicial Training Institute in Accra from April 25 – 27, 2012. The judicial…
Virtue Foundation Institute for Innovation and Philanthropy in Ghana supports successful Lawyers Without Borders Judicial Training in Accra, Ghana. With a grant from the Virtue Foundation Institute for Innovation and Philanthropy in Ghana and financial and logistics support from Kirkland & Ellis LLP, Lawyers Without Borders (LWOB) implemented a three-day judicial training led by 11…
On April 4, 2011, Ghanaian women circuit court and magistrate court judges began a month-long intensive education and training program on problem-solving courts at the Leitner Center for International Law and Justice at Fordham Law School. As part of the Women Judges in the Pipeline Initiative, the Virtue Foundation Institute for Innovation and Philanthropy in…