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'The internship at the IBA is a great way of gaining legal work experience whilst being able to develop a wide range of transferable skills. My internship was based within the Legal Practice division and I was assigned a project in the Anti-Money Laundering field. I regularly undertook legal research, created and filled web-based templates and liaised with legal professionals in other countries. As an intern the work you undertake is not only essential for the running of the IBA’s many projects but is also greatly appreciated. My work was required to update the IBA’s Anti-Money Laundering website and was regularly displayed on the webpages. Furthermore the IBA encourages you to develop your interests. I was given the opportunity to write articles or attend conferences on topics that interested me. Other projects I was assigned to include collecting information on alternative dispute resolution systems in different countries and identifying and reporting new legal updates. I very much enjoyed my experience at the IBA and have gained valuable skills and knowledge to further my career.'
Constantino Gouvras
UK
Intern, April - June 2009

'I interned at the IBA from January to March 2009. I have a strong interest in international affairs, especially with respect to the rule of law, human rights, and international law. Remembering these three months, I think of the further deterioration of the rule of law in Fiji, the international humanitarian law questions arising from the armed conflict in Gaza, the disappearance of Chinese human rights activist Gao Zhisheng, and the humanitarian situation in Sri Lanka as Government forces cornered the last LTTE strongholds. The work at the IBA could not have been more exciting or engaging. A very warm office environment that I was very sad to leave and would be very happy to return to!'
Daniel Thompson
Australia
Intern, January – March 2009


Since 2001, undergraduates, post-graduates, law students, lawyers waiting for a pupilage position or recently qualified lawyers serve as an intern at the IBA's London office. They generally work for the IBA from ten weeks to three months.

Selected interns will assist the IBA in developing academic papers and research topics of both local and international relevance. Interns focus on either Commerical law or work on projects from the Human Rights Institute.

Past interns can be found all over the world and in a wide variety of legal occupations. The group of interns tend to be a young, dynamic, fun group of individuals who develop a strong bond with each other.

The Internship Alumni programme has been set up to help keep past interns in touch with each other. Also, to ensure that interns who were so involved with the work of the IBA remain involved with the Association. Our view is that each intern is a future member of the IBA so we want to ensure long-term interest!

Testimonials

'The IBA experience is a great one indeed. To describe the internship merely as a learning experience would be an understatement. I would like to acknowledge, that the IBA internship has influenced my career to a large extenet. I owe a lot to IBA and am grateful and overwhelmed with the kindness and support showed by everyone here.'
Johnson John
Intern, September 2004-January 2005
'Currently, I am doing an internship in the Human Rights Institute of the IBA in London. I have been doing a wide variety of topical and stimulating work here and am enjoying the experience immensely.
To give you an indication of the type of work done by the Human Rights Institute, my duties so far have included researching the legal situation in Swaziland following its constitutional crisis, critically evaluating the Draft Criminal Procedure Code of Cameroon, writing about the value of international criminal courts in promoting peace, stability and reconciliation, and providing updates on the prosecution of Saddam Hussein and others by the Iraqi Special Tribunal (IST). In fact, the IBA is highly involved in providing international law training to the IST judges.
Apart from the Human Rights Institute, the IBA also offers internships in its Legal Practice Division for students interested in commercial law.'
Sara Brooks
Intern, August - October 2005
'It would be an understatement to say that I had one of the most enriching experiences of my life at the IBA. The staff at the IBA is very friendly, helpful and patient. What is most refreshing is the absolute lack of hierarchy of any sort in the system.
The interns are motivated and all from different cultures which made working a pleasure due to the plethora of experiences that we could all share at work, and at play (which was more often!). I can safely say that I thought I would at the most make acquaintances in London, but am actually leaving friends behind.
Just wanted to thank the IBA for giving me the opportunity to have been part of the organisation for the short time I was here. It has been a learning experience and am very grateful for the opportunity provided by the Educational Trust.'
Naiyya Saggi
Intern, January - March 2005

Interns Mailing List

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Name Email Where they are now Country
Afshar, Zahra zahra_afshar@hotmail.com   UK
Afuba, Divine divinelj@yahoo.com Research Assistant in the HIV/AIDS Programme, Southern Africa Development Community Parliamentary Forum (SADC PF) Cameroon
Alohan, Evelyn oyemina@yahoo.com   Nigeria
Aragon, Illari illaris@hotmail.com   Peru
Ayinla, Abiola bayinla@yahoo.com Ad-hoc legal expert, African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights, Gambia Nigeria
Bana, Anurag anurag.bana@int-bar.org Programme Lawyer, IBA India
Banta, Brittany heybrittany@gmail.com   USA
Barton, Ana amb47@duke.edu   USA
Beecher, Emily ecbeecher@yahoo.com Passed the Florida Bar exam, 2008. Currently practicing law in Florida. USA
Bienvenu, Noemie noemie.bienvenu@free.fr Legal Adviser, French National Human Rights Commission France
Bourne, Thomas     Britain
Boyd, Bradford bradfordboyd@aol.com Completed his JD and passed the NY Bar exam; currently doing an MSc in Shipping, Trade and Finance at Cass Business School, City University, London. UK
Bradley, Jade jade.bradley@gmail.com Assistant Manager for Deloitte LLP in their Employment Taxes Group UK
Brooks, Sara sara.j.brooks@gmail.com Training Contract in London at Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer Australia
Brown, Jeana jeanabrown@yahoo.com JD Candidate for May 2007, Boston College Law School USA
Burke, Naomi naomiburke@hotmail.com Completed LL.M. at New York University, Currently an assistant at the ILC for the summer and in September, start as a trainee with the legal department of the Irish Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Ireland
Callaghan, Patrick patrick_callaghan@hotmail.com On a training contract at Farrer & Co in London. Also plans to do a masters in human rights/international law. UK
Canning, Alison ali_can33@hotmail.com Second seat of training contract at Addleshaw Goddard LLP in London UK
Carboni, Montserrat Solano montse.carboni@googlemail.com Due Process of Law Foundation (www.dplf.org) Costa Rica
Cecilia, Andrea     Brazil
Chewe, Annie akchewe2000@yahoo.co.uk   Zimbabwe
Chung, Natalie     UK
Churchley, Michele mjc472@dsl.psu.edu Juris Doctor Degree, graduates May 2009 from Pennsylvania State University, The Dickinson School of Law. USA
Cocoracchio, Ben lbu05bc@reading.ac.uk Third year law student at The University of Reading. UK
Coleman, Victoria victoriaterese@msn.com Working at the Office of the District Attorney, Bronx County. USA
Couillard, Valerie valeriecou@hotmail.com Human Rights Lawyer, Forest People's Programme Canada
Cunningham, James     USA
D'Angelo, Ellen ellendangelo@gmail.com Recently graduated from Vanderbilt University Law School. Sitting the New York Bar exam in July 2009. USA
Davies, Sally daviesally@gmail.com   Australia/UK
Davis, Tameka davistameka@hotmail.com IBA member. Associate at Webster Dyrud Mitchell, a law firm in Anguilla specialising in commercial and general civil litigation Jamaica
Day, Margaux margaux.day@case.edu Juris Doctor Candidate May 2009 - Case Western Reserve University School of Law, Cleveland, OH. USA
Desai, Rajendra rjdesai2004@yahoo.co.uk   UK
Dialani, Jyoti jyotidia@hotmail.com Practicing tax law in London; also writes for Lexis Nexis Inc. USA and BNAI London on International and Domestic tax developments with focus on India USA and USA UK Tax treaties. India
Dias, Joyce joyce_advocacia@terra.com.br Starts LLM at Cambridge University in October 2006 Brazil
Dickens, David dwdickens@gmail.com   Australia
Douberly, Andy ad07e@fsu.edu Andy is travelling to Brisbane, Australia for a semester-long exchange programme, then returning to Florida to finish his law degree at Florida State University. From there he intends to practice law in the US, most likely in Florida. USA
Dunn, Lindsey lindseyldunn@gmail.com   USA
Dursun, Cemal cemal.dursun@sdeo-law.com Private Practice Lawyer and PhD candidate (comparative law) at Ankara Law School Turkey
Dyani, Ntombozuk nvdyani@yahoo.com    
Egerton, Katherine k8egerton@hotmail.com Assistant and Legal Researcher for Jim Sturman QC UK
Enea, Giulio egiulio@hotmail.com   Italy
Ergonul, Cicek cergonulchow@googlemail.com   Turkey/UK
Esposito, Monica esposito@sssup.it   Italy
Evans, Lauren lauren_evans@live.co.uk   UK
Farast, Shadan shadanfarasat@hotmail.com Completing LLM at Harvard Law School. India
Farcasiu, Diana diana_facasiu@yahoo.com While working as a lawyer in Romania she will be searching for employment in the field of International Human Rights Law. Romania
Florvil, Tiffany satellite_80@hotmail.com   USA
Freudenberger, Cristina nini2@gmx.de   Germany
Gage, Bianca bianca_gage@hotmail.com   UK
Gam, Liliane lilianefr@yahoo.fr Preparing for the French bar examination France
Gebreselassie, Yonas yoniwet@yahoo.com   Eritrea
Gelman, Alex alez.z.gelman@dartmouth.edu   USA
Gibson, Katharine ksg17@cwru.edu Kate will be interning with the Special Court for Sierra Leone. She will be involved in Trial Chambers II, working on the case of Prosecutor v. Charles Taylor, beginning in June. USA
Gill-Pedro, Eduardo eduardogill@yahoo.co.uk   UK
Gongora, Antonio gongora@europe.com   Spain
Gouvras, Constantino tinogouvras@hotmail.com Continuing with his studies and preparing for a career within the intellectual property field. UK
Gow, Nicole lbu06ndg@reading.ac.uk Completing her undergraduate law degree at Reading University. Hopes to do the BVC at BPP. Kenya
Guzman, Gonzalo   Working for the IBA as Project Lawyer in the Legal Practice Division. Colombia
Haider, Hamaad hamaad.haider@gmail.com Barrister at Haidermota & Company, Karachi, Pakistan. Pakistan
Hallikeri, Varun varunhallikeri@gmail.com Associate, The Boston Consulting Group, Mumbai, India India
Harnitz, Bruce harnitz@wisc.edu   USA
Harvey, Ayana ayanaharvey@yahoo.com Associate at Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge, LLP's New York office, practicing insurance and reinsurance law. USA
Hogman, Olivia oliviahogman@yahoo.co.uk   UK
Horig, Beatrice hoerig_bea@web.de I’ll be going back to Germany and take my oral exam for the First State Exam and then continue with legal education for another 2 years after which I’ll take the Second State Exam. Germany
Hubner, Catharina catharinahuebner@gmx.de Oral examination LL.M.Eur. (European Integration Law) Then do a PhD in the course of the Research School of the Max Planck Institute for Foreign and International Criminal Law in Freiburg i. Br., Germany Germany
Hull, Katie katie.m.hull@Vanderbilt.edu Completing her law degree at Vanderbilt University Law School in Nashville, Tennessee. USA
Hughes, Gareth gazhbo@hotmail.com   UK
Huxford, Becky rjh@whoever.com   UK
Igbon, Patricia patricia_igbon@yahoo.co.uk In-house Legal & Compliance Assistant for Elan Computing Ltd UK
Jackson, Olivia     UK
Jacob, Zoe   Currently undertaking the Bar Vocational Course at City Law School UK
Jacobsen, Rhonda reid_jake@hotmail.com NSW Native Title Services, represents native title holders (Aboriginal/traditional owners) asserting their rights and interests Australia
Jacobson, Rick richard.a.jacobson@gmail.com Finishing up junior year at Vanderbilt. Will be working at the Hudson Institute in Washington for summer 2008. USA
Janarthanan, Shwetha     UK
Johnson, John johnson.john@ihg.ae Legal & Compliance Officer, International Holding Group, LLC, PO Box 9522 Dubai, UAE India
Jones, Samantha samj26686@hotmail.com Studying for her LLM at McGill University in Montreal, Canada, specialising in human rights and comparative law. UK
Kagazova, Gulzat kgulzat@yahoo.com   Kyrgyzstan
Kancherla, Ratna sreeratna@yahoo.com Graduated in 2003 from New England School of Law. Currently working in India for philanthropic foundation as a Director. The organisation works with social entrepreneurs in helping them scale their business. The website is www.social-impact.org. USA
Kang, Ahran     USA
Karakas, Saniye sanya_karakas@msn.com   Turkey
Karimova, Takhmina     Tajikistan
Kent, Jennifer jelakent@yahoo.com   USA
Khan, Hussain hk100@hotmail.com Just completed BVC at ICSL. Will start working in the legal department at the European Investment Bank in Luxembourg UK
Khan, Kashmala   In September 2009 she will be starting the LPC full-time at the BPP, Holborn. UK
Khemani, Melissa melissakhemani@msn.com   UK
Khoo, Jonathan jon_khoo@hotmail.com   UK
Khor, Katharina katharina_khor@hotmail.com Working as a paralegal. Begins a one year internship in July at Warner Brothers Entertainment UK, Legal & Business Affairs department, in  the Commercial and Film Production teams. UK
Kidanemariam, Tamrat tamratkidanemariam@yahoo.com Working in Ethiopia as a legal consultant and a private attorney at law. Also works as an Intellectual Property (patent & trademark agent). Ethiopia
Knight, Amy amy.knight07@googlemail.com About to complete her LLM (specialising in International Human Rights Law) at UCL; she will then spend time travelling and learning Spanish in South America. UK
Kunaka, Fadzi fadzaik@hotmail.com   Zimbabwe
Langenbrunner, Erick     USA
Leon, Lyn lyn_leon@yahoo.com.sg Advocate & Solicitor in the Litigation & Dispute Resolution Dept of Drew & Napier LLC. The focus of her work is commercial and/or company law litigation as well as International Arbitration. Singapore
Lim, Katherine katherinelim123@googlemail.com   UK
Lischetti, Olivia olivia_lischetti@yahoo.fr   France
Little, Jennifer jklittle1@hotmail.com Working in international arbitration with Clifford Chance LLP, London. She is a qualifed US Attorney (Washington, DC and Florida jurisdictions). USA
Mahmutaj, Klentiana klenti@yahoo.com Criminal barrister at 18 Red Lion Court, London. Albania
Mamah, Wilfred willmaj@yahoo.co.uk   Nigeria
Mansour, Sammy sammymansour@gmail.com   USA
Martins, Fernando ferdimartins@yahoo.com.br   Brazil
McColm, Victoria vmccolm@usip.org Working as a Program Specialist, Media & Conflict Program Centers of Innovation at the United States Institute of Peace, Washington DC. Also founded an organization called Citizen International, www.citizeninternational.org. USA
McGrath, Sophie     Australia
McVeigh, Amy amymcveigh@gmail.com Working at Reed Smith in Philadelphia in the Commercial Litigation Department. USA
Medina, Sergio sergioamedina@hotmail.com   Columbia
Milazzo, Melina melina.milazzo@gmail.com Juris Doctor Candidate 2008 - Florida State University College of Law USA
Miller, Drew dbmiller@law.gwu.edu Completing his final year at The George Washington University Law School, DC. USA
Mittal, Nachiketa mittal.nachiketa@gmail.com Practicing Civil Litigation at the High Court of Delhi, India. India
Molinari, Ignacio ignaciomolinari@hotmail.com Attorney and Legal Consultant - activities covers both commercial and corporate matters, Buenos Aires. Argentina
Montoya, Natasha natashamontoya@hotmail.com   Colombia
Muansinghe, Prabodhini prabodhinim@yahoo.co.uk   Sri Lanka
Mugambe, Lydia lmugambe@hotmail.com Legal Officer under Chambers at the United Nations International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda in Arusha. Uganda
Mulla, Maria mariajuliettemulla@yahoo.co.uk   UK
Muschitiello, Vittorio vittorio.muschitiello@gmail.com Partner, VMS Solicitors LLP, London. Italy
Musser, Courtney courtneymusser@gmail.com  Junior Foreign Service Officer, State Department. USA
Nee, John Johnnee101@hotmail.com Working at the Free Representation Unit on Social Security, Employment, and Criminal cases. Completing LLM in Professional Legal Practice. UK
Nolan, Eimear nolanef@tcd.ie  Interning at CNN in London. Ireland
Nur, Leyla nur.leyla@googlemail.com   Chile
Nyst, Carly carly_nyst@hotmail.com Carly is currently interning in Geneva at the International Council on Human Rights Policy. Australia
O'Brien, Karalyn karalyn.obrien@gmail.com Recently completed the IBA's ICC Programme in The Hague. USA
Odoki, Philip philipodoki@yahoo.com   Uganda
Olugbuo, Benson benolugbuo@yahoo.com   Nigeria
Onyiliagha, Esther ify2kay@yahoo.com   Nigeria
Orok-Tambe, Manyi     Cameroon
Ortin, Maria Jose mortin50@hotmail.com   Venezuela
Panis, Fraukje Fraukje_panis@hotmail.com   The Netherlands
Parfitt, Kelly parfittk@cooley.edu Graduates from Thomas M. Cooley Law School, May 2009 with an International Concentration; taking the July 2009 Bar Exam in Illinois. USA
Parker, Julia julia.parker@student.adelaide.edu.au   Australia
Patterson, Jennifer     America
Pepper, Amy amy.pepper@gmail.com Finished LLB in November with Honours. Working as a Caseworker at Elizabeth Finn Care (a poverty charity). Australia
Pirolo, Isabella isabella_pirolo@yahoo.it She won a 6-month scholarship at the University of Minho do Braga (Portugal) from February 2008. Working on final essay on Victim Offender Conferences in Angola. Italy
Plante, David djp8c@cms.mail.virginia.edu   USA
Platt, Karen karen.e.platt@gmail.com   USA
Poopalasingam, Vijaiya vijaiyap@googlemail.com LLM at Georgetown Law UK
Porto, Gabriela gabrielaporto@yahoo.com   Argentina
Pustay, Mark mark.pustay@case.edu   USA
Radoja, Natalijia a_radoja@hotmail.com   Serbia
Rains, Micah mprhv7@umkc.edu   USA
Rakhmanov, Alexander ar572@york.ac.uk   Tajik/Russia
Rana, Rajat   6 month contract at the Chambers Section of International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda in Arusha. India
Rigaud, Florent florent.rigaud@libertysurf.fr   France
Rivkin, Katie catherine.rivkin@gmail.com Returning to the U.S. for second-year at Yale Law School. USA
Roche, Aurelie missaurelieroche@yahoo.com Defence Legal Assistant in the Balaj defence team, Haradinaj case at the ICTY France
Rojas, Silvia rojas_silvia@hotmail.com   Colombia
Rubin, Margaret myr4@law.georgetown.ed 3rd year, Georgetown University Law Department USA
Saggi, Naiyya naiyya@nls.ac.in   India
Sanderson, Kyle kyle_sanderson@hotmail.com   UK
Sandhu, Harman Singh harman.s.sandhu@gmail.com Working in London as a Legal Advisor with the Office of Communications. India
Schain, Mattias   Completing his degree at Stockholm University; self-employed in his own management consultancy firm (www.schain.se). Sweden
Schreifer, Mariana ms21176@yahoo.com.ar Assistant to the Special Rapporteur on the Independence of the Judges and Lawyers Argentina
Schwab, Steven stevenschwab@optiver.com General Counsel for the US arm of a trading company, trading financial products on various exchanges around the world.  USA
Sekalala, Sharifah sharifah@utlonline.co.ug   Uganda
Sekula, Laura laura.sekula@googlemail.com Recently completed internship at Leger Robic Richard LLP, Montreal; in July 2009 she will begin an LLM in intellectual property law in NY. Germany
Sendze, Takeh sendze@un.org Associate Appeals Counsel, International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda, Tanzania Cameroon
Shah, Payal payalshah0305@yahoo.com Staff Attorney to Justice Peggy A. Quince at the Florida Supreme Court in Tallahassee, Florida. USA
Sheahan, Frances frances@finsharky.com   Britain
Shmidt, Igor ishmidt@mail.ru Working in Moscow, Russia with EuroChem, a fertilizer company, as Head of International Projects. Hungary
Siebert, Sara srsiebert@yahoo.ie Working as a Legal Officer within the Judge Advocate General's Office in Ottawa. Also pursuing a PhD in International Affairs. Canada
Sirikanda, Miranda     UK
Somiah, Janini janinisomiah@gmail.com Commercial and corporate lawyer, Dua Associates, Bangalore, India. India
Steinhardt, Sarah sdsteinhardt@hotmail.com To start pupillage at Garden Court Chambers in 2008. UK
Stone, Edwin estone1025@hotmail.com Working as a Consultant at Morgan Stanley with the management team of a $17 billion Unified Managed Account platform. America
Suhm, Diane dianesuhm@gmail.com Managing legal editor developing a curriculum on Human Rights Law, Florida State University. USA
Svendsen, Lise lisesvendsen@hotmail.com Working for the Danish Export Credit Agency in Copenhagen. Denmark
Swayze, Reid   Attorney-Advisor, Office of the General Counsel, United States Department of Commerce, Washington, D.C. USA
Tait, Hannah tait_hannah@hotmail.com Assistant State Attorney, Florida. USA
Takaci, Ardian atakaci@hotmail.com Works at the United Nations Mission in Kosovo. Albania
Tamufor, Amang tamuforlin@justice.com   Cameroon
Tarpley, Bethany batarpley@yahoo.com   USA
Theodore, Charlene theodore@dal.ca   Canada
Thompson, Daniel dtho7636@gmail.com Completing his history degree, University of Sydney. Australia/UK
Tilve, Adriana adri1971@libero.it  Associate at Lovells Milan - Italy, Litigation Department (Product Liability Practice) Argentina
Tinarelli, Gianpaolo gtinarelli@yahoo.it Lawyer, financial and banking sectors of Tonucci law firm, Rome. Italy
Tsigkros, Athanasios tsigros@yahoo.com   Greece
Turner, Jennifer jennifer.turner@colorado.edu   USA
Tustian (formerly Melendez), Elisa etustian@lsnj.org Health Care Access Project Attorney, Northeast New Jersey Legal Services. USA
Vernadaki, Zabia zampiavernadaki@googlemail.com Focus on her PhD and do some part-time teaching at my University. Greece
Vidiaev, Anna anchik31@yahoo.com Received the degree of LLM in International Human Rights from University of Essex with Distinction in July 2007. Working as a Compliance Offier in the Legal/Compliance Dept of Capital Market Services, LLC in New York, NY. Ukraine
Wadhwa, Anirudh anirudh.wadhwa@gmail.com Training Contract, Clifford Chance LLP, London. India
Wang, Annie wanganshi@gmail.com Finished J.D. with Honors in the International Law certificate in December 2007. Works in Tallahassee, Florida as an Attorney for the Florida Dept of Financial Services. USA
Wang, Jui-Te juitewang@yahoo.com.tw   Taiwan
Watson, Megan mwatson@fas.harvard.edu Starting Junior year at Harvard University in Cambridge, MA. USA
Wheeler, Anna de Courcy   UK
Xia, Rachel Lei leixia8@yahoo.co.uk   China
Zhao, Qian sissizq@hotmail.com   China
Zheng, Hui hui_zheng24@yahoo.com training contract at Allen & Overy LLP, London China

Keep us updated on where you are in the world; where you are working or any news you wish to share with the IBA and past interns. E-mail information to - internprogramme@int-bar.org

Extracts of Reports to the Educational Trust

Internship Report

Patrick Callaghan (4 April – 30 June 2005)

My time as an intern saw me perform a wide range of tasks from research, to editing, and even drafting chapters for an IBA report. I found the work to be varied, sometimes demanding, but never dull, and thoroughly enjoyed my three months with the IBA. I would like to express my gratitude to the Educational Trust Board for awarding me a grant of £1,500 without which I would not have been able to do the internship. Earlier in the year I undertook unpaid internships with the British Institute of International & Comparative Law and the NGO Fair Trials Abroad. I had to combine these placements with working 20-25 evening hours a week in a cinema, and found the process very tiring. The Educational Trust Grant gave me enough financial breathing space to concentrate on the educational side of my internship, rather than worrying about how to pay my rent. The Grant provides legal students with fantastic and worthwhile opportunities to study and develop their career in a city with first class legal infrastructure, but which was recently ranked third in the world in terms of living costs. I strongly hope it will continue to do so for a long time to come.

The undoubted highlight of my internship was my participation in an IBA report on the independence of the judiciary in Russia in light of suggested reforms to the body which selects and disciplines Russian judges. I was able to write a couple of chapters which were incorporated into the final draft, perform various research tasks for members of the team, and liaise with a barrister based in France as to our progress. I felt fully involved with the project and thoroughly intrigued throughout. I owe particular thanks to Phillip Tahmindjis and Anne McMillan, for making me feel like an involved and useful member of the team. I especially appreciated being party to communication between the different members of the team, so that I was given a broader insight rather than only concentrating on my own projects. Another highlight was helping Mark Ellis prepare for a speech on the ICC at The Hague. I found it very insightful to work with someone so active in the areas of law in which I hope to forge out a career.

I also very much enjoyed editing, refining and updating a 100 page document on the Iraqi Special Tribunal, which provided me with a wonderful opportunity to familiarise myself with an important contemporary development. I also edited and updated an overview of the Iraqi legal system as it attempts to re-establish itself following the fall of Saddam Hussein. Other smaller research tasks I performed covered events in Ecuador, Equatorial Guinea, Mexico and Zimbabwe.

Socially, I found the internship to be immensely enjoyable, providing an opportunity to interact with and befriend legal students from all over the world. During, my time at the IBA there were interns from Uganda, America, Canada, India, Italy, Germany and Taiwan. We often had meals out, evening drinks and attended social events and I would highly recommend the internship programme to any law students.

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