APPLICATIONS
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| Your Name | Priscilla Agudey | ||||||||
| Date of Birth | 12/02/2002 | ||||||||
| Nationality | Ghanaian | ||||||||
| Residential Address | Cameroon Street,Madina Estate Accra, Greater Accra Region Ghana Map It | ||||||||
| Your Phone Number | (024) 525-0838 | ||||||||
| Your Email Address | Email hidden; Javascript is required. | ||||||||
| LinkedIn Profile | Priscilla Agudey | ||||||||
| Professional Eligibility | |||||||||
| Vacancy For | Pupillage Programme | ||||||||
| 1. What is your current status? | I have successfully completed the Ghana School of Law and awaiting Call to the Bar. | ||||||||
| Education | |||||||||
| LL. B Institution | University of Professional Studies, Accra | ||||||||
| Class of Degree | Second class Lower division | ||||||||
| Year of Graduation | 2024 | ||||||||
| Ghana School of Law Campus | Accra main campus | ||||||||
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| Curriculum Vitae and Cover Letter | |||||||||
| LL. B Transcript, Certificate & GSL Transcript/ Statement of Results | |||||||||
| Legal Experience | |||||||||
| Have you previously worked or interned in a legal environment? | Yes | ||||||||
| Previous Legal Experience |
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| Areas of Interest | |||||||||
| Which practice areas interest you? |
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| Why Fitch Attorneys? | |||||||||
| Why do you wish to undertake your pupillage with Fitch Attorneys? | I am more than eager to begin my legal career journey with Fitch Attorneys because of the firm’s commitment to excellence and interest in a number of practice areas which I have great interest in practicing in my legal career.I believe the firm’s exposure gives me the ideal opportunity to learn. | ||||||||
| What attracts you to corporate and commercial legal practice? | In my opinion I think corporate and commercial practice is more dynamic as it gives you the opportunity to solve complex business challenges of various nature. I believe corporate practice makes me more of a well rounded lawyer. | ||||||||
| Are you able to fully commit to a six (6) month to one (1) year pupillage? | Yes | ||||||||
| Professional Attributes | |||||||||
| Describe an achievement that best demonstrates your resilience, initiative or leadership. | One achievement that demonstrates my initiative and resilience was my choice of interning with the Armed Forces Legal Department. I knew not much about the military justice system however I was willing to intern with the institution despite the challenges I knew I’d face in working there. | ||||||||
| What do you believe distinguishes an exceptional lawyer from a competent lawyer? | I believe every lawyer is competent to some by reason of being called. A competent lawyer is one who possess the ability to tackle legal problems just on the face of it .while The exceptional lawyer possesses all the qualities but is open to learning by other means to deliver excellent services. | ||||||||
| Describe a time you received constructive criticism. How did you respond? | I believe in learning and sharing knowledge among persons. I once reviewed a document and had an oversight of one minute but peculiar feature. My supervisor pointed out my mistake and I took the advice and used that to develop a different approach | ||||||||
| Commercial Awareness | Businesses increasingly expect lawyers to provide commercially practical solutions not merely legal opinions. | ||||||||
| Tell us about a recent legal, business or economic development that you believe every corporate lawyer should understand. | There are emerging trends in the business world now. ESG(Environmental,Social, Governance) for example is predominant and key in the decision making of companies. Companies are required to operate responsibly and comply with environmental regulations and prioritize transparency so as to protect stakeholders. . | ||||||||
| Ethics | You discover that a senior lawyer has mistakenly included confidential information belonging to another client in a document that is about to be sent. | ||||||||
| What would you do? | The key word here is “mistakenly” it is appreciated that humans sometimes make mistakes hence in such situation there is the need to handle it discreetly and professionally to prevent any sort of embarrassment. I would first verify to be sure I understand the issue before drawing his attention to it | ||||||||
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