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Washington, Dc, Us

Washington Dc-Baltimore Area

- Co-drafted a trust fund proposal to support community-driven development and poverty reduction for a project that empower the poorest and most vulnerable groups in Cote d'Ivoire - Co-supervising a project under the Japan Social Development Fund (JSDF) to enable access to justice for victims of traditional harmful practices (child marriage and female genital mutilation) in Cote d’Ivoire.- Conduct on-site missions to engage with key stakeholders in identifying strategies to incorporate FGM/C and child marriage prevention into project initiatives. - Prepare and moderate webinars and panel discussion during annual events to raise awareness on harmful traditional practices.

Washington Dc-Baltimore Area

- Perform a legal assessment of laws and reforms introduced by economies through WBL methodology. - Analyze legal and supportive frameworks to address violence against women in conflict-affected countries to identify promising, effective, and ineffective policies.- Monitor communication with private sectors, scholars and government officials to receive updates on legal reforms and data queries related to domestic laws affecting women throughout their working lives across Sub-Saharan Africa for the Women, Business and the Law report. - Improve the methodology and propose new questions under the indicators of marriage and violence against women to analyze 55 pilot economies' legal environment and implementation of the laws.

Arlington, Virginia, United States

Assisted the Education department in organizing APPA major conferences and events such as the Engineering & Operations (E&O) Conference, Legal Conference and National Conference.

Washington Dc-Baltimore Area

- Assisted my comparative law professor in entailing the research of relevant French and U.S. statutes, case-laws and principles for the preparation of the 24 Spring semester classes.- Presented the Cour de cassation new style of drafting judgments for my Professor Comparative Law class materials.

Washington, District Of Columbia, United States

- Co-drafted a highly articulate legal report of more than 100 pages related to the disproportionate human rights infringement on vulnerable groups due to COVID-19 after researching, analyzing, and synthesizing contributions of more than 60 countries and particularly impacted sectors. - Recommended resourceful solutions compiled and published by the World Bank Global Forum on Law, Justice, and Development to protect the rights of adversely affected groups (women, girls, and people of African descent) in developed countries and sensitive zones like Ethiopia and Afghanistan.

New York, United States

- Drafted legal memoranda on motions to reopen and reconsider lost cases, based on new facts found since the original hearing, for submission to immigration judges. - Conducted interviews of survivors of female genital mutilation and cutting (FGM/C) seeking asylum for fear of persecution in French, before preparing their statements and application. - Prepared filings for the transmission of asylum’ applications to the judge and to immigration officers after legally analyzing information received from or concerning asylum seekers.- Facilitated French speaking asylum seekers’ interaction with their legal representatives and judges.- Prepared and filed nonimmigrant and immigrant visa petitions for asylum seekers, international students and family-based immigrants. - Coordinated the schedules of 2 attorneys and 6 senior paralegals with office events, meetings, clients’ interviews and court-hearings by preparing and distributing the weekly calendar highlighting deadlines.

Toulouse Area, France

AIESEC is an international non-governmental organisation that provides young people with leadership development and cross-cultural global internship, with a focus to empower young people so they can make a positive impact on society.I was mostly in charged of: - Providing opportunities (internships and volunteering) - Managing administrative and travel procedures - Writing OPS (Outgoing Preparation Seminar)

Toulouse Area, France

As a legal intern, I drafted memoranda for trials and performed legal research for a comparative study on French and EU labor Law including for cases related to workplace harassment.

Master Of Laws - Llm, International And Comparative Law, 3.3/4.0

Activities and Societies: Graduated with honours. Member of Black Law Students Association (BLSA) Member of the African Law Association.

Certificate, International Human Rights Law & International Criminal And Humanitarian Law

Activities and Societies: Trainings, lectures, seminaries and discussionsDuring this program, the trainings, lectures and discussions were.

Certificate, International Human Rights

Activities and Societies: The Global Institute for Human RightsDuring this program we discussed critical challenges of the 21st century.

Bachelor Of Laws - Llb, Comparative Law, 14/20

Activities and Societies: The Law Student Tutoring Program (Constitutional Law Tutor)The Protection of Fundamental Rights in Emerging.

High School Diploma, Literature, Valedictorian, Summa Cum Laude