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Portia Etornam Kornu

Accra,Ghana

Summary

A self-driven woman who strongly believes in hard work and working smart. I am adequatelyequipped with the ability to work individually and excellently well cooperatively to deliver results. I have established firm grounds in journalism, legal research and currently pursuing a long-term goal of diversifying and settling as a legal researcher and a consultant on mining legislations on the African continent.

Overview

8
8
years of professional experience

Work history

RESEARCH FELLOW

WORLD BANK
02.2024 - 06.2025
  • Company Overview: African Mining Legislation Atlas (AMLA)
  • Research and analysis of legislations
  • Analysis of primary legislations on Natural resources across the African continent.
  • Assessment and analysis of specific African mining laws and regulations into easy formats using Microsoft Excel.
  • Running comparative analysis of African mining law between specific countries.
  • African Mining Legislation Atlas (AMLA)

LEGAL RESEARCH ASSISTANT

PAA JOY LAW GROUP
11.2023 - 06.2025
  • I conduct comprehensive legal research to support the firm's operations and case strategy.
  • Assist lawyers in drafting legal documents, including memos, and pleadings.
  • Research and prepare speeches and legal opinions for judges.
  • Analyze legal precedents and statutory laws to provide insights for ongoing cases.

LEGAL INTERN

BENTSI-ENCHILL, LETSA & ANKOMAH
09.2022 - 10.2022
  • I generated legal checklists relevant for client consultations.
  • Undertook legal research on diverse topics including default interest provisions.
  • Evaluated contracts and drafted clients’ arguments.
  • Team meeting presentations and attended clients’ court hearings.

LEGAL RESEARCHER

ADDENTECH (DENNISLAW GHANA)
07.2021 - 09.2021
  • Undertook legal research on various areas of law including collation of bye-laws of all over 250 Metropolitan, Municipal and District Assemblies (MMDAs) across Ghana.
  • Generated content for further research and publication, targeted at informing the public on the position of law in unfamiliar areas.
  • Reduced various judicial decisions into digestible pieces for research purposes.

MULTIMEDIA JOURNALIST

ADPU GHANA
07.2018 - 12.2020
  • Company Overview: (GHANAWEB)
  • Content generation for publication on the online news portal.
  • Authored various research-based news articles for online publication.
  • I conducted video interviews and opinion sampling for publication, with the aim of assessing public opinion on particular topics.
  • Lead researcher for news projects.
  • Initiated strategies targeted at generating engagement on social media platforms.
  • (GHANAWEB)

TRAINEE JOURNALIST

MEDIA GENERAL GHANA
07.2017 - 09.2017
  • Company Overview: (TV3/3FM)
  • Incorporated into writing stories for prime news bulletin (Basic journalism skills).
  • News reporting with the focus on politics and general news.
  • Successfully concluded a prominent feature story focused on students’ politics for the Prime News Bulletin.
  • (TV3/3FM)

Education

PROFESSIONAL LAW COURSE -

GHANA SCHOOL OF LAW
10.2023 - 10 2025

BACHELOR OF LAWS (LLB) - undefined

UNIVERSITY OF GHANA SCHOOL OF LAW
01.2021 - 8 2023

MINING LAW - undefined

World Bank’s African Mining Legislation Atlas (AMLA)

JOURNALISM MASTERCLASS - undefined

08.2021 - 10 2021

BA - POLITICAL SCIENCE & PHILOSOPHY

University of Ghana
09.2014 - 5 2018

QUALIFYING CERTIFICATE IN LAW - LAW

GHANA SCHOOL OF LAW
PROFESSIONAL LAW
10/2023 - 10/2025

Skills

  • Research Skills
  • Public Speaking
  • Interpersonal communication
  • Microsoft Office Suite
  • Video Editing (Edius5/Filmora 9/Wochit)

Custom

  • Ismail Nii Akwei Akwei, Ismailakwei@gmail.com, Lead editor, Global South World
  • Paa Joy Akuamoah Boateng, Paajoy@paajoylawgroup.com, Senior Executive, Paa Joy Law Group

Accomplishments

    Best Memorial, 2022 Bentsi-Enchilll Letsa&Ankomah Moot Court Competition

Timeline

RESEARCH FELLOW

WORLD BANK
02.2024 - 06.2025

LEGAL RESEARCH ASSISTANT

PAA JOY LAW GROUP
11.2023 - 06.2025

PROFESSIONAL LAW COURSE -

GHANA SCHOOL OF LAW
10.2023 - 10 2025

LEGAL INTERN

BENTSI-ENCHILL, LETSA & ANKOMAH
09.2022 - 10.2022

JOURNALISM MASTERCLASS - undefined

08.2021 - 10 2021

LEGAL RESEARCHER

ADDENTECH (DENNISLAW GHANA)
07.2021 - 09.2021

BACHELOR OF LAWS (LLB) - undefined

UNIVERSITY OF GHANA SCHOOL OF LAW
01.2021 - 8 2023

MULTIMEDIA JOURNALIST

ADPU GHANA
07.2018 - 12.2020

TRAINEE JOURNALIST

MEDIA GENERAL GHANA
07.2017 - 09.2017

BA - POLITICAL SCIENCE & PHILOSOPHY

University of Ghana
09.2014 - 5 2018

MINING LAW - undefined

World Bank’s African Mining Legislation Atlas (AMLA)

QUALIFYING CERTIFICATE IN LAW - LAW

GHANA SCHOOL OF LAW
10/2023 - 10/2025

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