Keynote Speaker
Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries
U.S. Congressman
Meet the distinguished public officials, legal practitioners, policy leaders, scholars and international experts who shaped the 2023 fellowship experience.
The fellowship is organized around three major program components: Legal Boot Camp training seminars, Field Placement Assignments through legal internships and capstone projects, and Policy & Diplomacy.
Before beginning their field placements, fellows completed an intensive curriculum built around a legal continuum of issues affecting development. The instructors and speakers below guided that experience.
U.S. Congressman
U.S. Congresswoman
Director General, Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS)
Co-Director, Howard University School of Law ADR Program; Managing Partner, Woods Global Dispute Resolution
Leaders from Africa, the Caribbean and the United States brought practical expertise to six areas of study.
Chief of Mission in the Dominican Republic, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (Brazil)
Senior Associate, O’Neill Institute, Georgetown University (U.S.)
Legislative Counsel and Human Rights Lawyer, U.S. House of Representatives
Regional Principal Economic Adviser, Caribbean Country Department, Inter-American Development Bank (U.S.)
Strategy Advisor on Africa, United Nations Development Programme (Uganda)
Trade Staff Director / Chief Trade Counsel, U.S. House of Representatives (U.S.)
Director, Shridath Ramphal Centre for International Trade Law; Trade Law and Policy Expert (Barbados / St. Lucia)
International Trade Lawyer, Advisory Centre on WTO Law (South Africa)
LDC Trade Policy / Technical Advisor, CARICOM Secretariat (Barbados / St. Lucia)
Partner and International Trade Lawyer, Riley Trade Law (U.S.)
Partner, Mattox Woolfolk (U.S.)
CEO, National Bankers Association (U.S.)
VP & Global Head of Government Relations, ServiceNow (U.S.)
Chief Legal Officer, Cars.com (U.S.)
President & CEO, Ford Communications (Ghana)
CEO, Colorbox Cosmetics (Ghana)
President & CEO, CPR—International Institute for Conflict Prevention and Resolution (U.S.)
President & CEO, BVI International Arbitration Centre (St. Lucia)
Arbitrator & Mediator (U.S.)
International Arbitrator & Partner, Bentsi-Enchill, Letsa & Ankomah (Ghana)
Mediator & Professor, Penn State University (U.S.)
Partner, Three Crowns LLP (U.S.)
Dean, African Centre on Law & Ethics, Ghana Institute of Management & Public Administration Law School (Ghana)
President-Elect, Women’s Bar Association (U.S.)
Deputy Dean, Faculty of Law, The University of the West Indies Cave Hill Campus (Barbados / St. Lucia)
Discover the fellows who participated in the 2023 program or explore more years in the Garvey–Nkrumah Fellowship archive.
Meet the 2023 Fellows