Hello and welcome!

I am Prosper Batariwah, a qualified lawyer called to the Ghanaian bar. I currently work with an Accra-based law firm, AB Lexmall & Associates, with core strengths in corporate and commercial law. I am also a graduate assistant at the University of Ghana School of Law (UGSOL) where I teach tutorials in contracts and equity. I hold a qualifying law certificate from the Ghana School of Law and a Bachelor of Laws degree (First Class Honors) from Ghana’s premier law school, the UGSOL.

Over the last couple of years, I have gained loads of experience working on several projects in the areas of law reform, law and development, natural resource management, family, trusts and estates law. My current research focus on development policy implementation and the integration of human rights norms into the regulatory framework of extractive industries.

There are other things I am interested in – for example, law and religion and IT law. For the last two years, I have dedicated this blog to these other areas. This place has equally been an outlet for me to reflect on life generally – from the absence of a middle name to Ghanaian highlife.

I started this blog when I was in professional law school; now that I have been called to the bar, I intend to continue writing – this time aligning my output with my research and pet interests and drawing depth from my practice and teaching experience.

If you are looking for me, you’ll most likely find me someplace doing or coordinating research (plugged into Spotify, tapping into the wisdom and rhyme of Passenger, Ebo Taylor or Kendrick Lamar). If not, you should find me talking to my students, who will always have 1001 questions to ask – or need an ear to listen to the daunting trials of law school. On very rare occasions, you’ll see me standing behind an artwork, savoring the perfection of human accomplishment, and the sheer brilliance of humankind.

It should be noted that the views expressed here are mine and mine alone; they are not those of the place where I work.