First day at work.

Hello everyone, it's finally here; my first day at work was today. I met with my supervisor and the entire defense team. They were very happy to meet me as I was to meet them. I was given a tour of the entire facility, met the heads of all the various departments of the court, assigned a U.N. email, a desk and a security I.D. I'm very excited at the opportunity to work on such an exiting court.

I met other interns from around the world including South Africa, U.K, Uganda, Sierra Leone and the U.S. They were all very nice and helpful to me. The dress code at work is either suit or business casual from M-T and on Fridays, it's casual and you can wear jeans which helps because it's so hot here right now.

The security at the court is very very intense and intimidating. I'm not used to seeing guns everywhere; but that's exactly what you see around the court especially since the arrival of Charles Taylor. I was advised by my supervisor that I may have the opportunity to actually participate in Court proceedings and meet the detainees including Charles Taylor (I'm not sure what impact that will have on me). The internship is going to be mentally, physically and emotionally exausting, I was made aware of that today, but I believe I'm ready for the challenge. Finally today, I had the opportunity to participate in a tour of the Special Court with grade school students and explaining to them the responsibilities of the defense and prosecution sections of the court.

I will like to take this opportunity to thank you all for coming with me on this experience. I hope to hear from you all soon and I look forward to your comments, questions and concerns.

Mo