Two participants in Harvard University’s doctorate program, active participants in Legal Aid Clinics in their respective countries, Ghana and Nigeria, began working with the BU Program while in the Boston area.  Raymond Atuguba, a lecturer in the University of Ghana, organized a group of his students to participate in the distance course.   Sam Amadi, formerly of counsel for Ken Sara Wiwa, arranged for a member of the Nigerian legal aid clinic to take the distance course.   Now, having graduated and returned home permanently, both take an active role in their countries’ legislative drafting sphere and explore avenues for building on-going self-sustaining learning processes. Currently, Raymond and Sam are looking into building a West African Legislative Drafting Institute for Democratic Social Change.   As a first step, they plan to hold a two or three week workshop for persons interested in law-drafting and law-making institutions in West Africa.   Both Raymond and Sam serve as members of ICLAD’s Advisory Board.