IDIA Fellowship for Young Lawyers
About the Fellowship
The IDIA Fellowship for Young Lawyers supports junior advocates from Kerala and Sikkim in building sustainable litigation careers. The fellowship is open to lawyers with zero to four years of experience who are permanent residents of these states. Selected fellows will work full time with senior trial court lawyers who have at least ten years of experience, allowing them to gain practical exposure across Munsiff, Magistrate, Subordinate, and District courts.
Fellows will work on litigation matters, legal aid, public interest cases, and collaborations with District Legal Services Authorities and civil society organizations. To ensure stability and growth, the fellowship provides a monthly stipend, foundational training, skill-building workshops, access to legal research databases, and ongoing performance review.
This initiative addresses the lack of mentorship and financial support available to young advocates while strengthening access to justice in underserved communities. It carries forward IDIA’s mission by extending diversity and representation from legal education into the courtroom.
Applications Open for the Second Cohort:
Click here for Kerala Application Form
Click here for Sikkim Application Form
Many of our Scholars have graduated. Interact with the map below to take a look at where they are now.
Professional Skills Development Partner
OUR Fellows:
National Law University, Jodhpur Anmol Raj hails from Sonbhadra in Uttar Pradesh. His father works as a sweeper at the Gram Panchayat …
Anoop was born in Gardih, a small town in Jharkhand, where his father works as a farmer, and his mother is a …
Government Law College, Mumbai Anshuman is currently in his fourth year of study at GLC, Mumbai. He hails from Bhind, a small …
Anubhab comes from the quiet village of Purusottampur in the Hooghly district of West Bengal. He completed his schooling at Gopal Nagar …
Anuj is a third-year IDIA Scholar at Dr Ram Manohar Lohia National Law University, Lucknow. He grew up in a small village …
Aparna Suresh Amnekar comes from the city of Nagpur, Maharashtra. Unfortunately, she lost her father at an early age and her mother …
Aqib is a down to earth and cheerful IDIA Scholar, who works with great determination and diligence. Aqib’s father works with a …
Arepalli Naga Babu is from Machlipatnam. He hails from a family of five whose an income was just INR 36,000 per annum. He …
As a diligent student of science in the 12th standard under the West Bengal State Board in Berhampur, West Bengal, Arindam planned …
Arjun Ghosh hails from a small village called Roshidpur in West Bengal. His father is a rikshaw-van puller and his mother is …
“Arise! Awake! and stop not till the goal is reached.” Arpit Gamit lives by this motto. Arpit and his parents, Suman and …
Arshnuma Anjum, a young and determined individual from Bihar, carries a name as unique as her story. Her name, Arshnuma, means divine …
Hailing from the small village of Maitriwara in the Jalore district of Rajasthan, Arvind finished his schooling from Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya in …
Asha M, an ambitious and resilient student from Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, discovered her passion for law during a school career guidance session. Curious …
Ashok Kumar hails from Haliwav, Jalore, a remote village in Rajasthan. His father is a farmer who also runs a small shop …
National Law University, Jodhpur Ashok’s father is a farmer and his mother is a housewife. They live in a small village called …