Allen & Overy enters into an MOU with IDIA for offering internships to IDIA Scholars
IDIA Charitable Trust (IDIA) and Allen & Overy will collaborate on an internship programme to support IDIA Scholars studying in law schools in India. Pursuant to the collaboration, Allen & Overy will offer a four-week long internship to an IDIA Scholar in the fourth or fifth year of their studies at its Singapore office for […]
IDIA Uttar Pradesh Chapter Conducted a Legal Awareness Session with Sadbhavna Trust
The Legal Services Vertical of IDIA – UP Chapter conducted a legal awareness session in collaboration with the Sadbhavna Trust, Lucknow. The session included spreading awareness on topics like the laws on domestic violence, process of filing an FIR, various welfare government schemes, and legal aid. About the Legal Services Vertical of IDIA – UP […]
IDIA Jharkhand Chapter Reaches out to Five Hundred Students in Latehar
The IDIA Jharkhand Chapter which operates out of National University of Study and Research in Law, Ranchi conducted mass sensitisation sessions in Latehar. Latehar is a remote district in Jharkhand, which is located about 120 kms away from their college campus in Ranchi. This district, like many others in India, faces high illiteracy rate and […]
IDIA students from diverse backgrounds soar to new heights in law entrance examinations
IDIA Charitable Trust (IDIA) is ready to welcome its new batch of Scholars including Jai Singh Rathor, who has performed brilliantly and obtained All India Rank 3 in Common Law Admission Test (CLAT) 2020. Belonging to a small place in Patna district, Jai overcame many issues including financial struggles to emerge as one of the […]
Making Online Education Accessible and Inclusive in the Time of COVID-19 Pandemic
This report was authored by a team from IDIA Charitable Trust (IDIA). The team consisted of IDIA’s Directors, Svetlana Correya and Swati Agrawal, and law students, Shreyas Alevoor (National Law University Odisha) and Puja Raghavan, (Campus Law Centre, University of Delhi) who were interning at IDIA. A special note of thanks is extended to IDIA […]
IDIA and NUJS Collaborate to Open the Prof. (Dr.) Shamnad Basheer Accessibility Lab
In honour of late Prof. (Dr.) Shamnad Basheer (Founder, IDIA Charitable Trust (IDIA) and SpicyIP), the West Bengal National University of Juridical Sciences (NUJS) joined hands with IDIA to inaugurate the Prof. (Dr.) Shamnad Basheer Accessibility Lab at NUJS to foster greater inclusion of students with disabilities. This initiative was announced in September 2019, and […]
IDIA Jharkhand: A WALK TO AWAKEN
Welcomed by the sound of beating drums and smiles on the faces of the locals, the IDIA Jharkhand chapter embarked on yet another ambitious drive, ‘A WALK TO AWAKEN’. The walk was organised to educate the village dwellers of Ekambha, Jharkhand about choosing law as a career. After covering a journey of about 10 kms […]
IDIA – Jashpur District Administration Sensitisation Programme 2019
Jashpur district lies in the north-eastern corner of the state of Chhattisgarh, bordering the states of Odisha and Jharkhand. It is a district with a majority tribal population. The IDIA Chhattisgarh Chapter comprising of students from the Hidayatullah National Law University, Raipur (HNLU) in association with the Jashpur district administration, launched a collaborative project in […]
Going Forward, One Sensitisation at a Time
Today, as I write this post, I tear up a little. There’s not a day that has gone by when I’ve not thought about Prof. (Dr.) Shamnad Basheer since the evening of 8th August 2019. Oddly enough, I never had the opportunity of meeting him. Yet, there’s a cosmic connection that I have felt towards […]
Top law firms in Kolkata and other cities come on board as IDIA’s internship partners!
In a big boost to IDIA’s advocacy for inclusivity and diversity in the legal profession, top law firms in Kolkata have joined as IDIA’s internship partners. We are very delighted to announce that four law firms in Kolkata – Khaitan & Co., Fox & Mandal, Sinha & Co. and Avijit Deb and Partners, along with Aquilaw […]