Jobs
First-generation female attorneys are encouraged to apply for the Indian Litigation Fellowship.
The application deadline is February 28, 2025.
- First-generation women litigators who are just starting their careers are encouraged to apply for the second edition of the Indian Litigation Fellowship 2025–2026.
- First-generation women who want to work in litigation face many obstacles after graduating from law schools. As they start their careers, first-generation female litigators may find the courtroom to be a scary option.
- The fellowship's objectives are to give young women who intend to pursue careers as litigators financial support, professional training, and early career assistance.
- For the 2025–26 cycle, which is scheduled to start in June or July 2025, the program will provide a total of seven fellowships. There are two different kinds of fellowships available:
1. Fellowship for Open Litigation
- Five first-generation female attorneys will receive the Open Litigation Fellowship, which is supported by Pradeep Nayak, Smaran Shetty, and Nitya Kaligotla.
- It is up to the litigation fellows to choose which litigation chambers to join. Prospective candidates are urged to locate litigation chambers that will provide them with the necessary training, professional experience, and mentoring in line with their career objectives.
- If employment has already been obtained, the candidates will be required to reveal the chambers' specifics.
2. Fellowships for Lawyers in Residence (LIR)
With assistance from the IDIA Charitable Trust, two attorneys—Shishira Rudrappa, Tanmay Amar, Mahesh Krishnamurthy, Shrutanjaya Bhardwaj, Mansi Sood, Vinayak Mehrotra, and Anusha Reddy—will receive the Lawyer in Residence Fellowship.
For the length of the fellowship, LIR Pravah Law Offices India (Shrutanjaya Bhardwaj's litigation chamber) Fellows will be stationed in Pravah Law Offices India, New Delhi. Constitutional law, criminal law, sports law, service law, arbitration law, and intellectual property law are among the practice areas of the chamber, which mostly handles Supreme Court and Delhi High Court cases. The chamber frequently takes on pro bono litigation and advisory work.
Fellows from Mansi Sood and Vinayak Mehrotra's litigation chamber, LIR E-23 Chambers, will be affiliated with E-23 Chambers in New Delhi. Mehrotra and Sood are self-employed professionals. Additionally, Mehrotra is an Advocate-on-Record at the Indian Supreme Court. Their work spans several courts and tribunals in Delhi, including the Supreme Court, the Delhi High Court, and district courts, and focuses on civil, commercial, and constitutional law. The chamber also manages institutional arbitration as well as arbitration before ad hoc arbitral courts.
There is one use for all of the many kinds of fellowships. Subject to fulfilling the necessary requirements, candidates may apply for the Lawyer in Residence Fellowships, the Open Litigation Fellowship, or both.
For one year, each chosen fellow will get a grant of ₹3,60,000. The money will be sent out once a month.
Women are the only ones eligible for the fellowship.
Both final-year students and litigators with less than two years of experience are eligible for the fellowship.
First-generation litigators without any immediate family members in the legal field are eligible for the fellowship. Additionally, applicants who can show that they have a financial need for the fellowship will be given consideration.
Nitya Kaligotla, Smaran Shetty, and Pradeep Nayak have made the Open Litigation Fellowship feasible.
With the help of the IDIA Charitable Trust, Shishira Rudrappa, Tanmay Amar, Mahesh Krishnamurthy, Shrutanjaya Bhardwaj, Mansi Sood, Vinayak Mehrotra, and Anusha Reddy, the Lawyer in Residence Fellowship is made possible.
Please click this link to apply.
Please feel free to send an email to indianlitigationfellowship@gmail.com with any questions.
The chosen fellows will be chosen by the middle of May 2025.
