Job Description Template to be posted on Legally Jobs

Please email the completed form to jobs@legallyindia.com Recruiting organisation:

(e.g. Name of law firm or organisation)

Lawyers for Change Fellowships 2012-14

(A leadership development programme for lawyers initiated by Centre for Social Justice, Ahmedabad and ECONET, Pune)

Designation:
(e.g. partner, senior / managing associate, associate, counsel, senior legal manager, general counsel / head of legal)

Fellow Lawyer

Job location:
(e.g.: city where recruit will be based)

Will be according to the Fellows choice and our linkages.

Candidates required postNo specific experience required. Freshers are qualification experience (PQE) welcome. Students in their final year of law level in years: school expected to graduate before June 2012 may apply. (e.g.: 6-10 years PQE) Practice area specialisation required:
(e.g.: corporate, project finance, real estate, criminal law, intellectual property (IP), etc.)

Human rights, Social issues. Freshers are welcome. Practicing lawyers who intend to take up practice on social justice and rights based issues may also apply. Fellowship of UPTO INR 1.92 Lakh per annum + allowance for travel, books and internet connection. Lawyers for Change (LfC) is a fellowship programme for leadership development designed exclusively for young lawyers. The programme is a two-year engagement with an annual evaluation as a milestone for continuation. During the two years, the selected candidate will be taken through an intensive capacity building process to use law for fighting exclusion, discrimination, enabling entitlements and to establish herself / himself as a leader in the field of law. There will be a total of 30 days of contact sessions in a year in which the selected candidate will be expected to remain present.

Approximate salary / remuneration per annum:

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Job description:
[Enter a description of the role. Include as much information as possible about the role, including responsibilities, the work that will be done, salary and information about how they will fit into the organisation]

These contact sessions will be conducted once every two months for 6-7 days predecided in the annual calendar. In between the contact sessions, Fellows will work with organizations working on rights based issues, explore possibilities of legal interventions and also carry out tasks assigned by the academy. Work thus done will be required to be presented in the next contact session. Candidate requirements:
[Enter the minimum requirements of candidates, including practice area specialisation, relevant experience and other details]

The programme is open ONLY to lawyers below 32 years of age. Students in their final year of law school expected to graduate before June 2012 may apply. A good knowledge of written and spoken English and working knowledge of computers is a MUST for every candidate. The programme is open only to citizens of India.

Email address to receive applications:

(confidential)

leaders.law@gmail.com Applications must be sent on or before 29th February, 2012 with the CV of the applicant attached. The Subject field of the email must clearly mention Application for Programme. Candidates who had applied for the previous batch may also apply.