About NLU Delhi
National Law University, Delhi (NLUD) is a National Law University in India, offering courses at the undergraduate and postgraduate levels.
Situated in Sector-14, Dwarka, New Delhi, India, NLUD is one of the national law schools in India built on the five-year law degree model proposed and implemented by the Bar Council of India.
About the Program
The Fair Trial Fellowship Programme (‘the Programme’) is an opportunity for young lawyers and social workers to work for providing quality legal representation to undertrial prisoners. The Programme mentors a group of young professionals to work in collaboration with the Maharashtra State Legal Services Authority towards ensuring fair trials for undertrial prisoners at both pre-trial and trial stages.
The Programme is rolled out for work in Nagpur and Pune Central prisons. The twin goals of the program are to reduce the undertrial population in prisons in Pune and Nagpur and to strengthen the legal aid system in Maharashtra. To this end, there is a research as well as a litigation component to the program. The program has offices in Pune and Nagpur.
About the Opportunity
The Social Work Fellows in the program will focus on crucial socio-legal field work relating to cases of undertrial prisoners and support the Legal Fellows in ensuring that the undertrial prisoner is provided quality legal representation.
The period of engagement will be for one year and any extension will be subject to the needs of the Programme and availability of funds.
Number of Positions
1
Roles & Responsibilities
- Visiting the Prisons, interacting with undertrial prisoners, identifying individuals who need legal aid from the DLSA, and supporting them in writing applications to DLSA.
- Identifying undertrial prisoners entitled to bail/early release and referring such cases to the DLSA and the Prison Authorities.
- Socio-legal casework interventions and handholding undertrial prisoners through the legal proceedings at both the pre-trial and trial stage.
- Home visits and working with families of undertrials in gathering information/documents relevant to their case.
- Coordinating with other authorities if required for gathering relevant documents like age proof, address proof, medical certificates, etc.
- Identifying special needs of under trials including pregnancy claims for juvenility, disability, terminal illnesses, mental health issues, etc.
- Traveling as required to meet and communicate with family members of undertrial prisoners and other persons who may have oral and documentary information relevant to the mitigation of the prisoners, using the tools and techniques for communication and obtaining information devised.
- Coordinating with Legal Fellows and providing relevant socio-legal inputs in individual cases.
- Case Documentation with details of interventions for cases handled.
- Organizing and conducting training workshops and conferences.
- Documentation and Reporting as per programmatic needs.
- Any other work that may be necessary to further the aims of the Fellowship Programme.
Eligibility
- Postgraduate qualification in social work (M.A. in Social Work/MSW) or any other helping Professions/Social Science/Humanities subject or related areas from a Central/Deemed/State-Recognised University.
- A minimum of two years experience (full-time) in intervention work at the grass root level is desired.
- Proficiency in reading, writing, and speaking Marathi
- Ability to read, write and speak English
- Familiarity with the use of MS Office, emails, and the internet
- Prior work experience within institutions in the criminal justice system is desirable.
How to Apply?
- Interested persons must attach their resume and a statement of purpose, explaining their role and interest in working on this program. The statement of purpose must not exceed 700 words. Shortlisted candidates will be called for the selection process which will be held in Nagpur. The selection process may have multiple rounds.
- Applications and documents will be accepted only through the link given at the end of the post.
Compensation
Fellows will be paid a fellowship amount of INR 30,000 per month.
Application Deadline
June 25, 2023
Location
Nagpur, India
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