The Centre for Communication Governance (CCG) at National Law University (NLU), Delhi was established in 2013 to ensure that Indian legal education establishments engage more meaningfully with information law and policy and contribute to improved governance and policymaking. CCG is the only academic research centre dedicated to working on information law and policy in India and in a short span of time has become a leading institution in Asia.
The Centre for Communication Governance (CCG) at National Law University (NLU), Delhi, is calling for applications for the DIGITAL (Digital Rights and Inclusive Technology for All) Fellowship, to be offered to successful candidates for a period of 10 months.
The Fellows will be hosted by a civil society organization or litigation chambers (host organizations) to provide them with exposure to litigation research in digital rights and other areas. They will also develop legal and policy research under the guidance of the CCG.
Over the course of the Fellowship, the host organizations will work on a range of cases across digital rights and other litigation subject areas. The Fellowship aims to create an enabling environment to provide Fellows with litigation skills and exposure across a range of subject areas.
The Fellowship has the following objectives:
Fellows will be required to undertake extensive research to support the development of petitions and other filings at the host organization, irrespective of whether the subject matter is related to digital rights or not. Fellows will also be involved in briefing the senior advocates/counsels who are leading arguments in courts in these cases.
The Fellows will be required to carry out high-impact policy-centric research and write briefs, responses, blogs, articles, and other documents around digital rights.
Through CCG, the Fellows will convene lawyers, technologists, and civil society organizations working on digital rights issues to enable an exchange of ideas and facilitate learning from each other.
Applicants for the Fellowship must:
The Fellowship will commence in March 2024. A monthly, non-negotiable stipend of INR 50,000 will be provided to each Fellow. They intend to offer the Fellowship to a maximum of three full-time Fellows for this edition. In exceptional circumstances, CCG may choose to award a part-time Fellowship to a candidate depending on their application and profile.
Interested candidates can apply through the link given at the end of the post.
The form has the following two essay questions, which applicants have to answer in a maximum of 5000 characters (including spaces):
Applicants should note that they cannot save their work on the application form and return to it later, so they may find it advisable to prepare their essays beforehand.
Please combine the CV and writing samples in a single PDF file labelled as “[Your name] – DIGITAL Fellowship”. The PDF should be uploaded on the link provided in the application form.
Since they require applicants to upload their CV and writing sample, accessing the form requires a Google (Gmail) login. For applicants not having a Google (Gmail) account, they encourage them to create an account, by following the simple and quick steps here.
The DIGITAL Fellowship 2024 is a ten-month full-time Fellowship that will be awarded by a Selection Committee. The Fellows will be placed either in civil society organizations undertaking litigation around digital rights or litigation chambers that are involved in litigation across subject areas, including digital rights.
CCG has a list of potential organizations and litigation chambers that the Fellows can be placed with. However, applicants are welcome to suggest organizations or litigation chambers where they would be interested in working within their application form. The final discretion on the placement of the Fellows with a host organization remains with CCG.
All applications must be submitted by February 7, 2024, 11:59 PM IST. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
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