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THE FAIR TRIAL FELLOWSHIP

Maharashtra

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Last date

31/01/2026

Reward

100,000

Qualification

Other

Post

Higher studies

General information

Scholarship name

THE FAIR TRIAL FELLOWSHIP

The Fair Trial Fellowship (‘the Fellowship’) is an opportunity for young lawyers and social workers to work for providing quality legal representation to undertrial prisoners. The Fellowship will train and mentor a group of young professionals to work in collaboration with the State Legal Services Authority towards ensuring fair trials for undertrial prisoners at both pre-trial and trial stages. The Fellowship is being currently rolled out for work in Nagpur and Pune Central prisons. The twin goals of the programme are to reduce the undertrial population in prisons in Pune and Nagpur and to work with the legal aid system in Maharashtra. To this end, there will be a research as well as a litigation component to the programme. The programme will have offices in Pune and Nagpur. The programme staff will comprise two Legal Strategy Co-ordinates, 20 Legal Fellows and 10 Social Work Fellows. Item Description Name THE FAIR TRIAL FELLOWSHIP Provided By Project 39A No. of Scholarship 32

Region
Maharashtra
Scholarship type
Private
Fields
Other
For
Higher studies

Key dates

Last date to apply: 31/01/2026 The last date to apply for this fellowship is January 31, 2026.

Eligibility

  1. Post-graduate 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-Recognized University.
  2. Minimum of one year experience (full-time) in intervention work at the grassroots level.
  3. Proficiency in reading, writing, and speaking Marathi.
  4. Ability to read, write and speak English.
  5. Familiarity with the use of MS Office, emails, and the internet.
  6. Prior work experience within institutions in the criminal justice system is desirable. The above qualifications may be relaxed in exceptional circumstances.

Award & availability

Stated amount: 100,000 Compensation: Fellows will be paid a fellowship amount of INR 30, 000 - 1, 00, 000 per month. No. Of Scholarship- 32

Application

No information available. Application Process:

  1. Interested candidates may send their resume and a statement of purpose (SOP), explaining their interest in working on this program.
  2. The statement of purpose must not exceed 700 words.
  3. Only shortlisted candidates will be called for the selection process which may be held in Pune/Nagpur/Mumbai. Intimation regarding dates and venue of selection rounds will be given to the shortlisted candidates only by email.
  4. Interested persons must send their resume and SOP in two separate documents (as an attachment only either MS Word or PDF version) to p39arecruitment@nludelhi.ac.in and the subject of the e-mail should be ‘Application for Fair Trial Fellowship, [mention your location]’.
  5. Any additional clarifications may be sought on the phone (Contact Number- +91-8586814458). For further details, please click here.

Selection process

The selection procedure will be conducted in two stages:

  1. Round 1- Written Test to assess knowledge and application of law/ principles of social work intervention of the applicants.
  2. Round 2- Personal Interview of candidates shortlisted from Round
  3. The final selection of the candidates will be based on their performance in both rounds. Selected candidates will be intimated by email. Other Info Important Information-
  4. National Law University Delhi is an equal opportunity employer.
  5. Project 39-A ensures access to legal representation for prisoners regardless of the offence.
  6. National Law University Delhi reserves the right to conduct interviews and not fill these positions.
  7. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted via email. If you do not hear from us within 4 weeks after the deadline, please assume that your application has not succeeded. Unfortunately, we cannot reply to individual queries about the status of applications.
  8. National Law University Delhi is unable to cover the costs of attending interviews.
  9. This is not an advertisement for regular government service.

Contact

National Law University, Delhi Sector 14, Dwarka, New Delhi – 110078 INDIA Administration - 011- 28034993 For more information: Click here Apply Now https://nludelhi.ac.in