New Delhi (India), October 6: Gurugram-based legal edtech company LawSikho has announced 100 percent scholarships for 500 persons with disabilities (PWD). The candidates who complete the courses successfully will be co-certified by National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC).

Law graduates and law students will take an online admission test to decide who is eligible for the scholarships, which will cover LawSikho’s test prep courses for government jobs, upskilling courses focused on jobs in the private sector, and remote freelance work courses focused to international markets like US, UK and Canada.

To qualify for the admission test, candidates must produce a government-issued disability card or certificate of disability. Out of 500 seats, 300 will be reserved for law graduates and law students, while 200 will be open to non-law candidates interested in remote freelance work. The admission test will be held in October, but candidates can appear for an online on-demand admission test even later. The goal is to roll out all 500 scholarships before December 2022.

“A small-scale pilot project has already been tested and over a hundred candidates have benefited from it so far. This expansion will benefit from the learnings of the existing programme. Also, when we benefit from feedback from learners from different backgrounds, we are able to make our services more inclusive”

-said Ramanuj Mukherjee, CEO at LawSikho.

Masoom Reza, 24, an LLB from Jamia Millia Islamia who is currently enrolled at NLSIU Bengaluru as an LLM student, is among the many outstanding students who have already been part of LawSikho’s scholarship programme for PWD.  Completely visually impaired since the age of seven, Masoom took our Judiciary Test Prep course in 2021 as part of his preparation for the Judiciary Services Competitive Examination and applied for a full scholarship, which he received.

Speaking about his LawSikho experience in general, Masoom, who stood third in the Indian Law Institute CAT for LLM, says the method of teaching is “amazing”, and adds that he has particularly benefited from Lawsikho’s practice sessions and the faculty’s approach of interlinking various laws for better understanding.

“Many job seekers with disabilities find remote work much more suitable and convenient, but very few programmes exist for them. Given LawSikho’s success in helping Indian graduates secure remote work opportunities across the world, we felt that it would be a great time to formally announce scholarships for candidates who are also Persons with Disabilities (Divyangjan). We have given free admission to over a hundred candidates already, and based on this initial success, we decided to expand the programme”

-said Vibhas Sen, Head of Marketing, LawSikho, an IIM-C alumni and Paralympian himself, who was affected by polio in both legs.

LawSikho is India’s one of the leading online education companies that create advanced and practical legal courses and customised training programmes catering to lawyers, law students leading businesses and universities. LawSikho bridges the gap between theory and practice in legal education, bringing industry and practical insights into legal learning. Legal edtech company LawSikho also offers a number of courses from foreign universities at affordable rates for Indian students. With talent arbitrage being one of our focal points, LawSikho equips Indian lawyers to build high-profile careers in the international remote job market.

Around 700 job seekers receive internships, jobs and freelance work while pursuing or after completing their courses from LawSikho every month. Candidates interested in the scholarship programme may write to support(at)lawsikho(dot)in attaching their Statement of Purpose and resume, along with a government-issued proof of disability.

LawSikho ties up with MEPSC for new courses

LawSikho, India’s leading online education company that creates advanced and practical legal courses, has partnered with Management & Entrepreneurship and Professional Skills Council (MEPSC) to co-create and roll out five new online courses, comprising two diplomas and three certification courses, ranging from Business Law, Employment and Industrial Law, Media and Entertainment Law, Competition Law and Legal Drafting.

Through this collaboration, the one-year diploma in Business Law for in-house counsel provides a detailed learning on legal aspects pertaining to an organisation, while the one-year diploma in Labour, Employment and Industrial Law is targeted towards human resource managers to obtain a broader understanding of policies and regulations. The three-month certificate courses offered include Media and Entertainment Law, Competition Law-Practice and Enforcement and Legal Drafting-Contracts and Petitions.

All the diploma and certificate courses will be offered online and students can access the basic study material through an online learning management system 24×7, available both on Android and iOS applications. In order to assist working professionals, the classes for these courses have been scheduled after regular working hours or on Sunday afternoons.

Top law firms queued up to recruit from NLU Jodhpur

Top-pay law firms, including from across the globe, proved to be the heaviest recruiters from the National Law University (NLU), Jodhpur, which has released its batch of 2020 job placement figures for the 60 students who directly participated in the Recruitment and Internship Coordination Committee (RICC) activities.

With a total of 36 job offers, 35 were secured on Day Zero early recruitments with eight law firms held on April 2, 2019. The numbers are in a similar and consistent range to previous years’ campus recruitments at NLU Jodhpur. The highest paying tally was led by L&L Partners and Trilegal, each picking up eight NLU Jodhpur 2020 graduates.

Around half of each of these hirings had taken place via pre-placement offers (PPOs). Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas and AZB & Partners hired six and four students respectively. Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas made a total of seven accepted job offers while Khaitan & Co hired six. Fifteen other job offers were accepted at domestic firms.

Forbes lists Amity, Jaipur among top law schools in India

Forbes Legal Powerlist has ranked the law school at Amity University, Jaipur in the list of top law schools in India. The school competed with some of the best law schools to earn this listing. Forbes Legal Powerlist is considered one of the most coveted academic power lists.

The jury bench comprised a former judge of the Supreme Court and Singapore International Commercial Court, Justice AK Sikri; former judge of Fiji Supreme Court, Justice MB Lokur; Vice-Chancellor of NLIU, Bhopal, Dr V Vijayakumar; and Vice-Chancellor of  NALSAR University of Law, Hyderabad Dr Faizan Mustafa, to name a few.

Amity Law School largely focuses on preparing students for a life in judicial services by conducting competitive entrance drills, preparing students for competitive admissions into Judge Advocate General’s Department of Armed Forces by regularly conducting lectures on preparations for SSB, conducting National Online Legislative Drafting Competition, amongst other law examinations.

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The university also gives law aspirants practical training via regular guest lectures and webinars, by and with legal luminaries, including former judges of the Supreme Court of India, senior advocates, eminent academicians, government officials, NCW and corporate legal heads in India and across the globe.