THE United States Educational Foundation in India has announced a fellowship in Clinical Legal education. Here's what you need to know:

Name of scholarship: Fulbright-Vanderbilt Fellowship in Clinical Legal Education

Offered by: United States Educational Foundation in India and Vanderbilt University Law School

Country, university: United States of America, Vanderbilt University Law School.

Eligibility:

• You are an Indian law graduate and have an interest in legal aid to the poor and want to become a clinical law teacher to pursue an LLM (Master of Law) in Clinical Legal Education.
• You have two or three years experience of working in an organisation which provides legal aid to the poor.
• You have a 'writing sample' in English; a legal opinion, published article, or an essay on a legal topic of the your choice in no less than 300 words.
• You give an undertaking to return to India on the completion of the fellowship.
  

Programme content

This fellowship is awarded to a law graduate who would on selection enroll in a special LLM programme at Vanderbilt. Some of his or her course work and all of the research for the thesis would be directed at clinical legal education issues.

His or her specific focus should be on clinical methodology, clinical curriculum or clinical scholarship and s/he is expected to approach the subject from the perspective of coupling clinical education with legal representation on behalf of the disadvantaged.


You don't need to pay for:

• J-1 visa support
• Round-trip economy class air travel from home country to US
• Accident and sickness coverage per US Government guidelines
  

You will also be given a monthly stipend, a modest settling-in and books and supplies allowance, and tuition fees. (No allowances are provided for dependents)

Paperwork: Follow the instructions and complete the application material available here.

Time frame: One academic year

Phone: (011) 4209 0909

e-mail: ip@fulbright-india.org

web site: www.fulbright-india.org

Address:
United States Educational Foundation in India
12 Hailey Road
New Delhi -- 110 001

Compiled by Praveena Lakshmanan

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