Call for Applications: Team Madhya Pradesh (2022-2023)

Increasing Diversity by Increasing Access to Legal Education (IDIA) is looking for

passionate and dynamic students to join the Madhya Pradesh Chapter as Deputy
Team Leaders (DTLs) (each team), Team members, Information Officer (IO) and
Social Media Manager for 2022-23. IDIA has decided to start this Chapter with three
distinct teams, to maximize efficiency and impact, and increase accountability. Each of
these teams will be headed by a Deputy Team Leader, who will be expected to lead the
teams and achieve the targets set out at the beginning of the year. The Deputy Team
Leaders will report to the Team Leader.

Sensitisation Team

This team will be tasked with sensitising school students in Madhya Pradesh (and
nearby areas) to law as an attractive career option and selecting underprivileged
students with an aptitude for law. We expect this team to work around the year to target
over 15 schools in the city and neighbouring villages. This will help more
underprivileged students consider law as a career, and provide IDIA with a better pool
of candidates to choose Trainees from.

Training Team

This team will focus on training the selected students for various law entrance exams, to
ensure that these students stand the best chance of cracking these exams and making it
to the leading law schools in India. This will result in a direct increase in the number of
underprivileged children who will secure admissions to leading law schools in India.

Fundraising & Mentorship Team

This team will ensure that the IDIA Madhya Pradesh Chapter carries out fundraising
events, round the concerned academic year, when feasible, for the purpose to generate
funds, for both intra-chapter expenses, in general and contributing to the IDIA corpus,
in particular.
This team will also ensure that the IDIA Trainees and IDIA Scholars in Madhya Pradesh
are provided with the requisite academic, social and professional mentorship to enable
them to make the most of the opportunity before them. This team will also work with
IDIA Scholars to ensure that they take part in programs and activities that fosters their
holistic development and transformation into socially conscious leaders.

Information Officer (IO) and Social Media Manager

The job of the IO and SMM is to maintain complete records for the Chapter and
provide access to the wealth of data available to IDIA by virtue of the nature of
activities it performs. The job will include keeping minutes of meetings, all social media
related work ,details of sensitizations, details of aptitude tests, accounts (budget,
expenses etc), details of trainees, number and frequency of training sessions etc.

If you think you have the potential and dedication to work towards empowerment of
people and communities, do apply to join us as, Deputy Team Leaders (for each team,
aka, sensitization, social media and Fundraising & Mentorship), Team members
and Information Officer and Social Media Manager for IDIA Madhya Pradesh
Chapter.

To apply, send in your CV, along with a statement of purpose (not more than 200
words) to <nliuteam@idialaw.org >, marking copies to <abhishek@idialaw@org >
by August 3, 2022, 11:59pm.(I.e. TOMORROW). The subject line of the mail should
read as “Application for Deputy Team Leader (Team preferred by you)/ Team
Member/Information Officer/Social Media Manager for IDIA Madhya Pradesh
Chapter”. In your application, please highlight why you are the best pick for your
chosen positions.
If you wish to apply for more than one position, please indicate clearly the order
of your preferences. This will enable us to consider your applications
appropriately.

Incentives

In 2014, IDIA nominated its best performing team leaders and deputy team leaders for
internships at law firms such as AMSS, JSA, Trilegal, Luthra and Luthra, and AZB as well
as corporates such as GE, Microsoft, Thomson Reuters, and LexisNexis. IDIA is looking to
provide similar opportunities this year too. An exceptional Team Leader will also have
an opportunity to participate in an internship programme at the Singapore office of
O’Melveny & Myers LLP, a top international law firm.

Five outstanding Team Leaders will be awarded the Sagar-IDIA Fellowships, instituted
by Mr. Jyoti Sagar, Founder and Chairman, JSA. Cash awards for the best team leaders
have been instituted by Mr. Manav Nagaraja, Partner, Tatva Legal. Six IDIA Team Leaders
were also nominated to attend a fully funded corporate law training course conducted
by Partners from Herbert Smith Freehills, held at NLU Delhi in March 2014.

About IDIA

The Increasing Diversity by Increasing Access to Legal Education project is a nationwide

movement that aims to empower underprivileged and marginalised communities in
India by transforming students from such communities into world-class lawyers and
community leaders. It runs on the backbone of student volunteers spread through the
length and breadth of India.

IDIA identifies underprivileged students with an aptitude for law and trains them for
law entrance exams over a 2-3 year period.

IDIA not only enables access to legal education, it also fosters diversity at the leading
law schools and enriches the very process of legal education. For more details on IDIA
and the profiles of our scholars, please visit us at www.idialaw.org.

If you wish to be updated on IDIA activities regularly, do drop us an email at

info@idialaw.org indicating your interest in joining our mailing list (where we post IDIA
updates and discuss related policy issues).