NLUD Recruitment 2021 for Digital Fellowship

1. Interested applicants must submit A signed and completed DIGITAL Fellowship 2022 Application Form, available here.

The form has the following two essay questions, which applicants have to answer in a maximum of 5000 characters (including spaces):

a. Discuss up to 3 cases you were directly involved with in your career, which in your opinions have been impactful. Give details of the cases including the judicial forum, outcome and impact, as well as your own role in achieving them. We encourage applicants to highlight experience in fundamental rights / digital rights litigation. If you do not have experience in litigation, discuss up to 3 projects that you have worked on in areas relating to digital or fundamental rights. Provide details of the projects, outcomes, and the role you played in achieving them.

b. If granted the Fellowship, please clearly articulate your goals, their alignment with the Fellowship's objectives, and how you would go about achieving them. Please also specify how the Fellowship fits in with your broader professional goals. 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.

2. A two-page Curriculum Vitae (CV);

3. A writing sample (published or unpublished article, essay, blog) between 1000- 2000 words on a topic preferably related to the Fellowship.

4. Names and contact details of two professional or academic referees who can be contacted for an oral or a short written reference (to be filled in the form).

5. All applications must be submitted by December 28, 2021, 11:59 PM IST.

6. 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.

7. Since we 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, we encourage them to create an account, following the simple and quick steps here.