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Increasing Diversity by Increasing Access to Legal Education
Founded2010
FounderShamnad Basheer
TypeCommunity Service
FocusLegal Education
Location
Area served
India
MethodStudent Sensitizations
Key people
Shishira Rudrappa, Mahendra Pal Singh, Ruma Pal,
Websitehttp://www.idialaw.org/

Increasing Diversity by Increasing Access to Legal Education (IDIA) is a non-profit organisation working in India which aims to empower underprivileged children by giving them access to quality legal education. It was initially started by late Prof. (Dr.) Shamnad Basheer in the year 2010 from West Bengal National University of Juridical Sciences.[1][2]

It is a pan-Indian, student-run movement to train underprivileged students and help them transform into leading lawyers and community advocates. It was institutionalised as a trust with original trustees as Mahendra Pal Singh, Ruma Pal, Shamnad Basheer and Shishira Rudrappa.[3] Current Managing Trustee of the organisation is Mr. Shishira Rudrappa.

Activities and Events

To ensure that the underprivileged communities can empower themselves through legal education, IDIA student volunteers conduct sensitisations across India to:[4]

Funding

IDIA is supported by top Indian law firms and legal luminaries from across India.[5][6] Apart from individual donors, IDIA organises fundraising events in Indian metropolitan cities.[7][3]

The NGO also organises an annual football tournament in Mumbai to raise money from legal professionals and corporates. The tournament witnesses participation from top law firms in India and legal teams of corporates.[8][9]

Awards

References

  1. ^ Aravind, Indulekha. "A Super 30 for Clat". Economic Times. Retrieved 4 September 2016.
  2. ^ Ganz, Kian. "'Mass movement' for more diverse legal profession kicks off at NUJS". Retrieved 14 December 2016.
  3. ^ a b "The Idea Behind IDIA: Creating CHAMPS from Underprivileged Communities, by Shamnad Basheer". Archived from the original on 10 September 2019. Retrieved 14 December 2016.
  4. ^ "This Law Professor Has Created a Route for the Poor to Become Lawyers. And It's Ingenious!". 31 January 2016. Retrieved 14 December 2016.
  5. ^ Ganz, Kian. "Trilegal, Krishnamurthy, Wadia Ghandy, two law schools, CLAT coach, Gov't join NUJS diversity project IDIA".
  6. ^ Shrivastava, Prachi. "Ex-Luthra partner Madhu Mukherjee helps IDIA scale up, teaches, mulls 'strategic' move in no hurry". Retrieved 14 December 2016.
  7. ^ Ganz, Kian. "IDIA raises 72 Lakhs".
  8. ^ Pathak, Gaurav. "Charity Football Tournament".
  9. ^ "Star Lifts IDIA Football Trophy 2015, Khaitan lifts Plate".
  10. ^ "Shamnad Basheer".
  11. ^ "Innovative Practices 2016 on Education and ICT".
  12. ^ "Society of Indian Law Firms and Menon Institute of Legal Advocacy Training honour Arun Jaitley".

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