The Confederation of Alumni for National Law Universities (CAN) Foundation has invited applications for the second edition of one of its flagship projects, Project Dhananjay..The Project aims at helping law graduates who are meritorious, yet in need of economic assistance, and who wish to enter the field of litigation, driven by a passion to serve society as lawyers on the field..It provides aspiring and talented law graduates from economically weaker families, with an ‘incubatory period’ for setting up their practice. Scholars are selected after a month-long selection process. The monthly stipend provided to them is meant to act as a mode of “sustenance allowance” for the initial 1-2 years of the scholar's legal practice..Last year, a monthly stipend stretching from 15,000 to 18,000 was granted to four meritorious graduates from three NLUs..Under its second edition, 5-6 meritorious students of National Law Universities (NLUs) from economically weaker families would be given a monthly stipend for at least one year of their legal practice. .Applications can also be sent by law graduates who have passed out after April 2020, in addition to students currently pursuing a law degree..The application form for participating in the Project can be downloaded from www.canfoundation.in..The last date for sending the duly filled applications is May 31, 2021, 5 PM IST..The application form is to be sent with all the annexures in a scanned PDF format to the official email account of the CAN Foundation in the manner as mentioned on its official website..The Scrutiny Committee for the selection process would comprise of:Amalpushp Shroti (AOR, Supreme Court of India and Advocate, Madhya Pradesh High Court); Singh Deo (Advocate, Delhi High Court); Mrigank Prabhakar (AOR, Supreme Court of India and Advocate, Delhi High Court); Archana Pathak Dave (AOR, Supreme Court of India and Advocate, Delhi High Court); Tariq Khan (Principal Associate, Advani & Co.);.Following the recommendations of the Scrutiny Committee, a High-Powered Selection Committee will choose the scholars to be accepted under Dhananjay 2021.
The Confederation of Alumni for National Law Universities (CAN) Foundation has invited applications for the second edition of one of its flagship projects, Project Dhananjay..The Project aims at helping law graduates who are meritorious, yet in need of economic assistance, and who wish to enter the field of litigation, driven by a passion to serve society as lawyers on the field..It provides aspiring and talented law graduates from economically weaker families, with an ‘incubatory period’ for setting up their practice. Scholars are selected after a month-long selection process. The monthly stipend provided to them is meant to act as a mode of “sustenance allowance” for the initial 1-2 years of the scholar's legal practice..Last year, a monthly stipend stretching from 15,000 to 18,000 was granted to four meritorious graduates from three NLUs..Under its second edition, 5-6 meritorious students of National Law Universities (NLUs) from economically weaker families would be given a monthly stipend for at least one year of their legal practice. .Applications can also be sent by law graduates who have passed out after April 2020, in addition to students currently pursuing a law degree..The application form for participating in the Project can be downloaded from www.canfoundation.in..The last date for sending the duly filled applications is May 31, 2021, 5 PM IST..The application form is to be sent with all the annexures in a scanned PDF format to the official email account of the CAN Foundation in the manner as mentioned on its official website..The Scrutiny Committee for the selection process would comprise of:Amalpushp Shroti (AOR, Supreme Court of India and Advocate, Madhya Pradesh High Court); Singh Deo (Advocate, Delhi High Court); Mrigank Prabhakar (AOR, Supreme Court of India and Advocate, Delhi High Court); Archana Pathak Dave (AOR, Supreme Court of India and Advocate, Delhi High Court); Tariq Khan (Principal Associate, Advani & Co.);.Following the recommendations of the Scrutiny Committee, a High-Powered Selection Committee will choose the scholars to be accepted under Dhananjay 2021.
