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Nick Robinson

Nick has extensively studied and researched various aspects of legal profession and judicial administration in India. After graduating from Yale Law School in 2006, he spent seven years in South Asia, clerking for Chief Justice Sabharwal of the Indian Supreme Court, and working at Human Rights Law Network (HRLN) in New Delhi on rights litigation involving water and health. He has also taught law at National Law School-Bangalore, Lahore University Management Sciences, and Jindal Global Law School.

Institutional Reform at the Supreme Court

On November 10, 2020 By Nick Robinson In Editor's Choice, Instituional Reform, LAOT 15, Supreme Court of India

[Ed Note: As part of our series marking 15 Years of Law and Other Things, we bring to you posts from our long-time contributors and supporters! In this post our Senior Editor Nick Robinson traces the …

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The History of the LLM/JSD/SJD in the United States

On December 10, 2015 By Nick Robinson In Uncategorized

I have this blog post up on Jotwell this week reviewing Gail Hupper’s article Educational Ambivalence: The Rise of a Foreign-Student Doctorate in Law. The article is on the history of the JSD/SJD program in …

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Virtual Police Station and Thoughts on Design and Communicating Law

On November 18, 2015 By Nick Robinson In Uncategorized

For those interested The Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative has a new website called Virtual Police Station that provides a detailed tour of an Indian police station including what victims, accused, and witnesses should expect when …

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Closure of private schools and the right of children to education: A Rejoinder

On November 2, 2015 By Nick Robinson In Uncategorized
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Reforming the Collegium

On October 22, 2015 By Nick Robinson In Uncategorized

In this recent piece in the Indian Express I argue that with the collegium system restored the primary question now turns to how to improve it.  To be clear, I take no position in the …

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Law and Liberty: Research Paper Competition

On May 29, 2015 By Nick Robinson In Uncategorized

The Federalist Society, iJustice and Jindal Global Law School are jointly organizing a two-day international conference on ‘Law & Liberty’ on 18-19 September 2015 at O.P. Jindal Global University, Sonepat (Haryana).  The conference is being …

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The Film “Court” and Movies on the Indian Judicial System

On May 3, 2015 By Nick Robinson In Uncategorized

I had a chance to watch “Court” last night, the award winning debut of young director Chaitanya Tamhane. The trailer can be viewed here. A short synopsis of the film is also included: “A sewerage …

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On Freebies and Election Manifestos

On March 18, 2015 By Nick Robinson In Uncategorized
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Delhi High Court on the Appointment of a Leader of Opposition

On January 25, 2015 By Nick Robinson In Uncategorized

Guest Post: Vasujith Ram Last year, LAOT carried three blog posts, debating whether a recognized Leader of Opposition (LoP) has to be appointed irrespective of the number of seats the party in opposition has won. …

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Tracking Media Prominence of the Supreme Court

On December 31, 2014 By Nick Robinson In Uncategorized

One of the things an outsider notices about the Indian judiciary is how much it is covered in the news. A bevy of news cameras seem permanently stationed outside the Court complex to give reporters …

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