[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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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.
The History of the LLM/JSD/SJD in the United States
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 …
Continue readingVirtual Police Station and Thoughts on Design and Communicating Law
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 …
Continue readingClosure of private schools and the right of children to education: A Rejoinder
Reforming the Collegium
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 …
Continue readingLaw and Liberty: Research Paper Competition
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 …
Continue readingThe Film “Court” and Movies on the Indian Judicial System
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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Delhi High Court on the Appointment of a Leader of Opposition
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. …
Continue readingTracking Media Prominence of the Supreme Court
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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