Online Internship Opportunity at Lingering Shadows Initiative: Apply Now!

About Lingering Shadows Initiative

The Lingering Shadows Initiative (Parchaayi/Chhaya/Saba Project) is a program envisioned by a team of practicing advocates in Delhi NCR (India) to provide representation within the Courtrooms through legal aid and outside the Courtrooms through advocacy, media engagements, refugee and migrant art, theater and various other mediums to the displaced communities within Delhi NCR, particularly the refugees and migrant workers, whose stories, narratives and issues remain overlooked and unattended.

As a part of the project, the team regularly visits the communities in their camps and records their challenges, sub-human treatment, and systematic ghettoization and writes about them in the media, academic circles, and represents these stories through refugee art and other art forms to build public awareness and opinions in favor of the communities. Additionally, they also provide regular legal training, legal aid, and legal representation to all members of the communities. The Team operates a 24-hour phone number in that anyone can call at any point of the day to access legal consultation/aid.

This project is coordinated and led by Ujjaini Chatterji, who is an advocate based out of New Delhi. Interns shall work with her directly.

About the Internship

Lingering Shadows Initiative has announced Virtual Internship and Physical internships for law students and graduates, for legal research, writing, and drafting.

Eligibility

All students of law who are enrolled in any undergraduate, graduate or postgraduate courses are encouraged to apply. Practicing lawyers with an interest in exploring feminist human rights lawyering as a career may also consider joining us.

They are looking for physical, virtual as well as social media interns.

Responsibilities

Physical Interns:-

• Interest in feminist human rights lawyering (Litigation and policy advocacy)
• Ability to undertake initiative and work independently as well as part of a team
• interest in legal research
• Inventive thinking
• Working knowledge of English and Hindi
• Basic knowledge and interest in Constitutional Law and Human Rights Law
• Knowledge of UN Law, Laws on Refugees and Displaced Persons shall be an asset

Online Interns:

• Strong research and drafting skills
• Basic knowledge and interest in Constitutional Law and Human Rights Law
• Knowledge of fundraising
• inventive approach to work
• Knowledge of UN Law, Laws on Refugees and Displaced Persons shall be an asset

Social Media Interns:-

• Knowledge of social media marketing and campaigning
• Knowledge/experience in fundraising
• Knowledge of use of WordPress shall be an asset
• At all times, we have reserved positions for members from SC/ST/OBC/Religious Minorities, LGBTQI+ and persons with disabilities.

Mode of Internship

Online, Physical

Duration of Internship

The minimum duration of the internship will be two months. Preference shall be given to long-term interns.

Perks

• Internship Certificate
• Flexible hours
• Opportunity for inventive thinking and implementing creative initiatives in human rights law
• Support, guidance, and mentorship in preparing for international human rights law LLMs, scholarships etc.
• Direct ground level experience (within the Courtroom and on the field) of working on issues of human rights law.
• Training in direct client consultations, drafting and Court appearances.
• Supply of reading materials on international refugee law, human rights law, feminist jurisprudence and opportunity to do paid writing on the subject

Application Procedure

Applications will be accepted on a rolling basis.
Email [email protected] with the subject “Application for Internship’, along with your CV, cover letter, and a writing sample.