Law and Public Policy Youth Fellowship (LPPYF) – IMPRI

Date And Time 12/06/2023 @ 11:30 AM / Location:  Online event

Impact and Policy Reseach Institute (IMPRI), a startup research think tank, is a platform for pro-active, independent, non-partisan and policy-based research. It contributes to debates and deliberations for action-based solutions to a host of strategic issues. IMPRI is committed to democracy, mobilization and community building.

About the Fellowship

IMPRI Impact and Policy Research Institute, New Delhi, continuing with its dynamism, is proud to offer its new program– LPPYF, Law and Public Policy Youth Fellowship, starting this summer for two months focusing on the social, legal, and policy issues. The course aims to provide integrated knowledge by connecting both social and legal perspectives. Over two months, fellows will get the opportunity to learn about various dimensions of laws and policies, get training for legal tools and their realistic applications to carry out action research fieldwork (for two weeks) project and prepare a report based on it while interacting with the numerous legal, thematic, and distinguished public policy experts.

The course will enable the participants to comprehend the nuances and technicalities of legal and public policy paradigms and therefore acquire theoretical insights along with technical skills to conduct research. LPPYF aims to instill the understanding and skills pertaining to law and public policy. The thematic issues covered under this course are the paradigm of international provisions, constitutional laws, Sustainable Development Goals(SDGs), gender justice, environmental crisis and regulations, international human rights, and so on.

This online fellowship will have three-weekly sessions including a legal, technical and special lecture session enabling participants to build capacity in different aspects.

Each fellow will be encouraged to perform action research on a thematic area of their choice and write a report on the same by the end of the course. The fellows will also be guided in publishing their blog/article at IMPRI Insights and other renowned journals.

For Whom

Early Career Professionals, Young Research Scholars, Postgraduate and Undergraduate students are encouraged to apply. Eligible Applicants must meet the following criteria:

• Should be enrolled/ have completed their graduation in good academic standing and are willing to learn with curiosity and excel in the field of law and public policy and wish to contribute positively to the society.
• Applicants must be available to attend the consecutive 9-week online classes and willing to do fieldwork.
• Should be able to submit a mandatory report by the end of the course.

Benefits of Taking the Fellowship

Participants would: 

• Learn from globally and nationally renowned thematic experts and practitioners.
• Gain from first-hand training on legal applications, public policy insights, and networking opportunities.
• Get course outline and reading list from the experts.
• Get access to session videos for 15 days.
• A Certificate of Completion of the Fellowship on successfully completing the program will be sent to your postal address. Additionally, Internship Certificates will also be provided.
• Opportunity to publish your essay on the IMPRI Insights Blog, which features articles of eminent people from around the globe.

Upon successful completion of the program, each participant will be awarded a Certificate of Completion.

Program Details

LPPYF will comprise of 50+ sessions. There will be three weekly sessions, including a hands-on legal training session, public policy capacity development by legal practitioners, technical lecture sessions conducted by subject matter experts, and special lecture sessions by distinguished experts of that particular thematic area. Reading and study resource material will be provided by the experts as the course will progress.

The fellows will be encouraged to build a case study on a thematic area of their choice, including legal and public policy arenas. They will be expected to conduct fieldwork in their respective cities, towns, or villages where they will be based at that time and required to submit the report of the same by the end of the two weeks of action research and fieldwork. Research Faculties will teach qualitative research methodology and mentor the fellows throughout their fieldwork and help them with the analysis and report writing.