Legal Aid, Activism and RTIs
How NLSIU Bangalore’s legal aid cell won $5,000 global citizenship prize

NLSIU Bangalore’s legal services clinic (LSC) explains some of the projects that have won it $5,000.
Katju’s ‘Court of Last Resort’ NGO to free undertrials with Fali, Memon & Mahesh Bhat

Law schools show dismal record of RTI Act compliance

NLU Delhi legal aiders free Tihar undertrial accused of Rs 1,000 theft
Exclusive: Members of NLU Delhi’s legal aid committee have won their first release of an undertrial prisoner languishing in Tihar jail for two years for the theft of a Rs 1,000 wallet.
NUJS legal aid wrap 2011: Plans greater co-operation, joint projects
NUJS Kolkata legal aid society (LAS) has called for a strengthening of legal aid networks across India, as it released a report of the college’s legal aid activities this year which included tie-ups with human rights organizations and a successful national conference.
NLSIU students win in consumer tribunal v Pepsi MRPs

Infocracy: Making high school RTI drafting classes mandatory; Improving law school worker conditions
Infocracy India, an initiative to increase RTI activism amongst Indian law students, is launching a project to make RTI drafting an obligatory part of the Class 10 school syllabus and to investigate whether minimum wage is paid to campus labourers.
Infocracy India: Become a social lawyer and community journalist
