IDIA law school diversity initiative comes of age, details ET feature

Increasing Diversity by Increasing Access (IDIA) grows up, reports the Times, about the organisation that now has 500 volunteers in 18 cities, which has trained 200 students and helped 83 gain admittance to law schools:

For, Annamalai, currently a fourth-year student at the prestigious National University of Juridical Sciences (NUJS), Kolkata, has accepted an offer from law firm AZB & Partners at a salary of over Rs 80,000. While her story is a heart-warming testimony to the transformative power of education, it is also not as simple as that of an underprivileged girl working hard till she achieved her dream.

There are multiple obstacles in the way of that dream, ranging from the average fees of Rs 2 lakh a year at national law universities, to the Rs 30,000 that law school entrance coaching institutes charge, to the emphasis on fluency in English and the social capital that is often needed to get an internship.

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Aafreen I BA LLB TNNLS 27 Jun 2016, 07:11
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Now it is Annamalai's turn to support law aspirants from resource poor communities to enter into Natonal law schools. He should take up cases of poor and get them justice. Now we appreciate IDIA but appreciate Annamalai if he does the above.
Outsider 27 Jun 2016, 13:59
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It is a 'she', actually. And from what I have heard, young Karthika has already been involved in several community-oriented projects even while in law school. Having met her, I can truly say that she is a gem of a person and is going to be an excellent 'social engineer' that NLU grads were supposed to be. Even if IDIA does not produce a single other law grad like her, she alone would make the entire movement worth it.
DR ANURAG DEEP 5 Jul 2016, 12:36
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great work by IDIA. ad, ILI