Dear All,

Please find attached herewith the Call for Applications for P-PIL (Promoting Public Interest Lawyering) an initiative that aims to bridge the gap between the legal academia and legal industry and use the partnership to promote causes which are of public interest.

P-PIL’s first project involved challenging the constitutionality of the Intellectual Property Appellate Board before the Madras High Court. This is being handled by a team of three students under the aegis of Professor Shamnad Basheer (MHRD Professor of IP Law at NUJS), Mr Prashant Reddy (Research Associate of the MHRD IPR Chair at NUJS) along with Mr Arvind Datar, a senior counsel and constitutional law expert and Mr Ananth Padmanabhan, a lawyer in Chennai and an alumni from NLSIU. Please see the link [url=http://www.thehindubusinessline.in/2011/01/21/stories/2011012152251300.htm\]here\[/url\].

For more info on P-PIL, please see the attached file. The last date for application is 11th March, 2011.

Also visit our website at www.p-pil.com [under construction]

Regards,

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Team P-PIL