NLSIU announces Allen & Overy Scholarships

NLSIU, in collaboration with global law firm Allen & Overy, has announced Allen & Overy Scholarships commencing in the Academic Year 2022-23.

NLSIU has announced Allen & Overy Scholarships commencing in the Academic Year 2022-23. The Scholarships will support two students in each of the B.A., LL.B (Hons.) and LL.B (Hons.) programmes while maintaining at least a 50:50 gender diversity ratio among the scholarship candidates. These are, significantly, the first scholarships announced for the new LLB (Hons) programme, which was launched in July 2022.

Reflecting on the collaboration, Vice-Chancellor Dr Sudhir Krishnaswamy said, “NLSIU is very excited to renew its engagement with Allen & Overy, which first began in 2007. Our shared commitment toward diversity in student enrolment, supported through the A&O Scholarships, will ensure a vibrant and aspirational future generation of legal professionals. We are particularly excited to extend the Scholarships to students in our new 3-year LLB (Hons) programme, which aims to reshape and reimagine graduate legal education in India in the years ahead. We thank Allen & Overy for their continued support over the years.”

“We are very excited to collaborate with NLSIU on this scholarship programme. A&O has been consistently impressed by the calibre of NLSIU’s students. Through this programme, we are excited to provide more students from different backgrounds the opportunity to dream and access quality legal education,” said Gautam Narasimhan, (NLS BA LLB 2000), Joint Managing Partner, Allen & Overy Singapore.

“As with all aspects of inclusion, there is a long way to go. As a firm, we intend to persevere in our global social mobility initiatives, helping drive change within our business, our profession and ultimately, the wider society. A&O is very happy to partner with NLSIU to help make a difference,” said Pallavi Gopinath Aney, (NLS BA LLB 2004) Joint Chairs of Allen & Overy’s India Group.

“We are delighted to be able to make a contribution to the future of these four students. We are looking forward to mentoring them and supporting their journey towards a career in law,” said Sheila Ahuja, Joint Chairs of Allen & Overy’s India Group.

The scholarships have been created with the support of Allen & Overy, which recently signed an MoU with NLSIU to support four deserving scholars admitted to the University. Social mobility is a key focus area within Allen & Overy’s Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DE & I) efforts.

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