About the Workshop
Land and forests are being grabbed, workers are pushed into deeper precarity, and caste continues to determine who has access to rights, dignity and justice. In these times, lawyers must reclaim the law as a shield for people’s struggles. This workshop is more than juts a training—it is a political and social space to collectively reimagine law as an instrument for equality, dignity and justice—rooted in people’s struggles and in the promise of the Constitution.
Eligibility
This workshop is designed for early-stage lawyers already involved in human rights work and final-year law students inclined towards human rights practice. It will help build both strong legal strategies and the social-political perspective needed to work alongside people’s movements.
What to Expect?
Over six days, participants will engage in intensive sessions, case studies and dialogues with senior lawyers, academics, and movement leaders exploring how law can be reclaimed in the service of struggles for land, labour, religious conversion rights of Dalits & Adivasis and anti-caste justice.
Facilitators
The workshop will be guided by some of India’s most respected lawyers and leading voices from movements: Prashant Bhushan Adv., Gayatri Singh Sr. Adv., Prof. Babu Mathew, Shalini Gera Adv., Asst. Prof. Sivamanithan, Shomona Khanna Adv., Tehmina Arora Adv., Nikhil Dey, Activist and others, bringing decades of experience from courts, classrooms and people’s struggles.
When & Where?
December 26 – 31, 2025 at Sambhavanaa Institute of Public Policy and Politics, Palampur, Himachal Pradesh. (This is a fully residential programme.)
Fees & Scholarships: The participation fee is ₹6,000, inclusive of food and accommodation, payable upon shortlisting. To ensure wider access, a limited number of full and partial scholarships are available on a first-come, rolling basis.
How to Apply?
Applications are invited until 15th November, 2025, through the Google Form attached at the end of the post. Applicants will be reviewed on a rolling basis, and selected participants will be informed directly.
This is more than just a training; it is a political and social space to collectively reimagine law as an instrument for equality, dignity and justice – rooted in people’s struggles and in the promise of the Constitution.
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