I.U. Law Students Head to India

Six students at the Indiana University Maurer School of Law at IU Bloomington have been selected for summer internships in India as Milton Stewart Fellows in the law school's Center on the Global Legal Profession. This program offers students experiences in a variety of settings, including law firms; rights-based, non-governmental organizations, and the Indian Solicitor General's Office, reports the IU News Bureau.

All of the Stewart Fellows (pictured, left) will be second-year students at the Maurer School of Law in the fall of 2010. Following an intensive acculturation session in May during which they will be introduced to India's legal system, they will spend a good portion of the summer working in New Delhi.

The 2010 Stewart Fellows are:
* Nicholas Dau-Schmidt, who will serve as an intern at the law firm of J. Sagar Associates
* Zachary Holladay, who will intern at Jagori, an NGO focused on empowering the rights of women in India
* Erin Mihalik, who will spend her internship at the Self Employed Women's Association-Bharat, an NGO focused on empowering the rights of women in India
* Erica Oppenheimer, who will work for Amarchand & Mangaldas & Suresh A. Suroff & Company, India's largest law firm, followed by an internship at the Indian Solicitor General's Office
* Jillian Rountree, who will be employed by the Clarus Law Firm
* Renee Turner, who will serve as an intern at The Dalit Foundation, an NGO focused on empowering the rights of the lowest castes in India, followed by an internship at the law firm of Lalit Bhasin & Company.

The NGO internships have been made possible through a partnership with the Unitarian Universalist Holdeen India Program; the NGO interns will also be designated as Holdeen Scholars.

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