SJK Podcast Ep. 7 – Ms. Ayushi Agarwal (PhD scholar and Lecturer, University of Oxford)

Описание: Dear Law Student,

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About the Guest:
Ms. Ayushi Agarwal is a PhD scholar and Lecturer at the University of Oxford. She has been awarded numerous scholarships, including the prestigious fully-funded Weidenfeld-Hoffmann scholarship to read for the BCL at Oxford, Cornelia Sorabjee scholarship in the name of the first Indian woman to ever read and practice the law in the UK, the JN Tata scholarship as well as Oxford Law Faculty’s scholarships. She did her undergraduate degree in law from NLSIU, Bangalore and graduated as a gold medalist. She has worked at the chambers of the legal luminaries of the day, including Hon’ble Dr. Justice D. Y. Chandrachud, Senior Advocate Indira Jaising and Senior Advocate Salman Khurshid. She has also held a fellowship at the Latin American human rights organisation DeJusticia in Bogota, and the Bonavero Institute of Human Rights at Oxford.

Ayushi has achieved tremendous mooting success, having won the Nelson Mandela World Human Rights Moot Court Competition at the UN Headquarters in Geneva, Blackstone Chambers Human Rights Moot Court Competition at Oxford, and several national moot courts in India. She has also been the best speaker (finals) at Blackstone, best defence counsel at the International Criminal Court Moot, the Hague, and overall best speaker at KK Luthra Criminal Law Moot. She coaches teams in both Oxford and India. She is passionate about social change and mentorship. She co-founded NLSIU’s feminist alliance, the Alliance of Oversensitive Women in 2017, and presently serves as a mentor to several young law students.

About the Podcast:
SJK Podcast is an initiative by Adv. Shivam Jain Kakadia. It aims to inspire our budding lawyers to strive for excellence and be more socially aware and responsible citizens.

In this episode of the podcast, Ayushi reflects upon her journey as an all-rounder law student at NLSIU, Bangalore and the University of Oxford. She shares her experience of the application process of BCL as well as scholarships for LLM abroad. She also has some valuable inputs for law students who wish to optimize their law school experience and plan their career ahead in law.

Here is the minute to minute flow:
0:00 - Introduction
1:30 – Motivation behind pursuing law
03:06 – Optimizing law school experience
07:19 – Founding the Alliance of Oversensitive Women at NLSIU and views on the overruling of Roe v. Wade by the US Supreme Court
12:40 – BCL at Oxford – experience and insights for aspirants
18:27 – BCL application and scholarship process
21:27 – Experience as a PhD scholar and Lecturer at Oxford – factors to consider before pursuing PhD abroad
26:24 – What next?
27:40 – One thing you would like to change if you could go back to 1st year of law school?
29:55 – Parting words of wisdom for law students
31:18 – Short Form Writing Workshop


About the Host:
Mr. Shivam Jain Kakadia is a lawyer, policy analyst, public speaker and mentor to aspiring lawyers. He graduated in legal sciences and law from the Government Law College, Mumbai, and was awarded the Yashwant Dalal Trophy for Overall Best Student as well as the Nivedita Nathany Memorial Award for Leadership and Academic Excellence. He has been invited as a judge for various national and international moot courts, Model UN conferences, and debates, and he actively coaches students participating in such activities. Shivam is also a recipient of the Duke of Edinburgh's International Gold Award for showcasing outstanding leadership and community service, and he continues to work for educational equity and accountability in governance. You can watch his TEDxYouth talk on Democracy and the Rule of Law here    • Democracy and the Rule of Law | Shivam Jai...  

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