By: Carolyn Keist-Gilbert
I began by working on a Mumbai Lawyers Manual for helping the poor. During this process I edited a document that lawyers in Mumbai reference when trying to figure out what the process is for filing grievances with the government. This document was 238 pages, and I helped edit the manual for grammatical errors, case references, and updating and correcting the old links in the manual.
Additionally, I worked on finding case law in the U.S. that would be persuasive to the courts in India. The research involved finding federal and state cases that involved victim rights, especially the right to a speedy trial.
I also worked on Minimum Wage toolkits for Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal, Maharashtra and Bihar. For the Bihar toolkit, I edited the document for grammatical and punctuation error. For the Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal, and Maharashtra toolkits, I went onto the website for the Central government of India as well as the local state websites, and I found new legislation and rules regarding minimum wage and the process of obtaining compensation for the people in bonded labor. I then drafted three separated manuals, one for each “state”, and provided the finished work product to Jeanny.
Thank you for the opportunity to work with JVI and the Center for Global Justice.
This post was written by a student at Regent University School of Law. The views expressed in this post do not necessarily reflect those of Regent University, Regent Law School, or the Center for Global Justice.