Job Description:
Location: New Delhi | Reports to: Senior Research Fellow (day-to-day) and Programme Director | Employment: Full-time
The Role
TrustBridge Rule of Law Foundation is looking for research fellows to join its Regulatory Architecture team. Over the past three years, the team has focused on, inter alia, quasi-judicial order writing, quasi-legislative processes, and regulatory state capacity. We are expanding to support a growing body of work across administrative law, regulatory architecture, and institutional reform.
What You Will Do
Research and analysis
- Conducting research on Indian administrative law and regulatory theory, including the principles governing administrative decision-making, judicial review, regulatory design and institutional architecture.
- Conducting research, including cross-jurisdictional research, on quasi-judicial and quasi-legislative processes and institutional design.
- Contributing to research on improving the quality of quasi-judicial order-writing across regulators and government departments such as revenue authorities, including through the review and analysis of orders issued by administrative quasi-judicial decision-makers.
- Contributing to research papers, policy proposals, and other written outputs across TrustBridge's areas of work.
Institutional engagement
- Supporting project implementation, engagement and coordination with relevant institutions and stakeholders.
- Assisting with the organisation of events such as conferences, roundtables, workshops, and training sessions, including coordinating with speakers, participants, and partner institutions.
- Participating in outreach and communications efforts, including writing, creating videos, and editing for The Bridge.
What We Are Looking For
Required
- LL.B. degree
- Interest in public law, administrative law, and/or regulatory theory
- Strong legal research, analytical, and writing skills
Preferred
- A Master's degree in law, or around three years' relevant work experience
- Coursework, publications, or professional experience in administrative law, constitutional law, or regulation
- Familiarity with the functioning of India's regulatory state and administrative quasi-judicial and quasi-legislative processes
- Comfort with comparative legal research
- Experience with empirical legal research methods and quantitative and qualitative data collection and analysis
- Experience presenting to, or engaging with, government officials, regulators, or other institutional stakeholders
How to Apply
Email info@trustbridge.in with subject "Application — Research Fellow, Regulatory Architecture" and include your CV and a writing sample (working paper, policy note, or article).