Mahindra University partners with IIAM under ‘Gateway to Justice’ project

Mahindra University’s School of Law has partnered with the Indian Institute of Arbitration and Mediation to establish the Seeding Centre for Peace and Justice on campus. The centre, part of IIAM’s ‘Gateway to Justice’ initiative, will promote experiential learning in mediation and arbitration

Hyderabad: Mahindra University’s School of Law has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Indian Institute of Arbitration and Mediation (IIAM) to establish the Seeding Centre for Peace and Justice, which is essentially an Institutional Arbitration and Mediation Centre on its campus.

The initiative forms part of IIAM’s ‘Gateway to Justice’ (G2J) project, a nationwide initiative that aims to set up these centres at law schools across India. The project’s goal is to enhance access to justice and promote a culture of amicable dispute resolution.

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The Mahindra University Seeding Centre for Peace and Justice will serve as a consortium partner of the IIAM G2J project and function as an affiliated centre under IIAM’s online dispute resolution platform, ‘Peacegate’. Through this collaboration, students, faculty, alumni, and the community will have access to real-time dispute resolution, mediation, arbitration, and case management, integrating practice with legal education.

Mahindra University Vice Chancellor Dr Yajulu Medury said, “With a strong focus on interdisciplinary education and experiential learning, our collaboration will enable the exchange of knowledge and broaden their perspectives while preparing them to become industry-ready professionals. The establishment of the Seeding Centre for Peace and Justice at Mahindra University marks a significant milestone in experiential legal education in institutional arbitration and mediation”.

IIAM president Anil Xavier said law schools have always been justice training centres and not delivery centres. “By establishing these Centres, we are enabling students to undertake real-time work so that by the time they graduate, they are industry-ready and equipped with real-world experience,” Xavier added.