Dalveer Bhandari
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Early career
Bhandari completed his master of law degree at Northwestern University School of LawNorthwestern University School of Law
The Northwestern University School of Law is a private American law school in Chicago, Illinois. The law school was founded in 1859 as the Union College of Law of the Old University of Chicago. The first law school established in Chicago, it became jointly controlled by Northwestern University in...
in Chicago, USA
Chicago
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while working for their legal clinic. After graduation he studied and lectured on law in a fellowship program promoting legal education in Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, Singapore, and Sri Lanka. He also worked with a United Nations
United Nations
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project called "Delay in the Administration of Criminal Justice in India."
Bhandari has chaired the Delhi High Court Legal Services Committee, the Advisory Board of Delhi State, and the Delhi chapter of the International Law Association
International Law Association
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for a number of years. He has done legal work with COFEPOSA
COFEPOSA
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.
On 25 July, 2004 he gained appointment as Chief Justice of Maharasthra and Goa.
Case interest
Bhandari is notable for his interest in computerization and intellectual propertyIntellectual property
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law. Also he has a history of promoting legal education, both to professionals and to the general public who might be litigants. He has established mediation and conciliation centers in Maharastra and an information centre for litigants in the Bombay High Court
Bombay High Court
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.