Are you a law student looking for internship opportunities? This opportunity might be of interest to you!
About:
The Department of Legal Affairs has a two-tier set up, namely, the Main Secretariat at New Delhi and the Branch Secretariats at Mumbai, Kolkata, Chennai and Bengaluru. The nature of duties discharged can be broadly classified into two areas- Advice work and Litigation work. The mission of this department is:
- To transform the Government into an efficient and responsible litigant;
- Tobringreformsin the Indian Legal System to achieve expansion, inclusion and excellence in Legal Education, the Legal Profession and Legal Services, including the Indian Legal Service.
- To develop a system towards creating legal professionals so that they can meet future challenges not only for India but also of the world both in litigation and non-litigation field and to focus on their social responsibility and strong professional ethics. Having constraints such as enormous litigation, the consequent burden on the public exchequer or on resources including man power and need to confer wide discretionary powers on government authorities, our mission is aimed to have proper legal framework to channelize administrative power, conflict management, help in enforcing rule of law and achieving the objectives set by various wings of government.
Purpose:
The Department of Legal Affairs (DOLA) organizes an Internship Programme for young law students and graduates. The purpose of this Programme is to acquaint young law students/ graduates with the working of Department of Legal Affairs by giving training in the field of research & referencing work, court functioning, tendering legal advice in various specialized fields of law such as constitutional & administrative law, finance law, infrastructure law, economic law, labour law, conveyancing, arbitration & contract law etc.
Eligibility:
Indian students who have passed 2nd year of three-year law degree course and 3 rd year of five-year law degree course or persons who have completed law degree course from any recognized college /law school/ university are eligible to apply. Advance knowledge of computer (MS office,
infographics, Adobe, etc.) will be preferred.
Duration of internship:
Duration of internship ordinarily remains for a period of one month and shall commence from the first working day of every month unless specified.
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How to Apply:
Applicants may fill his/her application form along with relevant documents/ a No Objection Certificate from his /her respective college/university. The applicants who have completed their Law Graduation may not submit ‘No Objection Certificate’. They may upload the final year certificate only. The application form can be accessed on the website https://legalaffairs.gov.in/internship (click here) of the Department of Legal Affairs. Applicants are advised to fill up the form online and upload the documents prior to the last date which will be mentioned on the website.
Application form see here (click here).
Selection of Interns shall be through a written examination conducted by Indian Law Institute (ILI), New Delhi for merit-based ranking and selection. The said process shall give opportunity to all law students from different recognized Law Universities all over India. Shortlisting details will be communicated through Internship Portal.
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