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Guidelines for LLB Internship Programme in the Department of Legal Affairs
1. Purpose: The Department of Legal Affairs (DLA) organizes an Internship Programme for young law students and graduates. The purpose of this programme is to acquaint young law students/graduates with the work of the 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, labor law, conveyancing, arbitration & contract law etc.
2. Eligibility: Indian students who have passed the 2nd year of a three-year law degree course and the 3rd year of the five-year law degree course or persons who have completed a law degree course from any recognized college/law school/university are eligible to apply. Advance knowledge of computers (MS Office, infographics. Adobe, etc.) will be preferred.
3. Duration of internship: The duration of an internship ordinarily remains for a period of one month and shall commence from the first working day of every month unless specified.
4. Procedure to apply: Applicants may fill in his/her application form along with relevant documents/ a No Objection Certificate from his /her respective college/university. Applicants who have completed their Law Graduation may not submit a ‘No Objection Certificate’. They may upload the final year certificate only. The application form can be accessed on the website of the Department of Legal Affairs. Applicants are advised to fill in the form online and upload the documents prior to the last date which will be mentioned on the website.
5. Selection: A maximum of 50 candidates will be offered internship each month on first come. first serve basis (and shortlisted as per guidelines). Shortlisting details will be communicated through Internship Portal/email.
6. Deployment: Each selected intern shall be deployed with officers/ Sections at Main Secretariat, New Delhi / Central Agency Section at Supreme Court/Litigation HC Section at Delhi and Branch Secretariats at Chennai, Mumbai, Kolkata and Bengaluru.
7. Submission of Report: At the end of the Internship Programme, all the interns will be required to submit a monthly report along with the research work assigned in this Department. The submissions shall be done to Admin-1 (LA).
8. Certificate of Internship: Satisfactory completion, inter-alia, 90% attendance is mandatory and satisfactory remarks from the concerned authority (authority who assigned the work). This is a full-time internship to be attended physically, and the interns are not expected to pursue any other course/work during the tenure of the internship.
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9. Termination: The Department may terminate the training programme of an intern at any time without assigning any reasons.
10. Terms & Conditions:
- Interns have to make their /their own accommodation arrangements during the internship Interns are required to present themselves at their respective locations/premises from 9:00 AM to 5.30 PM unless otherwise permitted by the controlling officer.
- Interns shall follow the rules and regulations which are generally applicable to the employees of the Department.
- Interns shall follow the confidentiality protocol of the Department and shall not reveal to any person or organization confidential information relating to the Department, its work and policies.
- Interns shall sign a non-disclosure agreement with the Department. Internship is neither an employment nor an assurance of employment with the Department.
- Interns will follow the advice given to them by the Department regarding representations to third parties.
- The library facility at the Main Secretariat is limited to referencing only: borrowing of books/journals is not extended to the interns. However, photo copies may be obtained from the library.
- In the event of unsatisfactory performance, the concerned intern may be advised by the Department of Legal Affairs to discontinue the Internship.
- If the intern decides to disengage from the Department, prior intimation should be given to this Department.
- The dress code of interns should be formal black trousers with a white shirt.
- Selected interns are advised to contact their respective offices/ sections in the Branch Secretariats for entry passes during the Internship wherein interns are posted Interns who are doing internship in the Main Secretariat may contact Admin. II(LA) Section for the same.
11. Honorarium: The Interns may be given an honorarium of Rs. 5000 / – on completion of their internship. 12. Relaxation: Where the Secretary, Department of Legal Affairs, is of the opinion that it is necessary or expedient to do so, he may, by order and for reasons to be recorded in writing, relax any of the provisions of these guidelines.
IMPORTANT DATES:
- Last Date to Apply for this Internship is 11th June, 2025, 05:00 PM.
- Commencement of Internship Programme will be on 01st July, 2025.
- Duration of Internship – 01st July, 2025 to 31st July, 2025.
NOC and other guidelines: https://legalaffairs.gov.in/internship/assets/docs/guidelines_NOC.pdf
Apply here: https://legalaffairs.gov.in/internship/form.php
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By Parishkriti Atri
Parishkriti is a legal recruiter and a career coach. In her free time, she loves napping and gorging on chinese food.
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