Paid Internship Opportunity at Department of Justice, Honorarium Rs. 5K, Apply By 3rd July 2023

About the Internship

Department of Legal Affairs (DoLA) organizes Internship Programme for young law students for doing internship. The purpose of this Programme is to well acquaint young law students with the working of Department of Legal Affairs by giving training in the field of research & referencing work, 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 are pursuing studies in 2nd & 3rd year of three-year degree course and in 3rd to 5th year of five-year degree course or students who have completed their LLB course from any recognized college/law school/university.

Duration of internship

Duration of internship ordinarily remain for a period of one month. The duration will be from 08.07.2023 to 07.08.2023

Vacancy

The maximum number of interns to be allowed in a given months will be 10.

Procedure to apply

The student willing to undergo internship program in Department of Legal Affairs may fill his/her application along with relevant documents/ a No Objection Certificate from his/her respective college/university.

The application form can be accessed on the website https://legalaffairs.gov.in/internship of Department of Justice. The students are advised to fill up the form online and upload all the documents prior to the last date which is 03.07.2023 by 17:00 hrs.

Selection

Selection of interns will be on first come first serve basis, subject to the availability of slot and approval of the Competent Authority. All further intimations will be sent through SMS and Emails respectively.

Placement

Each selected intern shall be posted with an officer of the level of Assistant Legal Adviser/Deputy Legal Adviser/ Additional Legal Adviser/Joint Secretary & Legal Adviser/Additional Secretary/O/o the Law Secretary/ O/o the Minister of State (Law & Justice)/ O/o Minister of Law & Justice/Branch Secretariats and the Law Officers of Govt. of India with the approval of the Competent Authority.

Submission of Report

At the end of the Internship Programme, all the interns will be required to submit a report on the work undertaken in this Department.

Certificate of Internship

On satisfactory completion of internship, a Certificate of Internship shall be awarded. For satisfactory completion inter-alia 90% attendance is mandatory. 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 internship.

Termination

The Department may terminate the training programme of an intern at any time without assigning any reasons.

Terms & Conditions of Internship

The Intern has to make his/her own accommodation arrangement during the internship.
Interns are required to present themselves at respective locations/premises from 9.00 AM to 5.30 PM unless otherwise permitted by the controlling officer.
The Intern shall follow the rules & regulations which are in general applicable to employees of the Department.
The Intern 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.
The Internship is neither an employment nor an assurance of an employment with the Department.
Interns will follow the advice given to them by the Department regarding representations to third parties.
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 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 shall be formal black pant with white plain shirts.
Selected interns are advised to contact respective Offices/ Sections in the Branch Secretariats for entry passes during the internship wherein the interns are posted. Interns posted in the Main Secretariat may contact Admin.II (LA) Section for the same.