About the Organisation
Legalis IP is a legal scholarship and policy research platform operating at the intersection of Law, Equity, and Intellectual Property. The platform focuses on contemporary legal challenges arising from technological governance, intellectual property regimes, administrative justice, data governance, and digital regulation.
About the Internship Programme
Legalis IP invites applications for its Spring 2026 Internship Programme, a selective and research-intensive academic internship designed for students who wish to engage seriously with legal research, editorial work, and policy analysis. This programme is not a mass internship and is intended for candidates who demonstrate strong research aptitude, structured legal writing skills, and alignment with what Legalis IP terms the “Logician Standard”—a benchmark for analytical clarity, originality, and intellectual integrity.
Positions
- Legal Research Assistant
- Doctrinal and interdisciplinary legal research
- Drafting analytical notes, research briefs, and background papers
- Assisting with policy-oriented legal writing
- Editorial Intern
- Screening and reviewing submissions
- Citation checks and structural editing
- Assisting the Editorial Board in publication workflows
- Social Media & Knowledge Dissemination Intern
- Translating complex legal research into accessible formats
- Supporting academic outreach and dissemination strategies
- Assisting with knowledge communication initiatives
Areas of Focus
- Intellectual Property Rights (IPR)
- Data Governance & Algorithmic Decision-Making
- Technology Ethics
- Cyber Law and Digital Regulation
Eligibility
- Undergraduate or postgraduate students pursuing LL.B. (3-year or 5-year) or LL.M.
- Students from allied disciplines with a demonstrated interest in law, policy, or technology
- Strong research and writing ability is essential
- Prior publication experience is desirable but not mandatory
Duration
- Legal Research Assistant / Social Media Intern: 1 month
- Editorial Intern (Junior Editor Track): 6 months
Mode
Remote
How to Apply?
Application Deadline
12 January 2026
Perks
- Certificate of Completion upon satisfactory performance
- Letters of Recommendation may be issued strictly on a merit-only basis
- Substantive research contributions may be credited with co-authorship, subject to discretion
