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The Ministry of Law and Justice in the Government of India is a cabinet ministry which deals with the management of the legal affairs, legislative activities and administration of justice in India through its three departments namely the Legislative Department and the Department of Legal Affairs and the Department of Justice respectively.
The Department of Legal Affairs is concerned with advising the various Ministries of the Central Government while the Legislative Department is concerned with drafting of principal legislation for the Central Government.
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
What Are The Details Of The Internship?
- Commencement of Internship: 01st January 2024
- 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.
- 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.
- Procedure 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. 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: CLICK HERE to fill the application form online.
- Last Date to Apply for this Internship: Interested Students may apply for the Internship till 28 December 2023, 5:30 PM
- Certificate of Internship: On satisfactory completion of Internship, a certificate of internship shall be issued. For 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 Internship.
- Selection Process: 100 candidates will be invited each consecutive months’ Internship until all invited (and shortlisted as per guidelines) applications received are covered. Shortlisting details will be communicated through Internship Portal/email.
- 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.
- Honorarium: The Interns may be given an honorarium of Rs. 1000 / – on completion of their internship.
- Certificate of Internship: On satisfactory completion of Internship, a certificate of internship shall be issued. For satisfactorymcompletion, 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 Internship.
- Important Instructions:
- Interns have 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.
- Interns shall follow the rules & 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 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 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 shall be formal black trousers with white shirt.
- Selected interns are advised to contact 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.
For More Information:
For further queries, contact Admin-I (LA) Section, Department of Legal Affairs at telephone number 011-23387914
CLICK HERE For The Notification for LLB Internship Programme
CLICK HERE To Visit The Department Of Legal Affairs Website
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