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 legal internship:
Duration of internship ordinarily remain for a period of one month. Such internship shall
commence from the first working day of every month unless specified. Monthly internship
shall tentatively start from June, 2022 till May, 2023.
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 legal 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.
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.
Number of students for internship in a month:
The maximum number of interns to be allowed in a given months will be 10-30.
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For further information/clarification kindly contact
Section Officer, Admin.I (LA) at
Tele. – 011-23387914
Email – admn1-la@nic.in
