Department of Legal Affairs' LLB Internship Programme: Apply Now

Deadline Open Deadline

Location Chennai, Mumbai, Kolkata and Bengaluru

Salary 1000

Details of the Organization

The Department of Legal Affairs has been allocated the following items as per the Government of India {Allocation of Business} Rules, 1961:

Advice to Ministries on legal matters including interpretation of the Constitution and the laws, conveyancing and engagement of counsel to appear on behalf of the Union of India in the High Courts and subordinate courts where the Union of India is a party.
Attorney General of India, Solicitor General of India, and other Central Government law officers of the States whose services are shared by the Ministries of the Government of India.
Conduct of cases in the Supreme Court and the High Courts on behalf of the Central Government and on behalf of the Governments of States participating in the Central Agency Scheme.
Reciprocal arrangements with foreign countries for the service of summons in civil suits for the execution of decrees of Civil Courts, for the enforcement of maintenance orders, and for the administration of the estates of foreigners dying in India intestate.
Authorization of officers to execute contracts and assurances of property on behalf of the President under Article 299(1) of the Constitution, and authorization of officers to sign and verify plaints or written statements in suits by or against the Central Government.
Indian Legal Service.
Treaties and agreements with foreign countries in matters of civil law.
Law Commission.
Legal Profession including the Advocates Act, 1961 (25 of 1961) and persons entitled to practice before High Courts.
Enlargement of the jurisdiction of Supreme Court and the conferring thereon of further powers; persons entitled to practice before the Supreme Court, references to the Supreme Court under Article 143 of the Constitution of India.
Administration of the Notaries Act, 1952 (53 of 1952)
Income-tax Appellate Tribunal.

Details of the Job/Internship

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 the Department of Legal Affairs by giving training in the field of research & referencing work, court functioning, and 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.

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.

Selection: Selection of Interns shall be through a written examination conducted by Indian Law Institute (ILI), New Delhi for merit-based ranking and selection. The said process shall give opportunity to all law students from different recognized Law Universities all over India. Shortlisting details will be communicated through Internship Portal.

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.

Certificate of Internship: On satisfactory completion of the 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 internship tenure.

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

Terms & Conditions:

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.
The internship is neither 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.
Library facility at the Main Secretariat is limited to referencing only; borrowing of books/journals is not extended to the interns. However, photocopies 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.

Honorarium: The Interns may be given an honorarium of Rs. 1000/ - on completion of their internship.

Role and Responsibilities

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).

Eligibility

Indian students who have passed 2nd year of a three-year law degree course and 3rd year of a 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. Advanced computer knowledge (MS Office, infographics, Adobe, etc.) will be preferred.