Internship Opportunity at ALG India Law Offices (New Delhi)

Deadline Open Deadline

Location New Delhi, Delhi, India.

Salary Stipend upto Rs 12,500

Details of the Organization

Ranked amongst the world’s top 1,000 Law Firms for both Enforcement & Litigation and Prosecution & Strategy, it is a top-tier technology-focused IP (Intellectual Property) boutique law firm having offices in New Delhi and Hyderabad.

Details of the Job/Internship

ALG Internship is a full time program, meaning thereby you cannot do an ALG Internship in combination or in conjunction with any other professional/work commitment or engagement. It must be exclusive, and not part-time. You will be required to provide a declaration to this effect in your application for internship.

Role and Responsibilities

During the Internship, Interns can expect to receive and undertake generally two types of work assignments and tasks:

Legal Practical Work. This is to provide practical and hands-on experience and exposure to the practice of law through the allotment of actual file work. This typically include the task of legal drafting and legal-representations, followed-up by review and discussion with Mentor or other members of the firm. The tasks may vary depending upon the Type and Category of the Internship. For instance:
- A Patent Intern may expect to receive legal practical work assignments related to reading and analysing patent documents, technical specifications, research papers, technology briefs, and Controllers decision; Preparing opinions on patentability of invention, validity of patent, and infringement of patent; Preparing provisional / complete patent specification & claims; Drafting response to patent examination reports and office actions; Preparing opinion and draft for opposition and revocation of patent; Drafting patent assignment / license agreements; etc.
- A General IP Intern may expect to receive legal practical work assignments related to drafting response to examination reports and office actions in trademark and copyright applications; Preparing opinions on infringement and passing off; drafting notice of oppositions, and cancellation petitions; drafting legal notices; drafting agreements for assignment / licensing / franchising of trademarks and other IP; conducting case law research on a legal issue; etc.
Legal Scholarship Work. This is to assess the legal analysis and drafting skills of the Intern. Interns are required to submit at least one 400 word legal scholarship piece on the basis of independent legal research, conforming with detailed guidelines that will be provided. Interns may voluntarily submit more pieces, which are optional but encouraged for enabling better assessment of the internship. If any of these written pieces are found suitable for the purpose, they are posted on the firm’s website, LinkedIn and other platforms crediting authorship by name as an Intern or Former Intern, as may be. Confirmed Interns are advised that before they commence their internship, they read some such recently posted pieces of other Interns, for guidance.

Please note that client-confidentiality, which is taken very seriously and implemented very stringently by the firm, always inherently restricts the bounds of such experience, exposure and observation provided to the Interns. Nothing in or about any client-file is shared with or made accessible to any Intern except strictly only as is freely available and generally accessible to anyone in the public domain. Likewise in relation to legal-representation case hearings, it is only public hearings of unrestricted access to the general public that an Intern can possibly expect to attend. An Intern is not allowed in on any client meeting.

Eligibility

Internship at ALG may be sought by students who are currently enrolled in a full time law degree program (accredited by the Bar Council of India) and expect, upon completion of the law degree program, to acquire eligibility to enrol with the Bar Council of a state in India to practice as an advocate.

For specific eligibility to different internship programs, please read the details under ‘Types of Internship’ and ‘Categories of Internship’ below.

1. Pre-Final Year Internship

This internship is only for students in the pre-final year of their law degree program. You may apply for the Pre-Final Year Internship anytime from 12 months before entering the Pre-Final year till 1 month before exiting it. This means you can apply for a Pre-Final Year Internship as soon as you enter your antepenultimate year of law degree. During the entire period of the internship, the Intern must be a full-time student in the pre-final year of the law degree program. Internship is for one month, and it is not possible to do more than one internship while one is a pre-final Year student. Pre-Final Year Internships are not for-pay internships.

2. Final Year (Follow-On) Internship

This internship is only for students in the final year of their law degree program who have previously completed a Pre-Final Year Internship at ALG and have also received a recommendation from ALG to apply for a Final Year (Follow-On) Internship. It is possible to apply for a Final Year (Follow-On) Internship anytime from earning a recommendation to apply for a Final Year (Follow-On) Internship till 1 month before exiting the Final Year. However, there must be a gap of at least 6 months between the Pre-Final Year Internship and the Final Year (Follow-On) Internship. During the entire period of the internship, however, the Intern must be a full-time student in the final year of the law degree program. Final Year (Follow-On) Internship is for one month, and it is not possible to do more than one internship while one is a final Year student.

In case the Final Year (Follow-On) Internship is an assessment internship for the Placement of the intern, it will be a paid internship. Currently the stipend for a paid Final Year (Follow-On) Internship is INR 12,500/-.

While a recommendation to apply for Final Year (Follow-On) Internship does strengthen the application if made but it does not guarantee selection. We are selective in giving our recommendations for Final Year (Follow-On) Internships, and we are even more selective in accepting applicants for Final Year (Follow-On) Internships. Final Year (Follow-On) Internship are granted to only those candidates who can be expected to earn a recommendation to apply for placement in an attorney position. In case the intern had already secured a placement before the commencement of Final Year (Follow-On) Internship, it shall not be an assessment internship and hence not a paid internship.

3. Final Year (Regular) Internship

This internship is only for students in the final year of their law degree program who did not intern with ALG in their Pre-Final Year or interned with ALG but did not receive recommendation for Final Year (Follow-On) Internship. You may apply for the Final Year (Regular) Internship anytime from 12 months before entering the Final Year till 1 month before exiting it. This means you can apply for a Final Year Internship as soon as you enter your pre-final year. During the entire period of the internship, however, the Intern must be a full-time student in the final year of the law degree program. Final Year (Regular) Internship is for one month, and it is not possible to do more than one internship while one is a final Year student. Final Year (Regular) Internships are not for-pay internships.