Paid Internship Opportunity at Department of Legal Affairs, Ministry of Law & Social Justice [30 seats, Stipend: Rs 5000/month]: Apply by June 8

About the Department of Legal Affairs, Ministry of Law & Social Justice

Department of Legal Affairs is a department under the Ministry of Law and Justice, Government of India, established in 1961.

About the opportunity

Department of Legal Affairs, Ministry of Law & Social Justice has launched an internship programme for LLB students and graduates.

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 5 degree course or have completed their LLB course from any recognized college/law school/university can apply for these internships.

Duration of 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. Duration of Internship – 13th June, 2022 to 12th July, 2022.

Number of students for internship in a month

The maximum number of interns to be allowed in a given months will be 10-30

Selection

Selection of interns will be on first come first serve basis, subject to the availability of slot and approval of the Competent Authority. All further intimations will be sent through SMS and Emails respectively

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.

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 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.

Honorarium

The interns may be given an honorarium of Rs.5000/- on completion of their internship.

Last Date to Apply

June 8, 2022

Commencement of Internship

June 13, 2022

Application Procedure

The student willing to undergo internship program in Department of Legal Affairs may fill his/her application along with relevant documents/ a No Objection Certificate from his/her respective college/university. The application form can be accessed on the website https://legalaffairs.gov.in/internship of Department of Legal Affairs. The students are advised
to fill up the form online and upload all the documents prior to the last date which will be mentioned on the website.