Paid Online Internship Opportunity at Vidhi Centre for Legal Policy, Karnataka: Apply Now!

About Vidhi Centre for Legal Policy

Vidhi is an independent think-tank doing legal research to make better laws and to improve governance for the public good. Vidhi is committed to producing legal research of the highest standard with the aim of informing public debate and contributing to improved governance. Vidhi works with Ministries of the Government of India and State Governments, as well as other public institutions, providing research and drafting support at various stages of law-making. Vidhi also conducts and freely disseminates independent research in areas of legal reform which it believes is critical to India’s future.

Vidhi is an equal opportunity employer and neither practices nor tolerates any kind of discriminatory behaviour.

About the Internship

Vidhi, Karnataka provides internship opportunities to graduate and post-graduate students on a rolling basis throughout the year. Students enrolled in recognised law programmes or allied courses in humanities and public policy are welcome to apply.

Eligibility

Law students

Work Profile

Interns at Vidhi’s Karnataka office will have the opportunity to:

1. Interact with legal academics and practising lawyers, engage with civil society organisations

2. Conduct research on cutting-edge issues of law and policy

3. Assist with drafting research papers and reports

Vidhi, Karnataka, Covid-19 internship rules

Due to the constraints imposed by Covid-19, for the foreseeable future and until conditions permit, internships at Vidhi, Karnataka shall be governed by the following rules:

1. One intern shall be selected each month.

2. The internship shall be an online internship only.

3. The selected intern will be required to fill in a time sheet and forward it to the Internship Coordinator every day by 8 PM, Monday to Friday (both days included).

4. The selected intern will be required to undertake one research project for the course of the 4-week internship based on any area of work Vidhi, Karnataka is currently engaged in. They will have to submit the research question to the Internship Coordinator and submit a paper/report at the end of the internship in order to be entitled to a certificate.

5. The selected intern shall be paid an honorarium of Rs. 5,000/- upon successfully completing their internship.

Mode

Online

Stipend

Rs 5000

Duration

4 weeks

How to apply

The application for the internship should be submitted by clicking here.

Note: Only successful applicants will be notified. Owing to the large volume of applications we regret that we are unable to write personally to everyone who applies informing them of the status of their application. Do consider applying elsewhere if you haven’t heard from us in a reasonable period.