Research Internship Opportunity at Jindal Global Law School: Apply Now!

Jindal Global Law School (JGLS) is inviting applications for Research Intern positions for an academic project on Article 32 of the Constitution of India and empirical legal research.

About Jindal Global Law School (JGLS)

Located in Sonipat, Haryana, Jindal Global Law School (JGLS) is India’s premier private law school, founded in 2009. It is consistently ranked as the #1 law school in India and South Asia by the QS World University Rankings. JGLS is built on a 50+ acre residential university campus.

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About the Internship

JGLS is offering a Research Internship as part of a larger empirical legal research project involving the structured review and legal classification of publicly available Supreme Court orders. The project combines legal data with technology-assisted research methods to support empirical analysis of constitutional litigation.

Areas of Work

The internship may be particularly suitable for candidates interested in:

• Constitutional law and writ jurisdiction.
• Supreme Court procedure.
• Empirical legal studies.
• Judicial data and legal technology.
• Close reading and classification of court orders.

Eligibility

Candidates must:

• Be in the second year or above of a three-year or five-year law programme.
• LL.M. students and recent law graduates are also eligible to apply.
• Be able to read judicial orders carefully, follow a structured coding protocol, and maintain consistency across assignments.

Prior research experience is desirable but not mandatory.

Responsibilities

Selected interns will be responsible for:

• Undertaking structured manual review of publicly available Supreme Court orders.
• Classifying judicial orders in accordance with the project’s coding protocol.
• Maintaining consistency and accuracy throughout assigned research tasks.

Training and Benefits

Selected interns will receive:

• Training for the research project.
• A detailed coding manual.
• Access to the project’s research interface.
• Periodic feedback during the internship.
• An acknowledgment or certificate upon successful completion of assigned work, subject to the quality of contribution.

Project Team

The research project is being undertaken by:

• Prof. Gaurav Pathak, Associate Professor and Associate Dean, Jindal Global Law School.
• Dr. Anush Ganesh, Lecturer in Law, University of Leeds.
• Mohit Yadav, Founder, AltInfo and Empirical Legal Researcher.

Application Procedure

Interested candidates should email the following documents:

• CV.
• Short statement of interest.
• Current year of study or graduation details.
• Relevant research experience, if any.
• Expected weekly availability.
• A brief note explaining their interest in constitutional law, courts, or empirical legal research.

Applications should be sent to [email protected] with a copy to [email protected].

Subject Line: ART32 Research Internship