Purpose
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 Department of Legal Affairs by giving training in the field of research & referencing work, court functioning, 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 have passed 2nd year of three-year law degree course and 3rd year of five-year law degree course or persons who have completed law degree course from any recognized college /law school/ university are eligible to apply. Advance knowledge of computer (MS office, infographics, Adobe, etc.) will be preferred
Duration
Duration of internship ordinarily remains for a period of one month and shall commence from the first working day of every month unless specified.
How to Apply?
Applicants may fill his/her application form along with relevant documents/ a No Objection Certificate from his /her respective college/university. The applicants who have completed their Law Graduation may not submit ‘No Objection Certificate’. They may upload the final year certificate only.
The application form can be accessed at the end of the post. Applicants are advised to fill up the form online and upload the documents prior to the last date which will be mentioned on the website.
Selection
Maximum 50 candidates will be invited each consecutive months’ Internship until all invited (and shortlisted as per guidelines) applications received are covered. Shortlisting details will be communicated through Internship Portal / email.
Location
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.
Certification
On satisfactory completion of Internship, a certificate of internship shall be issued. Forsatisfactory completion, inter-alia, 90% attendance is mandatory and satisfactory remarks from the concerned authority (authority who assigned the work). This is a fulltime internship to be attended physically and the interns are not expected to pursue any other course/work during the tenure of Internship.
Stipend
The Interns may be given an honorarium of Rs. 5000 / – on completion of their internship.
Deadline
Last Date to Apply is 11th August 2025, 05:00 PM.
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