Internship query.

Anindo Mukherjee (Querist) 13 October 2012 This query is : Resolved
Dear Mates,
Can u please tell me from which year a law student(B.A,LL.b 5yrs integrated course) can start with its internships.
Are there any guidelines which have been framed by Bar Council of India regarding this.? If yes. Then please bring in my knowledge.
Thank you in anticipation.

Anindo Mukherjee

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Anindo Mukherjee (Querist) 14 October 2012
Please someone help me.!

ajay sethi (Expert) 14 October 2012
25. Minimum Period of Internship: (a) Each registered student shall have
completed minimum of 12 weeks internship for Three Year Course stream and
20 weeks in case of Five Year Course stream during the entire period of legal
studies under NGO, Trial and Appellate Advocates, Judiciary, Legal Regulatory
authorities, Legislatures and Parliament, Other Legal Functionaries, Market
Institutions, Law Firms, Companies, Local Self Government and other such
bodies as the University shall stipulate, where law is practiced either in action or
in dispute resolution or in management.
Provided that internship in any year cannot be for a continuous period of
more than Four Weeks and all students shall at least gone through once in the
entire academic period with Trial and Appellate Advocates.
(b) Each student shall keep Internship diary in such form as may be
stipulated by the University concerned and the same shall be evaluated by the
Guide in Internship and also a Core Faculty member of the staff each time. The
total mark shall be assessed in the Final Semester of the course in the 4th Clinical
course as stipulated under the Rules in Schedule II.
26. District-wise list of Senior Lawyers wiwilling to guide students under
internship: The State Bar Councils shall be required to prepare a list of suggested
Senior Advocates District-wise with at least ten years experience who are willing
to take under internship students during the vacation period. The Bar Council of
Rules of Legal Education, 2008 35
India shall then publish the list of senior lawyers willing to guide students under
internship in the web-site as well as make the list available with the Institutions.
27 Formal Dress Code during internship: Students placed under internship or in
moot court exercise shall have formal dress of legal professional in pupilage as
follows:
(For all) White/Black trouser, white shirt, black tie, black coat, black shoe
and black socks. When students have problems of getting the entire formal dress
for any reason, they have to have a white trouser, full sleeve shirt to be tucked in
and covered shoe.
(Optional for Girl students) Black printed sharee, with white full sleeve
blouse and covered black shoe or Lawyer’s Suit with black covered shoe.
The Organization or Advocate under whom the internee is placed is required
to follow suitable dress code.