Internship

Internships play a crucial role in our careers and having an internship experience in tier 1 law firms like SAM, CAM, Luthra & Luthra, AZB, J Sagar, Khaitan and Co, or Trilegal can give you a major competitive edge over others. However, getting internships at these law firms is notoriously difficult. 

Big law firms take in thousands of interns every year, but tens of thousands apply for internships every single month. Most internships are allotted to those coming through recommendations from very highly placed people and shortlisted candidates forwarded by recruitment committees of a handful of famous law schools. 

You can easily find the email address and contact numbers for the purpose of applying for internships/jobs in the top-notch law firms on Lawctopus and JustDial. Also on their own website you will find email ids of different partners. You can utilize them to send your CV and for the purpose of follow-up.

Start applying at least 3-4 months prior and if you are a non-NLU student, try to apply for the non-internship season. There are some months when law firms hardly get any application for internships. This is the best time to intern, provided you can manage holidays from your college. 

These months are July, August, September, October, November and to an extent, December. August and September are the months when even big law firms do not get too many applications.

During peak internship months, you may be better off interning at smaller law firms or boutique firms will smaller set ups, preferably doing long term internships, where you are more likely to find a mentor and learn some hands on work.

Regards,

Anaita Vas