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Internship
Program of MATS Law School
Why
Internship?
Getting a
job after graduation is a real challenge, especially when one
doesn’t have any work experience. The irony is: to get work
experience one must first get a job. We consider
‘Internship’ as the only solution for this. Hence internship
at MATS Law School is mandatory and is the main strategy for
improving the ‘employability’ of our students.
Internships provide required work experience opportunities to
students. Employers are willing to engage students as
interns, especially if the intern is willing to work with
little or no monetary compensation. However, the benefits of
doing an internship extend beyond the monetary compensation.
Some of the benefits of doing an internship are:
1. Gain
Valuable Work Experience: Internship provides an opportunity
to gain valuable work experience that a student just can’t get
in the class room.
2. Have
an Edge in the Job Market: Employers usually are more
concerned with the work experience than the qualifications and
internship is the only way to get the work experience required
to secure a job. Many Law Firms recruit students who have
done an internship with them or with similar law firms and in
the more competitive job market it is essential to set
yourself apart from the others.
3.
Transition in to a Job: Employers see interns as prospective
employees and many students finish their internships and
return with a PPO (Pre Placement Offer) to work with the
company full time after the graduation. Law Firms find
internship as the number one way to recruit new staff.
4. Decide if this is the Right Career for you:
internships helps you understand whether this is the right
career for you and whether it is the right place for you to
work. Since internships are generally for short term (say 4
to 6 weeks) you can test your future career without any
commitment and find out whether it is a career that will
satisfy you.
5. Networking Opportunities: Internships are the best way
to meet and interact with people in the same field.
Internship gets you the opportunity to meet people who might
help you getting a job later on and give you the contacts in
the legal profession. More important, reference from people
in the legal profession will really add weight to your CV and
your application for a job or higher studies abroad.
6. Apply Class room knowledge: Internship gives you an
opportunity to use the skills a student has learnt in the
class room in a real-world setting.
7.
Gain Confidence: Getting valuable work experience and meeting
people in the profession are the great ways to build your
confidence. After a series of internship during the 5 years
of study at MATS Law School, you will have a very impressive
CV, which will make you more confident to face any interview.
If an interviewer asks if you know how to do something, we are
sure, you won’t say “mm, yes, I think I will be able to do
that” instead you will say “absolutely” and supplement your
assertion with examples.
Internship at
MATS Law School
Internship
at MATS Law School is compulsory for every student of
B.B.A.LL.B. (Honours) Degree Program. The Students of MATS
Law School get enviable opportunities to intern at various
institutions/Law firms / Courts / Banks / MNCs / Insurance
Companies, etc., and to intern with eminent Lawyers and
Judges. The Academic Calendar and the internship program of
MATS Law School are designed very diligently to ensure that
the students of MATS Law School will have an edge over
students studying in other law schools.
Every
academic year, every student will get two internship
opportunities, one for a duration of 6 weeks and another for a
duration of 4 weeks. The “Internship Coordination Committee”
functioning directly under the supervision of Prof. S.
Shanthakumar, Director of the Law School, with Ms. Sharmistha
Majumdar as Faculty Advisor/Coordinator successfully secured
100% internship opportunities for the students of the first
batch.
Currently
the students of MATS Law School are interning at the following
Organizations:
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Name of the Organization |
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Citizen
Consumer and Civic Action Group (CAG),
Padmanabha Nagar,
Adyar, Chennai-600020
Tamil Nadu |
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Peoples
Watch,
6 Vallabai Road,
Chokhikullam,
Madurai,
Tamil Nadu. |
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Central
Chronicle,
Navbharat Press,
Raipur,
Chhattisgarh. |
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Abhivyakti,
State Resource Centre,
E-8/138,
Trilanga,
Bhopal,
Madhya Pradesh. |
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Chhattigarh Medicinal Plant Board,
Jail Road,
Near Forest Colony,
Raipur,
Chhattisgarh. |
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Rural
Litigation & Entitlement Kendra,
68/1, Surya Lok Colony,
Rajpur,
Dehradun-248001,
Uttaranchal. |
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Association for Social Health and Advancement (ASHA),
AT/PO: Dang,
Bargarh-768028,
Orissa. |
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Gram Vikas,
Mohuda Village,
Ganjam District,
Berhampur-760 002,
Orissa. |
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Centre for
Social Justice,
C-105,Royal Chimney,
Bodakdev, Vastrapur,
Ahemdabad,
Gujarat. |
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Consumer
Guidance Society of India,
Block ‘J’,
Azad
Maidan,
Mahapalika Marg,
Mumbai-400001,
Maharashtra. |
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Pradan,
Ashirwad Bhawan,
Saketpuri,
Near Shiv Mandir,
Hazaribagh-825301,
Jharkhand. |
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