RULES

1 HOW TO START?
IPC advises students to go over the
respective websites of the NGOs or
statutory bodies that they prefer

2
FORMAT DOCUMENTS
With the help of the guide, structure
your CVs along with Cover letter and
statement of purpose.
PS. Keep in mind the medium of
application for the NGO of your choice.

DRAFTING A MAIL

3
The students are requested to
send a mail containing the
CV, Cover letter and
Statement of Purpose as soon
as possible. Cover Letter will
go in the mail body and not as
an attachment. Keep in mind
that the CV should not exceed
two pages and should be

4
attached in PDF Format only.

RECOMMENDATION
letter
The recommendation letter can be
taken from sandeep sir at 101 office.
One must possess the same before
going for the internship at certain
organizations which demand for it.

For further details or any

queries, reach out to:
Achala Baheti- 9836650056
Sneha Gupta- 9167177993
 Sample Cover Letter

Subject: Application for Internship | XYZ Place | 1st-31st Dec

Dear [Mr./Ms. Surname or HR Team or Ma'am/Sir]

I am [Applicant's name], a [mention semester (mention year), eg. fifth semester (3rd year)]
law student at Dr. Ram Manohar Lohiya National Law University, Lucknow.

[Mention about sentence what inspires you to apply for an internship at that place; eg. I have
long admired the work done by Amnesty International in Human Rights Protection].

[one personalized paragraph regarding your skills can also be added here]

I would be grateful for the valued opportunity of progressing my skills by interning at

[Organisation's Name] during December'18 [Mention Specific Dates eg. 1st-31st Dec].
Accordingly, my CV can be found enclosed herewith.

Thank you for taking the time in considering this application and I look forward to hearing
from you at your convenience.

Sincerely,
[Applicant’s name]
1st year, B.A.LL.B. (Hons.)
RMLNLU, Lucknow
Contact: +91-XXXXXXXXXX
 Name
E: abc@gmail.com | M: +91-6232XXX | LinkedIn URL
201, Locality, Area, City

EDUCATION

20xx- 20xx: DR. RAM MANOHAR LOHIYA NATIONAL LAW UNIVERSITY, LUCKNOW
IIIrd Year, BA. LLB (Hons.)
CGPA: 8.17*/10. (*Tentative Declaration of Results)
BA Subjects: Psychology, Economics and Political Science.

2021: Corporate Governance and CSR Course by NUJS-Oxford Alumna (selected for the merit
scholarship) Ongoing online course on corporate law taught by Guest Faculties across the Ivy league colleges.

2021: Government Law College, Mumbai (Ongoing)

Cyber Law Diploma (IPR & Technology Law)

2016- 2018: SICA SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL, INDORE

12th Standard, Percentage: 83.6% (C.B.S.E)

AREAS OF INTEREST

  Data Protection
 IPR

WORK EXPERIENCE

X ASSOCIATES (MUMBAI OFFICE- TMT TEAM) JULY-AUGUST (TWO MONTHS)


 
Analysed the compliances applicable to B2B E-Commerce and assisted in drafting E-commerce policy paper.

analysing every single model of neobank so as to
Assisted in drafting Neobank research paper by deeply
understand possible compliances applicable to them.

 
Researched whether B2B E-Commerce comes under purview of Consumer Protection Act 2019.

Researched how will Ed-Tech,  E-commerce and social media companies will comply with PDP, no Targeted
advertising norms for children.

 
Researched on validity of Click wrap and Browse wrap agreement.

 Attended some exclusive webinars involving JPC members, senior
emerging trends on data privacy laws and compliances in India.
 advocates, and prepared detailed notes on

 training classes X Team to have practical understanding on emerging and
Attended daily after law school
existing technology laws.

Y ASSOCIATES (BENGALURU OFFICE- GENERAL CORPORATE TEAM) April 2021 (Four weeks)
 Researched upon Independent Director’s eligibility to hold debentures.
 Summarized provisions and marked the changes of Wages Code, OSH Code, Social Security Code in a easily
 understandable language.
 Document reviews of agreement, strategy note etc on criteria like grammar, annexure order and ease of
 understanding.
 Drafted an article on impact of changes in Labour Law on factories.

DR. ABC (MEMBER OF JPC WORKING ON PDP BILL 2019 RECOMMENDATION) UNDER GUIDANCE OF
ADVOCATE NIKHIL PRATAP October 2020 (Four weeks)
 Drafted Chapter on Cross Border Data Transfer for PDP Recommendation Report.
  Drafted pointers for the speech on ‘Cross-Border Data Transfer’ for European Union conference.
 Summarized and Churned out Major Issues from various think tanks reports and Presented in front of JPC.

CO-CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES
Moots

 Runner’s Up, British High Commission and Chevening Society of Scholars (2021), Jindal Moot Court
 competition. (Out of 40 participating teams)
nd
  Runner’s Up, 2 GD Goenka Cyber Law International Moot Court Competition (2021) (Out of 52 Teams)
 6th Rank, VIth Justice Murtaza Hussain Election Law National Moot Court Competition (2019),
 participated as speaker. (Out of 24 participating teams)
 Best Memorial and Quarter Finalist, IVth Surana and Surana & IIT Madras National IPR Law Moot
 Court Competition, participated as speaker. (2020) (Out of 50+ participating teams)
In depth Researched upon Intermediary liability, National and International Trade Exhaustion Principles,
 Administrative Law and Technology Law.
  Quarter Finalist, RMLNLU GI Insolvency Law Moot Court Competition, Participated as speaker. (2020)
 (Out of 60 Teams)
Researched upon Corporate guarantor’s and personal guarantor’s liability, safeguards available to guarantors
 and rights of financial and operational creditors and Jurisdictions of forums.
 Quarter Finalist, RMLNLU Concours Constitutional Law Moot Court Competition, Participated as
speaker and researcher. (2019) (Out of 54 Participants)

  RMLNLU Client Counselling Competition (2020), Runners-Up. (Out of 64 teams)

Scholarships

 Won Prestigious Eklavya Scholarship by CAN Foundation (10/ 51 NLU applicants) (Given to


 Ram Sharma, “THE AAROGYA SETU APPLICATION:  NECESSARY EVIL?”, NUJS Journal of
Constitutional Law, 28th July 2020, < link >.

 Ram Sharma, “Intermediary
 Targeting Audience and The Algorithmic Bias”, NLIU Cell for Law Technology,
3rd May 2021 < link >

 Ram Sharma, “THE TUSSLE BEHIND THE BINDING NATURE  OF DIRECT SELLING GUIDELINES”,
RMLNLU Journal of Constitutional Law, 3rd May 2021, < link >.

 Presented a Research Paper on “Need for Monitoring and Accountability Mechanism
 of Public Health
Emergency Law” at Vidhi Centre for Legal Policy PHE Law Paper Presentation.
 th
 “Gender Neutralizing of Stalking Laws”, JURIST (University of Pittsburgh),4 June 2020,
Ram Sharma,
< link >.

EXTRA-CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES
Positions of responsibility
  Member, Internship and Placement Committee, RMLNLU, 2020-22.
  Associate Editor, RMLNLU Kautilya Society, Vidhi Center for Legal Policy, 2021.
  Senior Student Editor, CAN Foundation, 2020.
 Associate Editor, International Review of Human Rights Law, 2020.
 STATEMENT OF PURPOSE
My name is (name) and I am a (academic year) law student pursuing B.A. LL.B(Hons.) from
Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia National Law University, Lucknow.

Introduction about you and expression of interest to work in the place applied to.

Detailed account of prior experience.

Detailed account of achievements in the following order:

1. Academic achievements (ex. CGPA, Class rank, mention of distinctions if any)
2. Co-curricular Achievements
3. Extra-curricular Achievements

Request to evaluate your resumé and the statement and endow you with the opportunity to
intern with the place applied to.

I am looking forward to hearing positively from you.

Thank you
(Name)
 INTERNSHIP POLICY

Preamble
This policy is being introduced to regulate internship process as undertaken and facilitated by
Internship and Placement Committee (hereinafter “IPC”) of Dr. Ram Manohar Lohiya National
Law University, Lucknow (hereinafter “the University”). This policy aims to streamline the
application and refusal process and institute disciplinary team for appropriate trial and
punishment for the actions which are deemed to harm the industrial reputation of the University.
This policy will replace all the policies issued previously and shall prevail until further notice.

1. Definitions:
a) “Absenteeism” means a student not attending the test, interview, or any other criterion
required by the firm without prior intimation (at least 24 hours prior to the selection process
in written or via email) will be deemed as an act of absenteeism.
b) “Banning” means either temporary or permanent disqualification of the student from
participation in the Internship process as per the discretion of Disciplinary Team. It can be
for a selected process or for future processes.
c) “Disciplinary Action” shall include internal disciplinary proceedings conducted by the
Disciplinary team of the IPC according to the Penalty clause provided below.
d) “Disciplinary Team” shall consist of the Chairperson, office bearers or any other member of
the IPC as deemed fit by the Chairperson.
e) “Genuine reasons” include health problems, academic clashes or other reasons subject to
the approval of Chairperson, IPC.
f) “Internal Disciplinary Proceedings” are the proceedings conducted by the disciplinary
team in lieu of any default committed, penalty pointss given, non-compliance to policy rules,
misconduct.
g) “Internship and Placement Committee or IPC” is a student body of the University,
chaired by faculty or any other person as appointed by the Vice Chancellor of the University,
to facilitate the process of Internship, Recruitment, Training, and Development.
h) “Internship Defaulter” A student would be deemed to be an internship defaulter if such
student:
 1. withdraws after confirmation or does not show up for the internship,
2. performs any action on any social media platform that may malign the reputation of the
University
3. Any disciplinary actions/ behavioral complaint is received against such student from the
recruiter during their internship, secured through IPC or not,
4. leaves the Internship pre-maturely without any reasonable justification
i) “Internship Offer” means any offer for internship received by the students in relation to
interning at any company/firm/organization/court or in the office of an advocate or solicitor
through IPC or any other means.
j) “Internship Policy” means this document and any other addendum/amendment issued by
IPC going forward.
k) “Internship Process” means the process of facilitating internships for students of the
University and includes the formalities and requirements associated with it.
l) “Penalty points” means a disciplinary write-up, added to the record of the student.
m) “Recruiter” includes firms, organization, lawyers, NGO, government bodies or any
company who had offered, offer, or may potentially offer internships in any form to the
students.
2. Pre-Confirmation

a) All the students are expected to submit the required information (as required by the recruiter)
to the Committee within the prescribed period as notified by the Committee. The students
may be asked to submit their CVs in a particular format. Once submitted, such information
will be reckoned as complete and final for purpose of the internship process, and no further
amendments to such information will be permissible except with the prior permission of the
Chairperson or any other concerned person as appointed by him/her.
b) Any misrepresentation or falsification of data in the CV will attract actions as per section 7 of
this policy.
c) If a recruiter does not restrict the number of CVs or if the number of CVs demanded by the
recruiter are equal to or more than the number of students who have applied for such
recruiter, then the CVs of all those students who have applied to participate in the internship
process of that recruiter shall be sent to the recruiter.
d) However, if the number of CVs demanded/desired by the recruiter is less than the number of
students who have applied for that recruiter, the Committee will send the CVs according to
the requirements of the recruiter and then the rank list.
e) Discrepancies, false claims or any objectionable content found in the resumes of a student
would prevent him/her from taking part in any of the internship activities for that recruiter.
IPC will not be responsible for any mistake/misrepresentation committed by the student in
sending their CVs, providing information in the format required by the recruiter or following
the instructions provided by the committee including but not limiting to the following:
i) CVs sent after the specified deadline.
ii) CVs sent to any email id other than the one specifically mentioned in the email.
iii) Wrong contact details provided by the students.
iv) Non-availability at the contact details provided in their CV.
v) Any communication made in any way other than an email sent to the IPC’s email ID.
f) A student must complete the entire internship process once applied and not withdrawn before
reasonable time through written communication. Subsequent absenteeism without any
genuine reason will attract actions as per section 7 of the policy.
g) If a student receives an Internship Offer which has not been facilitated by the IPC, then the
student will have an obligation to inform the committee and it will be deemed that he has
withdrawn from any other internship process post such intimation for the concerned
internship period. If the students fail to do the same, and that adversely affects the chances of
other students to secure an internship, then adequate disciplinary action will be taken by the
committee as per section 7.
h) If a student gets more than one offer in a single day then he/she has the option of choosing
between them at the end of the day. The choice must be communicated to the IPC
immediately.
i) Where a student has communicated about his/ her participation in the internship process for a
particular recruiter and he/she withdraws after being shortlisted without any genuine reason,
he/she will be liable for action under section 7 if found guilty.
3. Post-Confirmation

a) A student has to accept his/her offer within the stipulated time period and on such
acceptance, his/her application to all other recruiters for the concerned internship duration
would be withdrawn immediately.
b) Where any student withdraws after confirming or does not show up for the internship, he/she
will be deemed as Internship Defaulter.

4. Internship

a) If during an internship, any student faces any unwanted incident (including harassment of
sexual or another kind) or any other unethical experience, then the student must report the
same immediately to the cell with whatever proof he/she has. The student can also terminate
such an internship immediately.
b) Any disciplinary actions/ behavioral complaint received against the student from the recruiter
during their internship, secured through IPC or not, will be taken very seriously and may lead
to removal from the future Internship Process and may be considered as an Internship Default
after a proper hearing with Disciplinary Team.
c) Further, any action by the student on any social media platform that may malign the
reputation of the University may also be considered a case of Internship Default.
d) A student must complete the entire Internship of the recruiter, whether or not placed through
IPC. In case the student leaves the Internship pre-maturely without any reasonable
justification then he/she will be considered an Internship Defaulter.

5. Post- Internship

a) Each student must produce proof of completing an Internship if selected through IPC. An
Internship Completion Certificate would suffice.

6. Disciplinary Action

a) Any student grieved by the decision of the Disciplinary team may prefer an appeal.
b) The appeal will be heard by Vice Chancellor (VC) and any other faculty in charge as VC
may deem fit.
7. Penalty

a) A student would be awarded penalty point(s) in his/her record file on the grounds mentioned
below if found violating any of the above-mentioned clauses of the Internship Policy.
b) For penalty points equal to two or more, the students would be presented with a show-cause
notice and hearing before the disciplinary team.
c) A student shall be suspended from the Recruitment Process if found with cumulative 8 and
10 penalty points in their 4th and 5th year respectively.
d) This is to be noted with respect to Batches of 2024 & 2025 that the cumulative of 3 and 5
penalty points in their 4th and 5th year respectively will make a student eligible to be
suspended from the Recruitment Process.
e) A student can only be reinstated in the Internship or Recruitment Process subject to the
approval of the Disciplinary Team, IPC.
Grounds Penalty points/Penalty
Any misrepresentation/ fraudulent information 1 + Discontinuance from Internship
provided in the Curriculum Vitae (CV) Process regarding that recruiter.
Absenteeism during the Selection Process 2 + Discontinuance from future
internships in the same semester
Not informing regarding Internship Offer (not 1 + Discontinuance from future
facilitated by IPC) before being shortlisted internships in the same semester
Shortlisted and Didn’t Confirm 2 + Discontinuance from future
internships in the same and
subsequent semester.
Delay in confirmation 1
Internship Defaulter 3 + Ban for minimum 1 semester
Absenteeism at hearing after show cause notice has 4
been served

(e) If a student attracts penalties under two or more provisions, then, the maximum penalty
points awarded shall be highest of the penalty points awarded under such provisions and not
cumulative.
(f) Students would be allowed to apply for a reduction of penalty points. Such reduction would
be at the discretion of the Chairperson and IPC through him/her. The reduction can be awarded
on the basis of any curricular or co-curricular activities which in the opinion of Chairperson
brings reputational benefit to the University. Such benefit will be deemed to accrue from
activities including, but not limited to, academic publication, achievements in moot courts,
debates, ADR competitions, seminars and facilitation of lectures, etc.

8. Amendment to the Policy

(a) The Chairperson and IPC through him/her reserves right to amend the provisions of this
policy as per the set internal procedures. Such amendments will be appropriately notified.

(b) Clarification required regarding the Internship Process can be sent as an email to the
respective batch e-mail addresses or can be addressed in person to concerned student coordinator
associated with the Internship and Placement committee.

(c) In case of any discrepancies, all decisions taken by Chairperson, IPC would be final.