Internship @ Advocate Sunil Kumar Jain, High Court, Sikkim: One cannot be half-hearted in the profession
Name, College, Year of Study, Email ID
Johnson Subba, National Law University, Odisha, 2011-2016 (IVth Year), j.07.subba@gmail.com
Name of Organisation, Location, Team Strength
Sunil Kr. Jain, Sr. Advocate
Application Process
I got the internship through a personal contact of my friend.
Duration of internship and timings
Internship was for four weeks. Timings were 9. a.m. in the morning to 5.30 p.m. in the evening.
In the evening , however, the work timings as it is were relaxed and we interns were allowed to come a bit late. The Saturdays were usually half-days.
First impression, first day formalities, infrastructure
I did my internship in the second year of my college. There were so to say, no first day formalities.
Sir introduced us personally to the people in our office and gave us instructions as to what the internship would be and also what he expected from us.
The office was located on Tilak Road and was quite spacious with adequate spacing for seating of interns.
Main tasks
The main task was comprised of research work and attending court hearings, also we were given some drafting work every now and then.
One interesting area we did work on was consumer law, because Sir had a lot of cases in Consumer Dispute Redressal Commission.
Work environment and people
The work environment was pretty cool, people were relaxed usually, but at the time of work, no amount of laxity was permitted.
Best things
The best thing about the internship was the fascination it brought to me, for choosing litigation down the line as a career option.
Bad things
I would say there were no bad things about the internship.
Stipend
None.
Biggest Lessons
The internship taught me that to succeed in litigation, one has to be hardworking and actually burn the midnight oil.
One cannot simply be half-hearted in the profession.
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Please correct the above information as Sunil Kumar Jain practices in Supreme Court of India and not High court of Sikkim.
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