Internship Experience @ Advocate-on-Record AOR Ardhendumauli Kumar, SC Delhi: A master class in legal drafting

Your Name, College, Year of Study, Email ID

Palak Varma, Amity Law School – 2, Noida, 4th Year, palak6jan@gmail.com

Name of Organisation, Location, Team Strength

Ardhendumauli Kumar (AOR) Supreme Court of India, Delhi, Unity, Friendly

 Application Process

I just directly applied on the email id with my resume at mail@ardhendumauli.com and I got the confirmation mail after few days.

Duration of internship and timings

The office hours were from 11:00 am to 6:30 pm. I started my internship from 5th may’14 to 31st may’14.

First impression, first day formalities, infrastructure

The office is situated in Lajpat Nagar, H block. The place was really cool, environment was very friendly.

My first day was also super amazing. I entered the office and few formalities of writing down the name and entries were done. After that, I was allotted a Desk, with a Desktop. It was itself amazing.

The office had a massive luxurious library with many books. I was really impressed by the people around, as my own lawyer was very young.

Main tasks

The main tasks were:

Since Sir, is a SC lawyer so the tasks were also as per required.

– Visited SC for a week and few days to NGT (National Green Tribunal)

– Learned to file SLP (Special Leave Petition)

– Learnt the basic things that happen in the SC

– Drafted various Documents

– Drafted Counter Affidavits

– Learnt the art of operating SSC Online.

Work environment and people

The environment was very friendly. Ardhendu Sir, Aviral Sir, Pankhuri Ma’am, Amit Sir all of them were very helpful and actually taught us things which will help us in the long run.

Litigation field is a tough job, but they made it easier and interesting for us.

Best things

Lunch breaks, free coffee, Pankhuri Ma’am :*, relaxed and homely environment.

Bad things

Ardhendu sir’s question answers session. :p

Stipend

No

Biggest Lessons

– Litigation is not as easy as it appears.

– There is sure shot growth in litigation, unlike in corporate.

– Everyday you learn something.

– Experiment everything and you will get to know your choice of field sooner.