Internship Experience @ Sandip Agarwal Advocates & Co., Kolkata: Draft Petitions, Stipend of Rs. 3000

Name. College. Year of Study

Sougato Ghosh, School of Law, KIIT University, 2nd Year

Name of the Organization. City 

Sandip Agarwal Advocates & Co., Kolkata.

Duration of the Internship

4th July, 2016 to 3rd August, 2016 (1 month)

How big was the office? Team strength?

The main office is situated in the ground floor having a conference room, Sandip Sir’s office, One Senior Advocate’s office and a reception area. There are 2 more offices in the 3 rd floor of the same building, one for the accountants and clerks and the other room for the advocates and the interns. These offices are air-conditioned.

As far as the strength of the office is concerned along with Mr. Sandip Agarwal, there were 6 associate advocates, 2 permanent accountants and 5 clerks.

Application Procedure

You can apply by sending your CV along with the cover letter to the email address: [email protected] or you can call at the office contact number.

If applying by sending CV and cover letter, then you have to follow- up with Mr. Sandip Agarwal.

Duration in weeks. No. of days/week. Timings

6 days a week. The timings were 10 am to 6 pm.

Accommodation: how, where, how was it?

Accommodation was not an issue as I live in Kolkata. However for outsiders, there are plenty of Paying Guests available in Kolkata.

First impression. First day, formalities etc.

I was asked to report at the office by 10.30 a.m. I waited for Mr. Sandip Agarwal, who came at 11 a.m. and immediately after asking me of my year of study, I was assigned work on the basis of my capacity.

Main tasks

Major tasks involved research and drafting work. I was asked to research on various matters and judgments dealing with the Companies Act, Code of Civil Procedure, Right to Information, etc.

I was also asked to draft petitions under section 200 Cr.PC and letter of complaints as F.I.R.

Interns were also sent to the Calcutta High Court and DRT with the advocates to observe the court proceedings and later the interns had to summarise the cases to Mr. Sandip Agarwal.

Work environment, people

The work environment and the Associates were really very helpful and any questions regarding the intricacies of law, was answered by the associates without hesitating.

Best things

Nice work environment, Friendly Associates, Decent timing, Good collection of books in the library and last, the stipend.

Bad things

There is nothing bad as such but there were few days, when there was no work at all.

What did you do to chill? Co-interns, colleagues

My co-interns inspite of being senior to me, were fun to be with. Our lunch recess used to be filled with humour. Moreover near the office, one can indulge into various kinds of cheap and tasty street food.

Stipend/ month

3000 per month

Anything else you’d like to tell

You will find the coolest and the most helpful clerks here.