Internship Experience @ Odisha State Legal Service Authority, Cuttack: Visited Jail, Awareness Campaigns, Conciliation and Mediation Sessions

Your Name, College, Year of Study:

Parismita Nanda, KIIT School of Law, Bhubaneswar, 3rd year.

Name of Organisation, Location city:

Odisha State Legal Service Authority, Cuttack.

Application procedure: 

Through personal contacts but one can go and directly contact the concerned authorities.

Duration of internship and timings:

July 01, 2017 – July, 2017.

Timings: 09:00 AM to 4:00 PM.

First impression, first day formalities, infrastructure:

Brief interview regarding basics of law and my areas of interest and then I was introduced to there work culture and procedure.

Main tasks:

During the tenure of my internship I visited jail, orphanages, few awareness programme.

I also attended the conciliation and mediation sessions, I along with my co-intern were encouraged to participate and ask questions during the same.

Work environment and people:

The work environment is friendly and helpful. Mrs. Gargi Patnaik always assisted me and thought so many things which are motivating and beneficial for my professional life.

Best things:

The best part about interning at Odisha State Legal Service Authority is that it gave me a great exposure and I the practical knowledge that I gained is really enriching.

Bad things:

There were no bad things as such.

Stipend:

None.

Biggest lessons:

I learnt that criminals are also human beings and they must not always be seen as guilty, everyone has there own way of justification.

Overall rating

9.5 out of 10.

Accommodation:

I stayed at my home.