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Law students spend a large amount of time applying for internships. Most of the internship applications are rejected and the law student has no clue where he/she’s going wrong. The seniors in law schools themselves face the same problem and hence are not of much help; and the faculty doesn’t have enough engagement with the

Associates enter, Mr. Stud goes and talks to them,with an air of confidence and absolute comfort, while you slightly look up from your cubicle to see what's happening. Just knowing he will be shunned away by the associates like you were.

It will be him--brain, body and blood-- in the lawyer's office--cement, chairs and clerks--and he'll be putting his CV-page, prayer and ink- on the lawyer's desk. He'll talk to the lawyer about why he wants the internship. He'll treat it like an interview.

An internship at a start-up might turn you into an entrepreneur and a mid-sized organisation will show you the magic of the 'compromised cubicle comfort'. A RelationShip comes before an InternShip. Learn to see the Ship's size and know what will sink you and what will be your saviour.

Apply for your internships as soon as possible! If you apply two months before than your intended period of internship, your chances of securing an internship double vis-a-vis if you had applied one month before.