Legal Internship Opportunity for law students at Centre for Policy Research: Applications on rolling basis.

Legal Internship Opportunity for law students at Centre for Policy Research: Applications on rolling basis.

The Scaling City Institutions for India (SCI-FI) at Centre for Policy Research is a multidisciplinary research, outreach, and policy support initiative. It has two key thematic focus in areas of Land, Housing and Planning, and Water and Sanitation. The SCI-FI initiative is nested at CPR since 2013.

SCI-FI programme at CPR aims at cross-sectoral and policy-relevant research on urban sanitation. It seeks to understand the reasons for poor sanitation, and to examine how these might be related to technology, service delivery, institutions, governance, finance, and socio-economic dimensions. It also seeks to support national, state and city authorities in developing policies and programmes for intervention with the goal of increasing access to safe and sustainable sanitation in urban areas

Scaling City Institutions for India (SCI-FI) is looking to hire student interns on rolling basis. The call for interns is valid for the period January 2022 to March 2023.

Position

Legal Intern

Roles

The legal intern will support our research work on regulatory studies in the field of water and sanitation, and Land Planning and Housing.

Eligibility

• Currently enrolled in a 5-Year B.A. L.L.B./ B.B.A. L.L.B/ B. Sc. L.L.B programme of 3-year LLB programme with relevant internship experience in the policy sector.
• Eligible candidates must be students in the 3rd Year or above of the 5-year integrated programme or 2nd Year or above in 3-year LLB programme.
• Ability to conduct legal research through legal databases such as Manupatra & SCC, law commentaries/books, government offices and websites.
• Ability to summarise judgments as well as legislations into precise, clear, and concise notes.
• Excellent writing and communication skills.

Application link

In case of any queries contact scifi-cpr@gmail.com with the subject “Internship_ [Position applying for]_[Your Name]”. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted for further consideration. We are committed to diversity and to ensuring equal opportunities for qualified women and men candidates from all ethnic and religious backgrounds.