Internship Experience @ Chambers of Senior Adv. Pravin H Parekh

“Hard work is the only way to achieve success in life” Shreya Nayar

Name Of the Student:

Shreya Nayar

Year of Study:

IV^th  Year

College Name:

School Of Law, SASTRA University

Internship:

Senior Adv. Pravin H Parekh, 134, lawyers Supreme Court of India, New Delhi, India 110001

Website:

http://pravinhparekh.blogspot.com

About:

President Supreme court Bar Association Senior Advocate, Supreme court of India,President Confedration of indian Bar. Ex – President Supreme Court Bar Association,Senior Advocate, Supreme court of india,President Confedration of indian Bar. Padma Shree. President Supreme Court Bar Association, Senior Advocate, Supreme court of india, President Confedration of indian Bar.

Duration of the Internship:

21^st May to 16^th June

Timing:

If you are interning under PHP, you need to make yourself very clear that that one month internship is really an internship. Since Sir works 7 days a week, he expects his interns and associates to also work 7 days a week. You need to report to at his chamber (Chamber No. 134, R.K. Jain Block) at SHARP 9.30 A.M.

You are asked to leave after 5.30 which is after sir leaves the court. If there is some very important conference, you may be asked to visit his home again after the court and stay there till the end of the conference.  I have stayed in the office after the regular court visit till 8.30 with regards to some important conference.On Saturday and Sunday, you are asked to report at 11 A.M. to his home cum office.

Main Task Work Profile:

Legal Research, Drafting documents, Preparing case notes, rejoinders etc.Few interns were supposed to got to court everyday if the case we are working on was listed. We had to watch the proceedings and take notes.

Also sir would ask us to do some quick research on a topic while we were in the Supreme Court chambers. Since sir was the President of the Supreme Court Bar Association, we also had to assist him in organizing events and other office work.

We could make several contacts and got amazing exposure since we had the opportunity to meet and interact with famous advocates and eminent jurists.

Work Environment at office:

The work environment was quite good. Sir’s associates were really amazing and helpful. Vishal Sir and Ritika Ma’am were the two gems of PHP. They always supported us in every mistakes and made us realise our mistakes.

Vishal sir was very strict when it comes to meeting the deadline. If he gave a work and you could not finish the work on the prescribed date, be ready to be grilled by Vishal sir.

Ritika Ma’am was too calm and helpful as an associate. He was the one who use to allocate work in the morning and take the feedback at the end of day.

Suman, our sweet coffee didi, who was always ready to provide us with coffee and maggi when we were tensed with the work. Jai Sir and Terence sir, stenographer were very sweet and kind, they were the one who use to greet me in the morning with a smile on his face even after loads of work on their head.

Benny Sir, whenever we use to work at home, it was he who monitored us and helped us in finding case files and case briefs and allocated wok to us. Altogether, it was a very chilled atmosphere at his home and chamber.

PHP Sir took personal interest in every intern. He used to have meeting in the morning, afternoon, and evening which made sure that he knows each intern personally. He was always obliging and treated all the interns very nicely. Offered good insight into the world of litigation.

Stipend:

No

First day at organization:

The office is on the second floor of sir’s residence. It was a small office with several cabins. There were two associates and around 10 interns.

On the first day, I was asked to meet sir the first thing and introduce myself.

I reached by 9 and sir,a strict disciplinarian but very soft-spoken was impressed!  I understood sir was very hard working and totally committed towards the work and so the same was expected from the interns

Best Part of Internship:

I think everything about the office was awesome. Apart from the above mentioned things, Free unlimited Coffee and if you were really hungry, maggi from the kitchens

We had a pantry on the floor all for ourselves. Sir used to treat us sometimes on Sundays, when we could order whatever food (veg) we wanted!

Over all they gave you the best work and best treatment ever!

Biggest Lesson:

One of the biggest lessons I learnt was that hard work is the only way to achieve success in life. There is no alternative in any way to achieve success in life other than performing hard work. Punctuality is the next key to success.

Sir made sure all the interns are there in the office by 9.30.A.M. to imbibe a sense of punctuality in us because a lawyer had to be punctual of time. He told us that you have to learn this because if you have this habit of coming late to the court, you would develop wrong attitude.

He told me that the to become a good lawyer two qualities are of utmost requirement; Analytical Focus and Communication Skills, which are the basic necessities for a lawyer. If they do not have one of these then they should rather not join law.

One of the best thing sir said was that today many of the law students have fascination to join law firms or to become corporate lawyers but they cannot become good corporate lawyers till they have at least 5 to 10 years experience in litigation.

This cannot be learnt by sitting on an expensive chair in a corporate law firm.  This can only be learnt in the laboratory i.e., court rooms. Constitution is the basic law but your understanding of the Constitution by reading the book or the case law is incomplete till you actually experience it in the court rooms.

Any Message to other Law Students:

If you are disciplined and get work extra hard then you are on the right place.

From LawOF:

Dear Shreya Nayar

Best of Luck for the Future.

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