Name of the Student
Devesh Vikram Upadhyay
College and Year of Study
Student of Law Centre 2, University of Delhi
Name and Address of the Organization
Delhi State Legal Services Authority (DSLSA)
Duration of Internship
June 7, 2022, to June 27, 2022; 3 weeks
How did you Apply?
I came to know about this internship through my friends and applied for it through the google form issued by DSLSA.
First Day Formalities, Infrastructure, First Impression
This Internship is the summer internship provided by Delhi state legal services authority which revolves around working for the rights of the underprivileged class as per the NALSA Act, we were provided with tasks so as to inform people about their rights in regard to free legal services.
The internship commenced through a conference where we were taught about all the acts and statutes revolving the legal services by the member secretary Bharat Parashar sir along with other legal luminaries and were provided with several sorts of forms that we were ought to fill out during community visits, jail visits, rehabilitation centre.
Main Tasks
The 3 weeks internship involved the following tasks:
- Courtroom experience at Saket district court/family court visit / Judicial lockup visit.
- Internal working of DSLSA
- Visits to slums, IHBAS, SPYM, Delhi commission for women, Mandoli central jail visit, NCPCR visit, police station visit, Sakhi one-stop centre and were over there informed about the working, the objectives and the law/statute/provisions related to the respective organizations and were given a chance to interact with the offenders, victims, juvenile delinquents etc.
Work Environment and Good things
The whole staff at DSLSA was really cooperative and were always available to answer even our dumbest of questions and seemed really keen to help the underprivileged, our mentor at DSLSA South Prakshi ma’am and our Legal Aid Counsel, Advocate Vikrant Sharma sir were really humble and interactive informing us even about the tiniest details.
Stipend
None.
Anything Else?
We were provided with refreshments on the first and last day but no stipend or anything else, and certificates were distributed on the last day.
Every year DSLSA comes up with its winter and summer internship programmes, it’s a very informative and engagingly rich experience. I would recommend every law student to try as we get a glance about all round things in the legal fraternity.
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