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A law internship where you actually do something

One to four weeks with a legal documentation and filing company in Delhi. Not photocopying, and not a certificate for showing up: research that gets read, citations that get checked, checklists that get used, and files you can follow from the first document to the registry counter. Free at every stage, and we sign your internship diary.

₹0to apply, intern, or certify
1–4weeks, per BCI Rule 25
15kinds of work
18+and enrolled in law
What is this internship, and is it free?It is a one to four week learning internship for law students at Legal Space Services, a legal documentation, compliance and filing company in New Delhi. It is free at every stage — no application fee, no internship fee, and no charge for the certificate. Interns do legal research and internal memos, citation checking, proof-reading, document checklists, e-stamping and e-filing support, case-status tracking, document indexing, translation, template building and plain-language legal writing. What interns never do is appear before a court, sign a pleading, or advise a client — sections 29, 33 and 45 of the Advocates Act, 1961 reserve the practice of law to enrolled advocates. Applicants must be 18 or older and currently enrolled in a recognised law programme in India, and must give a letter or NOC from their college before starting. At the end you get a factual certificate with a verifiable number, and your internship diary signed.
Where you sit

Two places you can intern

You tell us which you want when you apply. Most students pick "either", because what matters is getting a seat, not whose seat it is.

With Legal Space Services

Documentation, drafting and filing work at our own office — the paperwork side of the profession, which is where most matters actually begin and end. You see how a file is built before it ever reaches a court.

With an advocate

In the chamber of a Bar Council enrolled advocate from our directory. Your application goes to them; the first one to accept takes you on, and only then do they see your phone number and email. Nothing is charged to you, and the advocate pays us nothing either.

Either way the rules below are the same — the same list of what you may do, the same limits, the same diary, and the same factual certificate at the end. Our office stays responsible for the record.

The work

What you will actually be doing

These are the things a law student can lawfully do at a company that is not a law firm. The ones marked supervised go through a qualified person before they leave the building. Nothing an intern produces reaches a client, a court or a registry unreviewed — that is not a lack of trust, it is the line the law draws.

Legal research and internal memossupervised

Statutes, rules, notifications and case law, written up for the team — never sent to a client as advice.

Citation checking and verification

Checking that every section and case reference actually says what the draft claims.

Proof-reading and language editing

Reading a document closely for sense, grammar and consistency before anyone else sees it.

Document checklistssupervised

Working out exactly which papers a particular filing or registration needs.

Format and procedure checkssupervised

Annexure numbering, page limits, registry formatting rules, stamp-duty tables.

e-Stamping and e-filing support

Clerical support on the portals — data entry, fee computation, acknowledgements — under instruction.

Case status and cause-list tracking

Following matters on eCourts and the display boards and keeping the tracker current.

Document collection and indexing

Receiving, scanning, naming and indexing papers against a checklist, and chasing what is missing.

Translation and transcription

Between English and Indian languages, and typing up recordings and notes.

Data entry, digitisation and MIS

File digitisation, records management and keeping the internal registers accurate.

Internal templates and standard formssupervised

Building and improving our own templates — reviewed and approved before any client use.

Compliance calendars and due-date trackerssupervised

Building due-date calendars from public sources so nothing is missed.

Plain-language legal awareness writingsupervised

Explaining a law simply for our website, clearly marked as general information, not advice.

Observation and the internship diary

Sitting in on registry visits, office meetings and court visits, and writing the diary up properly.

Process mapping and SOP writing

Writing down how a filing workflow actually runs, step by step.

And what you will not be doing

We publish this list rather than bury it. Under sections 29, 33 and 45 of the Advocates Act, 1961 only an advocate enrolled with a State Bar Council may practise law, and practising without enrolment is a criminal offence — so during this internship you will not:

  • Appear, plead or act before any court, tribunal or authority.
  • Sign, verify or settle any pleading, petition, affidavit or vakalatnama.
  • Give legal advice or a legal opinion to a client — in person, on a call, by email or on chat.
  • Hold a client consultation or advise on the merits, strategy or prospects of a matter.
  • Draft a final client document on their own; drafts and templates are reviewed and owned by a qualified person.
  • Negotiate with an opposite party or their lawyer on anyone's behalf.
  • Use the title "Advocate", "Lawyer", "Counsel" or "Attorney" anywhere.
  • Sign outgoing client correspondence or speak for the company.
  • Quote, take or share in any fee.
  • Carry client originals unsupervised, or hold client money.
  • Solicit work or clients for the company or for any advocate.
  • Keep, copy or take away any client document or data after the internship ends.

If an internship anywhere promises you court appearances or client advice before you are enrolled, that is the one to be careful of — for your sake, not ours.

How it works

From application to certificate

You apply — it takes about six minutes

Your details, your college and course, when you want to start and for how many weeks, and the kinds of work you want to do. CV and college letter are optional at this stage; the college letter is needed before you start.

You get an Application Number at once

An LSS-INT reference appears on screen. With your mobile number it opens your application on the Track page any time — no login, no password.

We read it and call you

Every application is read by a person. If the dates work we call, talk through what you would be doing, tell you who will supervise you, and settle the stipend question in writing. We will also tell you honestly if we cannot give you the work you were hoping for.

Your own login is created

You get a panel of your own with the work assigned to you, a box to send it back with a note, and your internship diary. Write the diary as you go — it is far easier than reconstructing it later.

Certificate and a signed diary

At the end we verify the diary, sign it, and issue a certificate with a number your college can check with us. Both say exactly what you did.

Start your application
The certificate

What it says — and what it will never say

A certificate is only worth something if the person reading it believes it. So ours is plain and factual, it carries a number we will verify for your college on a phone call, and it reads roughly like this:

"This is to certify that [Name], a student of [Course] at [College], interned with Legal Space Services as a Legal Documentation Intern from [date] to [date], a period of [N] weeks. During the internship [Name] worked under supervision on legal research and internal memoranda, citation verification, proof-reading, document checklists, case-status tracking, document indexing and translation, and clerical support for e-stamping and e-filing. Legal Space Services is a legal documentation, compliance and filing support company. It is not a law firm and does not provide legal advice or representation. The intern did not appear before any court, tribunal or authority, did not sign or settle any pleading, and did not advise any client."

What it will never say is that you "practised law", "appeared before" anything, "drafted pleadings independently" or "advised clients" — because none of that would be true, and a careful reader at a law firm or a university would spot it. We would rather give you something that survives scrutiny.

Is this employment? What about a stipend?It is not employment. This is a structured learning internship for enrolled law students: no employer–employee relationship is created, there are no wages or employee benefits, and no job is promised at the end of it. That is why we ask for a letter or NOC from your college — it is what keeps the arrangement a part of your studies rather than a job. Whether a stipend is payable is settled with you on the call before you start and written into your internship letter; we would rather tell you plainly than leave you guessing. Nothing is ever charged to you.
Why do you insist applicants are 18 or older?Two legal reasons. Under section 9 of the Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023 anyone under 18 is a child, and processing their personal data requires verifiable parental consent. And under section 11 of the Indian Contract Act, 1872 an agreement with a minor is void, which would make the confidentiality undertaking unenforceable — and an intern here handles client documents. It is not a judgement about a seventeen-year-old's ability. If you are in the first year of a five-year course and not yet eighteen, apply the moment you are.
Questions

Before you apply

Is this internship free?
Yes, completely. No application fee, no internship fee, and nothing charged for the certificate. We do not sell internships and we do not sell certificates — if a website asks a law student to pay for either, that should worry you.
Who can apply?
Law students aged 18 or over who are currently enrolled in a recognised law programme in India — the five-year integrated course, the three-year LL.B. or an LL.M. Recent graduates awaiting enrolment may also apply. We ask for a letter or NOC from your college before you start.
Can a 1st year student apply?
Yes, provided you are 18 or older. First-year students often do better here than they expect, because a great deal of the work is careful reading, checking and organising — and those are learnable on day one. We do not pretend a first-year will be doing the same work as a fifth-year.
How long does it run, and can I do it online?
One to four weeks. Rule 25 of the Bar Council of India Rules of Legal Education, 2008 does not allow a continuous internship of more than four weeks in any one year, so we keep to that. Research, citation checking, proof-reading, translation and writing can all be done remotely; filing, registry and observation work cannot. Tell us what suits you and we will be honest about what is possible.
Will this count towards my compulsory internship weeks?
That is your university's decision. Rule 25(a) lists companies among the permitted places to intern — bodies "where law is practised either in action or in dispute resolution or in management" — and we are a legal documentation and filing company. But the rule ends with "and other such bodies as the University shall stipulate", so please get your internship coordinator's approval first. Also, every student must intern at least once with trial and appellate advocates; we cannot substitute for that and will not claim otherwise.
Will I appear in court or draft pleadings?
No — and nobody can lawfully do that before enrolment. Sections 29, 33 and 45 of the Advocates Act, 1961 restrict the practice of law to enrolled advocates, and practising without enrolment is a criminal offence. What you will get instead is real work on real files, and an honest view of how a matter actually moves.
Is there a stipend?
Whether a stipend is payable is settled with you on the call before you start, and it is written into your internship letter. This is a learning internship, not employment: no employer–employee relationship is created, there are no employee benefits, and no job is promised at the end.
What will the certificate say?
Exactly what you did and for how long — the kinds of work, the dates and the number of weeks — with a certificate number your college can verify with us. It states plainly that we are not a law firm and that you did not appear before any court or advise any client. We will not write that you "practised law" or "drafted pleadings independently", because it would not be true.
Do you sign the internship diary?
Yes. Rule 25(b) requires the diary to be evaluated by your guide. You fill it in your own panel as you go, print it at the end, and we sign it. It costs us nothing and it is probably the most useful thing we do for you.
How do I apply and what happens next?
Fill the application form on this website. You get an Application Number beginning LSS-INT straight away and can track it with that and your mobile number. We read every application ourselves; if the dates work we call you, confirm what you will be doing and who will supervise you, and ask for your college letter. Only then is your login created.
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