Legal Internship at West Bengal State Legal Services Authority: Apply Now!

About West Bengal State Legal Services Authority

The West Bengal State Legal Services Authority (WBSLSA) is the state-level body implementing free legal aid and services for weaker sections, ensuring justice isn’t denied due to economic or other barriers, under India’s Legal Services Authorities Act, 1987, organizing Lok Adalats (people’s courts) and providing access to justice for marginalized groups in West Bengal. You can contact them personally, by post, or through the NALSA website (NALSA) portal for services like free legal advice, representation, and dispute resolution via Lok Adalats.

About the Internship

WBSLSA will conduct the internship across two cycles, the Summer Internship & the Winter Internship during a year.

• The period of Winter Internship is from the month of December to January.
• The period of Summer Internship is from the month of May to June.

Apart from the above-mentioned cycles, the State Legal Services Authority reserves the right to admit interns as and when provisions arise.

Eligibility

Who can apply for this Internship programme:

• Students of second and third year of the Bachelor’s degree in Law (3-year courses after graduation);
• Students of fourth and final year of the integrated five-year courses in Law; 
• Students pursuing LL. M course;
• Ph. Dscholars will also be given due consideration for the internship programme;
• State Legal Services Authority, West Bengal
• Students who have previously interned with WBSLSA will not be eligible for a second internship.

Duration

• The duration of the internship programme would be 3 weeks or 21 days (excluding Saturday, Sunday and other holidays).
• The interns would be required to spend those 21 days at DLSA as per recommendation of WBSLSA.

Number of Internships Available in Each Batch (Winter/Summer)

Maximum number of 100 students will be permitted for each cycle. This is contingent on

the number of applications received and considering other factors. The final intake of interns will be decided by the Member Secretary, WBSLSA.

Place Of Internship

The internships are to be conducted in various District Legal Services Authorities (DLSAs) of the State of West Bengal under the aegis of the West Bengal State Legal Services Authority.

Mode

The internship programme will be conducted in person and all interns are required to be in their respective DLSAs for the internship programme. No virtual internships will be allowed.

Application Procedure

• Students have to duly fill-up and submit application in the prescribed Forms as Annexure-A and Annexure -B within one week from the date of the notice of this Authority.
• Students will have to ensure that a Letter of Recommendation (LOR) is also submitted by the Head of the Institutions of their respective colleges along with their applications.
• Please ensure all the documents when digitally sent prescribe to the following format: 
• Name of the Candidate, Nature of the Document. For example- Priyanka
• Roy, Marksheet of 3rd year etc.
• Please mention “Application for Summer/Winter Internship -Academic Year……..”
• as the subject of the e-mail.
• All documents must reach WBSLSA digitally on its e-mail Id: wbstatelegal@gmail.com (during Office hours i.e., 10-00 A.M. to 5-00 P.M.). Applications reaching after the due date will not be entertained.State Legal Services Authority, West Bengal

The official notification is here.