Summer Internship Assessment - May 2019

Adv. K N Sharma
Rajasthan High Court, Jaipur

Submitted by

Snehal Bhatia
Division A
PRN: 18010224052
Semester II
2018-23

Symbiosis Law School, NOIDA

Symbiosis International (Deemed University)

July’2019
CERTIFICATE

The Internship entitled “Summer Internship Assessment (SUMMER 2018)” submitted to

the Symbiosis Law School, NOIDA for the Course on ‘Projects and Presentation’ in Semester
X as part of assessment is based on my work carried out under the guidance of Adv. K N
Sharma from May 1’ 2019 to May 31’ 2019 at Rajasthan High Court, Jaipur . The
written submission displays work carried out by myself by following the policies, rules and
regulation applicable at the place of internship. Further it has not been submitted elsewhere
for any purpose academic or non-academic.
The material borrowed from other sources and incorporated in the written submission has
been duly acknowledged.
I understand that I myself could be held responsible and accountable for submission of
information otherwise, if any, detected later on.

Signature of the candidate

Date:
DETAILS OF RECRUITER:
My recruiter was Adv. K N Sharma. I interned under him at the Rajasthan High Court, Jaipur.

INTERNSHIP TERNURE:
I interned at the High Court for 4 weeks, starting from May 1’2019 to May 31’ 2019.

ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

 Conducted research about issuing structured products in emerging markets

 Researched legal issues and case law related to each assigned case.
 Participated in mediations, interrogatories, and court filings.

 Appeared in court hearings on behalf of clients.

 Drafted a wide range of legal documents for staff attorneys.

 Contact clients by phone/email regarding their case, missing documents, etc.

 Conducted legal research regarding family, civil, and property issues.

 Proofed documents (Non-Disclosure Agreement etc) and submitted to attorneys for
review.
 Assisted in putting together a standard form of confidentiality agreement
 Assisted clients in filling out legal forms.
 Performed various office tasks such as copying, answering the phone, and organizing
files.
 Created and managed client database to ensure timely case completion
 Drafted various court documents ( Like List of Dates) at attorneys' request

 Processed court hearings and notifies clients

 Use calendaring system (Insightly) to organize client documents and cases

WORK DONE DURING THE INTERNSHIP:

On my first day at the internship when I reached the court, I could feel the curiosity and
excitement build up inside me about the place and the powerful aura that it carried. Upon
reaching the chambers of the recruiter, I was asked about my college and my experience with
the very basic law as a first-year learner. I was asked about my family and friends and the
general issues of life. Then, I was informed about the basic work ethics and culture routine
followed religiously by the recruiter and his sub-ordinates, and was told to ask as many
questions as I can about work and grasp as much as possible and carry it with me throughout
my lifetime for the building of a successful career.
Considering the fact that I did not possess much legal knowledge because of studying just the
very basic law of Torts and Contracts, in the first year, I was told to just observe and try to
manifest the court mannerisms and the way interactions and communications happened at the
work place. I was told to go on an “explore” tour of the court and grasp almost all of the
physical knowledge that was available and in-front of me at those moments.
Most of my time at the internship was spent at the libraries of the court, reading books and
researching topics to help the recruiter with the various cases. I was told to read the gist of the
acts to which the case was related and gather concerned and connected knowledge. I was also
guided to read preceding judgements, if any related, for the same.
A few times I was even allowed by the recruiter to attend the ADR meetings, herein,
mediation and settlement set up for the clients and help in legal drafting of various documents
for the same. Having witnessed how to extract information about evidences that might be
helpful to the suit proceedings, provided me with strong client-dealing knowledge and tactics.
Sometimes, I was allowed to interact with the clients about their cases and extract
information about the same.
During his free time, the recruiter used to read the landmark judgments, acts, and
amendments and encouraged me to do the same. He believed that learning is a continuous
process and one must be curious to learn new things. He encouraged me to ask questions if I
didn’t understand something and was ready to clear my doubts. He used to make sure that I
got maximum exposure and learnt each and everything that is there in the field of law. I was
asked to watch the meetings carefully and later explain whatever we understood. He gave me
a quick insight about the Indian Penal code, Criminal Procedure Code as well as Civil
Procedure Code, and other relevant Acts and informative pieces.
One thing one must always remember while dealing with clients is to be always on their side,
understand what they are going through and to think from their point of view. Also, to survive
in this field one needs to have excellent relations with everyone (even if you don’t like them)

The internship also taught me a great deal of professional ethics. One must sympathize with
their clients and make sure that they are satisfied with the work. Working directly under a
Supreme Court advocate gives you an opportunity to learn more as you can have his full
attention. He advised me on how to deal with clients, how to be professional about it and how
to act in front of the Hon’ble Judges of the Supreme Court.
There were times when I was given clerical work like typing and also, it used to get
monotonous as we only got research work related to Criminal matters. However, I was lucky
enough to get some drafting work and was asked to file a reply for a matter related to
Consumer Protection Act.

Work environment really matters a lot. If one has cooperative and helpful people around you,
it gets easier to get the job done. The recruiter used to make sure that I always had some or
the other work to do and was always happy to teach me something new. If one is honestly
sincere and hardworking, he makes sure that you get a lot of work. Another good thing about
this internship was there was no workload. He believed in getting the work done at your own
pace, but if you’re taking your own time you cannot make any mistakes. If you get it wrong,
you are asked to do it all over again. The work done should be crisp and quality work.

Adv. K N Sharma is a great source of inspiration. According to him the more we read, the
more we learn. He used to share his experiences of how things actually work in the legal
world, his struggles and how he became a successful lawyer. There were times when he used
to quote Shakespeare in order to keep us motivated.

The most important thing that I learned during my internship was if one wants to extract the
most out of their internship, then they should ask for work and not be afraid to ask if they
don’t understand something.

People are more than happy to give work and teach how it is done. If one waits for work to be
given to them, they’ll end up sitting idle and learn nothing. The law is not what we learn from
our books, it is much beyond that. Internships are an opportunity to apply the knowledge of
the law practically.

OVERALL EXPERIENCE:

My overall experience at the internship was very fulfilling in terms of knowledge and thus,
quite enriching. The internship under Adv. K N Sharma at the Rajasthan High Court, Jaipur
provided me with great opportunities to explore almost all aspects of legal work-related areas.
Working as an intern made me realize the importance of organizational and leadership
qualities. The supervisors constantly encouraged me to apply my law and legal knowledge
into research for getting a better argument in favor of the clients and thus helping them out.
Awareness was propagated throughout the internship.
Most of my work was basically a learning procedure as the cases that the firm dealt with, I had not
studied in my course for law such as CrPC (Code of Criminal Procedure), ADR ( Alternate Dispute
Resolution), MV (Motor Vehicles) Act etc. So at first I was told not to read the case files but to rather
compile a list of dates of occurrence of incidents so that I can get a clearer view of what the story is
as every case had a basic story as to why a party A was suing the party B, and then get onto the case.

Thus, I’d like to conclude that the overall experience had a strong positive impact on my legal
knowledge and my first experience in the High Court was quite engaging and exciting.