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CONFIDENTIAL

2019-2020

SHARDUL AMARCHAND MANGALDAS & CO

APPLICATION FOR TRAINING AT DELHI / MUMBAI/ KOLKATA/

AHMEDABAD/GURUGRAM/BENGALURU/CHENNAI OFFICE

Date of filling the application: __________________________

1.
(a) Name :
Please paste a
(b) Date of Birth : recent passport
size photograph

(c) Permanent Home Residential Address :

(d) Contact Number(s):

(e) Marital Status:

(f) Internship Application For:

 Delhi Office ___

 Mumbai Office ___
 Kolkata Office ___
 Ahmedabad Office ___
 Bengaluru Office ___
 Chennai Office ___
 Gurugram (Gurgaon) Office ___
 No particular preference ___

(Note: Rate in the scale of 1 – 3, 1 for highest preference)

(g) Preferred Internship Period (month/slot):

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2. Highlights of Career

(a) Law School Details

Name of the Year Grades Ranking Remarks, if any

Law School/
College :
Final Year
Fourth Year
Third Year
Second Year
First Year

(b)
Name of the Level Board (CBSE/ Percentage of Ranking, if any
School/ ICSE/ Any Marks
College other)
XIIth
Xth

Did you do specifically well in any subjects in the 3rd / 4th / 5th years at Law
School. If so, then which subjects?

3. Please outline your achievements/contributions to the following fields (if

applicable) from School till Law School, including in particular excellence
achieved in performance at any time.

I. Academics
 School:

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 Law College:

II. Leadership Positions held-

 School:

 Law College:

III. Articles/Publications/ Titles (Please specify the magazine/portal):

IV. Public Speaking/ Moot Court:

V. Details of any other extra-curricular achievement:

VI. Member of any social groups:

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4. (a) How often in your academic career have you stood within the top ten
ranks in your School/College and furnish brief particulars.

(b) Are there other family members who have also achieved academic
excellence?

5. Describe your family background in brief, their professional and career

interests. Do any family members practice law?

6. Describe your personality

(Note: deal with matters such as academic minded, sports loving,

extrovert/introvert/soft spoken/out spoken/aggressive/ambitious etc.)

7. Why did you select law as profession in preference to any other career?

8. What would you be if you were not a lawyer? Why?

9. Describe the main criteria in your mind in proposing to train with our firm?
What do you know about the firm? How did you get information about the
firm/ have you interacted with any member of the firm? If so who and how?

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10. Have you got adequate accommodation arrangement in New Delhi/ Mumbai/
Kolkata/ Ahmedabad/Bengaluru/Chennai/Gurugram (whichever applicable)?

11. In your previous placements what are the areas of practice you have
undertaken? Are there any specific dissertations that you wrote and are proud
of?

12. Briefly indicate your approach towards the following areas of practice:

Please select the top three practice areas in the order of your preference:
S.
Practice Area Preference
No.
1 Projects and Project Finance

2 General Corporate

3 Capital Markets

4 Intellectual Property

5 Taxation

6 Competition Law

7 Banking & Finance

8 Dispute Resolution

9 Venture Capital

10 Insolvency & Bankruptcy Code

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13. What are your views about a career in the legal professional in:-

(a) a corporate/ Investment Bank/ Bank

(b) Court counsel (general civil practice)

(c) Specialist counsel (tax, I.P./Criminal law)

(d) Foreign law firms

(e) Accounting/ consultancy firm.

14. In your opinion what is the distinction between working in a law firm and
corporate environment.

15. Interests

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Give details of your main extra-curricular activities and interests at school, university,
including positions of responsibility held

16. Personal Attributes and General

(a) How would you describe yourself?

(b) Describe a challenge that you have faced either at work or university.
How did arise? How did you respond?

(c) What is the most important decision you have made in the last two
years? What factors did you consider?

(d) Describe any non-academic situation in which you have had to defend
your point of view? What was the outcome?

17. What in your words makes you so special to be given this opportunity to train
with Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas as a trainee?

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18. What are your plans after you finish your law course and are given a law degree
to practice?

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