Field Placement

Programmes
Internship Externship

● Training on Core Skill ● Shadow professionals

● Task-based ● Experiential Learning
Field Placement Programme
1. Bar Council of India Rules, 2008
2. NEP
3. Clinical Legal Education
4. Capacity Building
 Need?
1 Developing Skills

Practical Learnings 2

3 Professional Responsibility
 Seminar

Law School Component’s of

a Field Placement Field Placement Journal
Programme

Contact with Supervisors

Advantages
1 2 3 4
Allows students to Accommodative of Cheaper for Placements with
gain experience in diverse group of Universities human rights and
practice of law; student interest; legal services
oriented NGOs- Lok
Adalats, Legal
Services Education etc
Weakness
1. Supervisor are not primarily the teachers or law faculty members.
2. Solution:
● Role of University – organise seminars for discussing programmes
● In seminars- Students may discuss a diversity of styles of practice and
substantive issues that cannot be duplicated in a small clinical
programme.
● Conduct Simulation Exercises
Operating a Field Placement
Programme

A. Student Preparation
B. Field Supervisor Selection and Duties
 Student Preparation
1 2 3

Have both Define Student Responsibility

theoretical and Responsibilities towards Supervisor
practical knowledge during the field and University
placement
Who can be a Field Supervisor?
 1. The Student's Tasks should be
Guidelines Appropriate and Well-Defined
● Written Work
● Observation and Participation
● Non- Traditional Legal Tasks
2. Discussing means of Accomplishing this
task
3. Only guidance and no spoon-feeding
4. Reviewing of Progress
5. Reviewing final assignment and providing
feedback
6. Evaluating Overall Performance
Evaluation

1. First individual placements and supervisors must be judged for

effectiveness in meeting the stated goals of the placement.
2. the overall programme needs to be evaluated for appropriateness of
effectiveness and goal achievement
 Conclusion
Training in the skills-of Providing students with
being a lawyer insight into the operation
of the Legal system and
the Profession

Developing a sense of Developing the ability to

Professional Responsibility learn from experience
Hope you will make a difference one day!