Best Law Firms in New Delhi for Internship

Employers are becoming more selective than ever before and you can’t blame them, the market as a whole has become very competitive and law firms want the very best people on their roster. In order to make the cut and get hired at good law firms in New Delhi you are going to have to get some internship experience. Of course it goes without saying that you need to ace your law exams first, but once you are done with that, the next logical step is to go looking for that all-important experience that you need to show in order to be hired. Here is a list of the best law firms in New Delhi for internship, but before you jump into that here are a few things that you need to be clear about.

•    Why do an internship?
Well, we have explained that in part in the preceding paragraph. It’s all about the competition and law firms want the best there is in the market. The criteria for selection has risen from what it used to be a few years ago, and you are going to have to be up there with the best. Just a great education will not do the trick for you, you need more and that is where a great internship will give you the additional push when marks and grades are all same across your peers.

That’s the first benefit; the second thing where internship helps you with is in making great contacts in the professional community. The place where you intern will have great (and bad) people. Find the one that are going to help you find good placements in the future and create communicating bridges with people who you think will matter to you in the days ahead, this is the time when you are going to learn the value of persona connections. Word of caution: don’t overdo the ‘sweet intern’ thing, be genuine, try to make an honest but knowledgeable impression on your peers and completely ignore the bullies.

Thirdly, internship gives you a feel for the real challenges that you are going to experience out of your college gates. And there are many of those challenges that your professors probably don’t even know about because they have been teaching all their lives. With all due respect to your professors, they aren’t as good of a teacher as the real world. See what people in your internship office are doing to solve problems, what their strengths are and how they manage to see the silver lining in every dark cloud. That is going to help you immensely in securing your first job.


Okay, now to the list then.

The list of best law firms in New Delhi for internships.

•    KapLegal
Kachwaha and Partners, or KapLegal, as they are widely known, is one of the most reputed arbitration law firms according to many. They have been around for many years now. The firm is a member of the International Business Law Consortium, Salzburg (IBLC) and has been Ranked Tier 1 by Asia Pacific Legal 500 (2016) in the category of Dispute Resolution. They are experts at International Arbitration, if this is an area you want to specialize in then KapLegal should be on your list.

•    ALMT Legal
This firm has a multi-city presence and has been counted among the top establishments in the field of mergers and acquisitions (M&A), Private Equity, real Estate taxes and employment. They have handled concerns in Aviation, Banking, Finance, Capital Markets and Shipping & Maritime to name a few. This is definitely one of the best places in New Delhi for your internship.

•    Anand and Anand
If you want special exposure in the area of Intellectual Property Rights then there is no better place in New Delhi for an internship than this law firm. It has been recognized as one of the top IP firms in India. It has won the award for Firm of the year 2015 and 2016 in Copyright, Patent Contentious, Patent Prosecution and Trademark Prosecution categories. You are definitely going to find a lot of valuable insights and real world experience from your internship here.

•    AZB & Partners
This is a Mumbai based firm but has branch offices in Bengaluru, Delhi, Pune and Chennai. If you are in any of these cities, you can reach out to them and find out about their internship programmes. A leading magazine has placed the annual revenue of the firm at 300 crores.

So, there you have a list, which isn’t the most comprehensive, but it’s a start. The point is you need to get your internship done, preferably from a leading law firm. Do your research well and take your pick.


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