Xavier Law School strictly follows the rules provided by the Bar Council of India on Legal Education for the purpose of compulsory internship for the undergraduate students. Every registered law student is required to undergo the internship programme during the academic year. They shall complete at least 12 weeks of internship for three-year course and 20 weeks of internship for five-year course. Hence, each and every student enrolled in a five-year degree programme of XLS has to compulsorily undergo a total number of minimum 20 weeks of internship, spread across the entire period of the course (till 9th Semester). In order to comply with the above mentioned 20 weeks, a student may undergo an internship for a period of four weeks as Summer Internship and / or four weeks as Winter Internship; depending on the period provided by the University when the semester is not running.
In prior consultation with Internship Co-ordinator, first year students should undergo para-legal training or internship under NGO's. Second and thirdyear students should undergo training under lawyers at District Courts or High Courts or State Tribunals. Fourth and fifth-year students are given autonomy to prefer training of their choice with relevance to the legal profession. However, in every such case, whether and how far the student's preference is relevant to legal profession shall be decided by the Internship and Placement Assistance Co-ordinator.
Students have to compulsorily receive a certificate at the end of each internship and submit the same to the Internship Co-ordinator along with an internship diary (as per the format which would be shared by the Internship Co-ordinator). Every student undergoing training or internship representing XLS shall adhere to the dress code mentioned as per Rule 27, Part IV, Rules of Legal Education 2008, Bar Council of India. The Internship Co-ordinator will extend facilities by arranging for the issue of bona fide student's certificate from Registrar office and/or issue of Letter of Recommendation (LOR) with the signature of Internship Co-ordinator as per requirement. The Xavier Law School thus aims at providing all possible support in the domain of internship for the benefit of its students.
The total student strength of the Law School who were eligible to undergo internship as per the academic year 2023-2024 was 576. Out of this, a total of (82+26+106+50+109+58+95+33) = 559 students have successfully done their internship in and under numerous institutions, Governmental and Non-governmental Organisations, Self Help Groups Legal and Quasi- Authorities, High Court Advocates, Judges, Corporations, Law Firms etc. Some of the notable places to mention among others where the students have done their internship are: Fox & Mandal, Victor Moses & Co., Sonali Panda Firm, District Legal Services Authority, South 24 Parganas, Ace Legal, Indian Cable Net Company Limited (Siti Networks), Choudhary's law offices, J. Sagar Associates (JSA), Jewrajka and Advocates, Jharkhand State Legal Service Authority), Project 39A - National Law University, Delhi, ITC Ltd., Calcutta Electric Supply Corporation, Child In Need Institution, Sandip Agarwal and Co., HSA Advocates, Delta House, A.K Singh & Associates.