A Law Student’s Best Legal Career Move this Summer!
Introduction to Lawctopus’ Summer Training Program (STP)
Summer vacations for most law students mean internships! Some students also opt for month-long summer schools in India or abroad!
We travel long miles to various cities, book PGs, hop on to metros, take auto rides, bus rides, and local trains, visit alien offices, spend a lot on accommodation and food, and land up in offices, some plush and some not as much!
But internships don’t always turn out to be the great learning experiences we had hoped for! Besides that, physical summer schools can cost between Rs. 30,000 (in India) and Rs. 500,000 (abroad)!
In a usual internship, a student spends 1 – 3 months and at least Rs. 15,000 – 25,000/- a month and rarely gains the desired experience.
This summer of 2024, Lawctopus wants to ensure you spend your time, effort, and money to get what you deserve!
Welcome to our Summer Training Program (STP)!
Lawctopus’ STP is a rigorous one-month program which contains:
- Daily LIVE sessions
- Career Sessions
- Practical Assignments
- Capstone Projects
- Individual and group feedback on assignments and projects
- Career and Networking Sessions
Note: The STP requires students to invest 30-40 hours/week. It CANNOT be done while doing your regular studies, interning, working full-time, or attending a full-time summer school. If you want to upskill yourself while studying/interning, please check our Online Certificate Courses at Lawctopus Law School.
Basic Details of Lawctopus’ Summer Training Program (STP)
1. There are 3 different Summer Training Programs (STPs) on offer:
A. Lawctopus’ STP for Budding Lawyers | The Detailed Structure is Here.
B. Lawctopus’ STP on Drafting and Research Skills for a Corporate Law Career | The Detailed Structure is Here.
C. Lawctopus’ STP on Litigation Skills | The Detailed Structure is Here.
2. You can do the 3 Lawctopus’ STPs in any of these 2 time slots:
- June 1-June 30
- July 1-July 30
3. Cost of the STPs
Rs. 8900 per batch
For the sake of clarification, each of the STPs runs in each of the three time periods (see table below):
| Name of the STP | Batch 2 | Batch 3 | |
| STP for Budding Lawyers | May 1-30 | June 1-30 | July 1-30 |
| STP on Drafting and Research Skills for a Corporate Law Career | May 1-30 | June 1-30 | July 1-30 |
| STP on Litigation Skills | May 1-30 | June 1-30 | July 1-30 |
4. Eligibility Criteria
Law students of the 5-year course, 3-year course, and the LLM programs
Lawyers with 0-2 years of experience
5. Time Commitment Required
The Summer Training Program will require a serious commitment of 5-8 hours/day, 5-6 days a week.
If you want to participate in the program, you should NOT be interning or working at any other organization or attending a full-time summer school.
Register for the Summer Training Program for Budding Lawyers Here.
Register for the Summer Training Program for a Corporate Law Career Here.
Register for the Summer Training Program on Litigation Skills Here.
Please register by the deadline. We have limited seats! Email at courses@lawctopus.com or call at +91 93596 84056 (Ishani Patankar, Career Counsellor).
11 Benefits of Doing the Summer Training Program
1. Get learnings equivalent to spending 1 year in the profession!
If you haven’t gotten a high-quality internship this summer or aren’t doing a rigorous course, this is the best (and better) replacement for the learning that you might be missing out on!
2. Recommendation Letter by Lawctopus
If you do well in your Training Program and your assignments, you will get a recommendation letter from Lawctopus, which will be beneficial for you when applying for internships and jobs in the future.
3. Learn the skills and get career-ready
Through a summer training program, you’ll gain specific, real-world skills which will help you get internships, freelance opportunities, and jobs.
Learning these skills independently will cost you at least 24 months and at least Rs. 4-5 lakhs.
However, through the STP, you can learn these skills with less money and by investing 30-40 hours per week.
4. Secure a Training Certificate
On successfully completing the program, you’ll get a ‘certification of completion’ of the summer training by Lawctopus Law School which will enhance the value of your CV.
5. Secure a Capstone Project Certificate
You’ll also get a Capstone Project Certificate from our partner organization, enhancing your profile and job prospects.
6. Enhance your skills from the comfort of your home!
Since STP is completely online, you can spend time with your family and get trained from the comfort of your home.
7. Work on ‘Learning by Doing’ Assignments with close supervision
The assignments we and our partner organisation give you will mirror the real world. Our feedback is ‘just meant for you, ‘ not some general gyaan we dole out.
8. Publish your work in our law journal
Throughout the STP, you will work on a research and writing piece. Quality write-ups have a chance to be published on Lawctopus!
9. Learn and Network with your Peers and Seniors
Networking is a critical part of the legal profession. Every week, for one hour, you’ll participate in focused networking sessions where you’ll learn networking and then actually network. Introvert? Not a problem! We have you covered.
10. Gain career clarity through live sessions and informational interviews
You’ll leave the STP having addressed 90% of your career questions. You’ll also conduct informational interviews to ask people who have ‘been there, done that’ about the career choices you might be interested in!
11. Explore the world of law through field visits
While this is an online program, we don’t want you to sit in all day. We’ll assign you field visits. Work like a legal anthropologist, meet people, and understand the legal industry and the world of law better!
Register for the Summer Training Program for Budding Lawyers Here.
Register for the Summer Training Program for a Corporate Law Career Here.
Register for the Summer Training Program on Litigation Skills Here.
All our STPs come with a 100%, no-questions-asked money-back guarantee! Register ASAP.
Email at courses@lawctopus.com or call at +91 93596 84056 (Ishani Patankar, Career Counsellor).
Institutional Partnerships
Universities/colleges desirous of having their students go through the Summer Training Program can contact our CEO, Tanuj Kalia.
Email: tanuj.kalia@lawctopus.com
Phone: +91 97118 50703
Partner Organisations
Partner Organisations are trustworthy organisations, law firms, law offices, NGOs who are partnering with Lawctopus for our Summer Training Program.
Partner Organisations will:
- Assign a Capstone Project to the students
- Conduct weekly live sessions to discuss skills, career advice, and feedback around the Capstone Project
- Provide a project certificate to students who complete the Capstone Project
If your organisation is interested in mentoring law students this summer, please complete the form here.
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FAQs (Frequently Asked Questions)
1. Can students who have just completed their first year participate?
Yes, first-year students can participate, provided they are willing to spend 7-8 hours per day on the program.
2. Is this a certificate program?
Yes, on ‘successful’ completion of the program, you’ll be awarded 2 certificates:
One, by Lawctopus Law School on completing the ‘Summer Training Program’.
Two, by our partner law office, on completing the ‘Capstone Project’.
Participants who perform exceptionally well in the Summer Training Program will get a merit certificate from Lawctopus Law School.
3. What does ‘successful’ completion mean?
Lawctopus is not in the business of distributing certificates. Our partner organisations, too, have high standards.
To complete the STP, you need 75% attendance in the LIVE sessions and a passing score of at least 50% of the assignments allotted to you.
We are rigorous about this yet warm and caring in our approach.
We know we’ll have students who are in the best law colleges and have studied at the best English medium schools. We’ll also have students from tier 3 or 4 towns, lesser-known colleges, and from vernacular medium.
Please note that we have got you covered! We are liberal in our marking and always give our participants a second chance to complete the assignments.
All that we require is sincere engagement from your end.
4. How will the training program help me?
If done properly and as designed, the training program will compress 2 years of post-college learning into 1 month. The program’s design is rigorous.
The training program is also for those who haven’t secured high-quality internships or know that internships are often a hit-and-miss situation and want a practical learning experience that’s a sure-shot gateway to career success!
5. What are the timings of the LIVE sessions?
The timings of the LIVE sessions will be announced 1-2 days before the start of the STP. For example, if you have joined the May 1-May 30 batch, you’ll get information about the sessions by April 30.
To give you a sense, our sessions will be between 10 A.M. and 9 P.M. and are usually 1.5 hours long.
6. What if I miss a LIVE session?
We strongly encourage you to attend sessions LIVE. If you miss the session due to some emergency, the recorded version will be available for viewing.
7. What’s the language of instruction?
English
8. My English is weak. Can I participate in the program?
You can participate in the program if you can read and write in English.
9. Who are the partner organisations?
Partner organisations are law offices, firms, NGOs, and think tanks that do substantial work in your chosen area of law. We are in the process of finalizing our partner organisations and will announce them on this page in the coming weeks.
These are high-quality organisations committed to assigning Capstone Projects that demand rigorous work. At the same time, the people in these organisations understand the value of care and are ready to offer generous mentoring this summer.
How is the STP different from Lawctopus Law School’s courses?
The STP is different from our courses in the following ways:
1. Law Office’s Capstone Project: During the STP, you’ll also be doing a Capstone Project with a related law office. The law office will also have assignments, and feedback sessions.
Lawctopus and/or the law office might offer stipends or cash prizes to learners who perform the best. In the future, deserving candidates can also secure assessment internships or job offers.
You’ll also get to interact with these firms’ associates, senior associates, and partners.
2. Fast-paced: The courses operate in a rigorous but medium-paced manner. Our course can be completed alongside college or even full-time work.
The STP is rigorous and fast-paced and cannot be done with full-time work or internships. In the STP, you’ll have daily live sessions, regular assignments, feedback, career sessions, networking opportunities, sessions by law offices, masterclasses, and more!
3. Networking! You’ll get an opportunity to network with your peers, the Lawctopus team, and the team from the law office you are a part of. We’ll do this through exciting and fun group activities.
Introvert? Don’t worry! Many of us are, and we have gotten used to love networking!
4. Only for vacations: Courses are designed to be taken alongside college, internships, and full-time jobs. The STP is meant only to be taken during vacations when you can spare 5-8 hours/day.
5. Dual certification: As a part of the STP, you’ll get certified by LLS and the Law Office where you are interning.
The STP contains the following components, which also exist in our courses:
- Rigorously researched reading modules
- Real-world assignments
- Personalised feedback
- Recorded lectures
- Regular communication and reminders over email and WhatsApp
- Career Sessions
- Active support by a Learning Manager
- Add-on Webinars
The Curriculum of the STP
Our curriculum is rigorous (it requires 30-40 hours of work per week), practical (it mirrors real-life work), caring (it supports students of all colleges and years), and personalised (you get individual feedback).
You can download the draft curriculum and structure for the 3 programs by clicking on the links below:
STP on Drafting and Research Skills for a Career in Corporate Law
You can download the curriculum by filling out this Google Form here.
Scholarships
We regularly offer 100% scholarships to IDIA scholars (Increasing Diversity by Increasing Access to Legal Education).
We encourage other reputed NGOs and organisations working in the field of education to reach out to us for scholarships for their students.
Scholarships for courses on www.lawctopuslawschool.com are available during the festive season, etc.
For the STP, currently, there are no scholarships on offer.
The intensive nature of the STP means that Lawctopus is offering the same on a ‘at cost’ basis.
Money Back Guarantee Policy
If you complete the Summer Training Program (STP) ‘sincerely’ and are still dissatisfied with it, we’ll refund you 100% of your invested money, no questions asked. We are that confident in our program!
What does ‘sincerely’ mean? It means you attend at least 75% of the live classes and successfully complete the compulsory assignments.
How to claim your refund?
Email us at llssupport@lawctopus.com anytime till the end of the course duration, and the refund will be issued within 7-10 working days.
Please note that the refund is available only after completing the course successfully.
Questions?
Email: courses@lawctopus.com
Phone: +91 93596 84056 (Ishani Patankar, Career Counsellor)
Register for the Summer Training Program for Budding Lawyers Here.
Register for the Summer Training Program for a Corporate Law Career Here.
Register for the Summer Training Program on Litigation Skills Here.
Lawctopus regularly helps organisations hire interns and employees. Email the JD at contact@lawctopus.com for free and paid plans.
