About Jindal Global Law School (JGLS)
Located in Sonipat, Haryana, Jindal Global Law School (JGLS) is India’s premier private law school, founded in 2009. It is consistently ranked as the #1 law school in India and South Asia by the QS World University Rankings. JGLS is built on a 50+ acre residential university campus.
About the Internship
JGLS is offering a Research Internship as part of a larger empirical legal research project involving the structured review and legal classification of publicly available Supreme Court orders. The project combines legal data with technology-assisted research methods to support empirical analysis of constitutional litigation.
Areas of Work
The internship may be particularly suitable for candidates interested in:
- Constitutional law and writ jurisdiction.
- Supreme Court procedure.
- Empirical legal studies.
- Judicial data and legal technology.
- Close reading and classification of court orders.
Eligibility
Candidates must:
- Be in the second year or above of a three-year or five-year law programme.
- LL.M. students and recent law graduates are also eligible to apply.
- Be able to read judicial orders carefully, follow a structured coding protocol, and maintain consistency across assignments.
Prior research experience is desirable but not mandatory.
Responsibilities
Selected interns will be responsible for:
- Undertaking structured manual review of publicly available Supreme Court orders.
- Classifying judicial orders in accordance with the project’s coding protocol.
- Maintaining consistency and accuracy throughout assigned research tasks.
Training and Benefits
Selected interns will receive:
- Training for the research project.
- A detailed coding manual.
- Access to the project’s research interface.
- Periodic feedback during the internship.
- An acknowledgment or certificate upon successful completion of assigned work, subject to the quality of contribution.
Project Team
The research project is being undertaken by:
- Prof. Gaurav Pathak, Associate Professor and Associate Dean, Jindal Global Law School.
- Dr. Anush Ganesh, Lecturer in Law, University of Leeds.
- Mohit Yadav, Founder, AltInfo and Empirical Legal Researcher.
Application Procedure
Interested candidates should email the following documents:
- CV.
- Short statement of interest.
- Current year of study or graduation details.
- Relevant research experience, if any.
- Expected weekly availability.
- A brief note explaining their interest in constitutional law, courts, or empirical legal research.
Applications should be sent to gaurav.pathak@jgu.edu.in with a copy to mohityadavx@gmail.com.
Subject Line: ART32 Research Internship