Acing Internships - A Practical Guide

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Description
Internships are opportunities which are offered by an employer to potential employees who are called interns, for a limited duration. Mostly, the students of professional studies undergo internships so as to gain the real world practical experience of the profession they are aiming at. Internship is an exchange of service between the students and the organisation which the students take up to learn, build network, gain experience as well as credits for their field of study. An internship is a kind of training for job, especially for professional careers. These are very similar to apprenticeships which exist for persons who are or would be into trade or vocational careers. Internships play an important role in guiding a student's career. It helps the students to explore, understand and learn various aspects of the job and the professional world and select the role which they best fit into and interests them. Hence, internships help in choosing a perfect career according to the interest of the individual.
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Contents
Part A : Handbook for Internship
Chapter 1 : Basic of an Internship 
Chapter 2 : Preparation for the Internship
Chapter 3 : Social etiquette during Internship
Chapter 4 : What Law Internship do during Internship
Chapter 5 : Converting Internship into a Job Offer 
Chapter 6 : All About Communication Skills
Chapter 7 : Prestigious Legal internships
Chapter 8 : Using Social Networking Website
Part B : Organisation Information
Chapter 10 : Internship Review and Experience Sharing by Employees
Chapter 11 : Yellow Pages : Law Firms, NGOs and Research Organisations 
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Author Details

D.r Joshua N. Aston, is the Dean-Students' Welfare and Assistant Professor of Law at Gujarat National Law University, Gandhinagar, Gujarat, India. Additionally, he is also an Officer on Special Duty at the Office of the Director of the University. His areas of interests are International Criminal Law, International Humanitarian Law, Human Rights Law and Law of Contracts. He has an experience of more than six years in teaching and research. Dr Aston holds a PhD in Law from Symbiosis International University, Pune. He has completed his Masters in Law in International Criminal Law from the University of Sussex, Brighton, UK, wherein he also com- pleted his Legal Secretarial Diploma from Souters Legal Training Centre, London. Besides, he did Post Graduate Diploma in Financial Management from Symbiosis Institute of Business Management, Pune.