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Author - Neha Dadheech

It is needless to say that in this cutthroat competitive era, the constant struggle to be at the top between firms is increasing and it is only the firms with the best talents that are able to attain great success. To find the best talents in the market apart from their already existing employees, firms are now preferring a new way – Hiring interns rather than hiring a new employee. Well! It can be said that permanent employees are way more beneficial than interns and to be obvious, generally, they are more experienced if they are not fresher but interns have their own merits like if the firm wants to provide a helping hand to its employees, it will be much better to hire an intern than to hire an employee because hiring a experienced employee will ultimately increase the cost. So, to cut the cost and get the basic tasks done, interns are important. Now, it’s not only about choosing cost effective methods, Now-a-days, the most important thing that any employers wants in a new candidate is that they have some level of experience on the field. Now the question arises – How will a fresher who has just graduated from college can have on-field experience? The answer is - Through internships, this is how interns are important for a firm, not just for a few weeks of time, an intern can be kept for future as well, about which we will be discussing in detail in this article.  

While interns should not be expected to handle a lot of responsibility, they can provide valuable support and assistance to their employers who are willing to take on interns. When talking about law firms, the task given to interns majorly include Research work and then drafting work. When a lawyer takes up a case, he does not have enough of time to research about the case his team is going to work on, so he assigns this task to his intern, who by researching can learn more about the case and at the same time reduce the workload of his employer, this work done by intern is a basic work which is done in law firms but one of the most important tasks of any case, hence by doing research, the intern is also enhancing his research skills as well as knowledge in the field of law, which eventually will be helping him to get a clarity of the area of law. Research constitutes an important aspect of any internship whether it is a law firm or a court internship. Hence one needs to be well acquainted with various legal research tools. Other than research work, legal interns are expected to draft for the employer, Drafting skills require lots of hard work and patience. One needs to be well versed with the various drafting specimens and formatting skills in order to undertake and complete the provided assignments properly and on time. Apart from these, assignments may include proof reading of various legal documents, observance of court proceedings, making notes on various legal issues and other tasks depending on the nature of the internship.

Interns can be relatively inexpensive for the tasks which are basic and does not require much skills related to the field of work. This affordable source ‘intern’ can be considered as one of the wisest investment in resources as for the present as well as keeping the future of any firm in mind, as when an employer provides an internship program as an investment in recruitment and training and is willing to give interns an opportunity to work with experienced professionals, they not only nurture the intern’s mind for their own work but they also make them learn things which will be beneficial for them in future. The best interns then can be offered job by the company for recruitment for full-time positions after they graduate. Hiring the interns for the full time position can beneficial because they’re familiar with the firm’s trend. An intern already familiar with your firm’s work method, and performing an effective job as they progress, makes them a considerate candidate to hire. 

Internships can be paid or unpaid positions, depending on the circumstances. In most situations, interns should be paid by the employer. Employers do obtain benefits from the time and work invested by their interns, but unpaid internships are the traditional methods used which frequently is the case if the internship counts for academic credit for a particular degree for graduation.

One of the biggest benefit for any law firm of hiring an intern can be new and unique flow of ideas, Interns being the new generation raised in an competitive surrounding can sometimes provide new ways to get through the case, especially when the opponent can guess the next move from the employer’s side which mostly happens in law. Apart from giving new ideas, interns can also enhance the brand value of firm after the internship is over as they will be providing feedback to the peer regarding the work environment. 

To conclude, Interns are important for law firms to minimize workflow interruption by easing the workload of your current employees, reducing tensions, or conflicts at the same time being the wisest invested resource in the firm. Intern being the new generation with new minds will not only learn from a firm but they’ll also enhance the brand position in the market.