INTERNSHIP GUIDELINES & TERMS AND CONDITIONS

Develop Practical, Industry-Relevant Skills in Privacy Law, Data Protection and Regulatory Compliance

1. INTRODUCTION

The LawFoyer One-Month Virtual Internship Training Programme in Data Privacy Law and Compliance (“Internship Programme” or “Programme”) is a structured, practical and skill-oriented training programme intended to provide participants with exposure to privacy law, personal data protection, regulatory compliance and privacy operations.

The Programme is designed to go beyond conventional lecture-based learning. Interns will be exposed to practical exercises, simulated organisational scenarios, compliance documentation, legal research, professional drafting, data-mapping exercises, privacy-risk assessment and other activities intended to develop industry-relevant privacy and compliance skills.

These Guidelines and Terms and Conditions shall govern participation in the Internship Programme. Every selected intern is expected to read them carefully and comply with them throughout the internship tenure.

Registration for, participation in, or continuation with the Internship Programme shall constitute acceptance of these Guidelines and Terms and Conditions.

PART I — PROGRAMME STRUCTURE

2. DURATION OF THE INTERNSHIP

  1. The Internship Programme shall ordinarily be conducted for a period of one month.
  2. The internship shall be conducted entirely in virtual/online mode, unless LawFoyer specifically announces an offline activity or opportunity separately.
  3. The Programme is structured around progressive learning modules relating to Data Privacy Law and Compliance.
  4. The Programme may include:
    • Live mentor-led training sessions;
    • Practical exercises;
    • Statutory and regulatory readings;
    • Case studies;
    • Simulated organisational scenarios;
    • Privacy compliance exercises;
    • Data-mapping activities;
    • Privacy notice and consent analysis;
    • Legal research;
    • Professional drafting;
    • Weekly or module-wise assignments;
    • Data Protection Impact Assessment-related exercises;
    • Breach-response exercises;
    • Doubt-clearing and interaction sessions;
    • Recorded learning material;
    • Mentor feedback; and
    • A final privacy-compliance/capstone exercise.
  5. LawFoyer may reasonably modify the sequence, structure, activity format or delivery methodology of the Programme where required for academic, professional, technical or operational reasons.

3. LIVE TRAINING SESSIONS

  1. There shall ordinarily be eight (8) live training sessions during the one-month Internship Programme.
  2. Live sessions will generally be conducted on weekends, depending upon the professional availability and schedules of the mentors, speakers and industry professionals conducting the sessions.
  3. Sessions will ordinarily be scheduled during the evening, generally after 6:00 PM IST, unless a different time is communicated in advance.
  4. Since the mentors and speakers may be working professionals, the exact date and timing of a session may depend upon their professional availability.
  5. Interns are therefore expected to maintain reasonable flexibility regarding the session schedule.
  6. Where any unavoidable change, postponement, rescheduling or cancellation occurs, the revised details shall be communicated through the official Internship WhatsApp Group.
  7. A change in the announced schedule due to the professional commitments, emergencies or unavoidable circumstances of a mentor or speaker shall not by itself create any entitlement to compensation or any other claim against LawFoyer.

PART II — OFFICIAL COMMUNICATION

4. INTERNSHIP WHATSAPP GROUP

  • An official Internship WhatsApp Group shall be created or designated for communication relating to the Internship Programme.
  • The WhatsApp Group shall be treated as the primary official communication channel for operational internship updates.
  • Details concerning:
    • Live session dates; Live session timings; Meeting links; Assignment notifications; Assignment deadlines; Submission forms; Reading material; Recorded sessions; Mentor instructions; Changes in schedule; Important notices; Forms;Certificates; and Other programme-related instructions may be communicated through the WhatsApp Group.
  • Session details and session-related updates shall be communicated through the official WhatsApp Group only, unless LawFoyer specifically chooses to communicate them through an additional channel.
  • Every intern is responsible for regularly checking the Internship WhatsApp Group.
  • Failure to notice an announcement because an intern: muted the group;did not check the messages;changed their WhatsApp number without informing LawFoyer;deleted the group;exited the group; or otherwise failed to monitor official communications shall ordinarily not constitute a valid ground for exemption from a deadline or programme requirement.
  • Interns shall not use the official group for:
    • Unrelated advertisements;
    • Promotional messages;
    • Spam;
    • Political or religious discussions unrelated to the Programme;
    • Unsolicited marketing;
    • Chain messages;
    • Unrelated links or media; or
    • Any communication that disrupts the academic and professional purpose of the group.

Queries should be raised respectfully and, wherever possible, in a manner that may also assist other interns facing the same issue.

PART III — REGISTRATION AND INTERN IDENTIFICATION

5. MANDATORY INTERNSHIP REGISTRATION

  1. Selection or addition to the Internship WhatsApp Group shall not, by itself, amount to completion of internship registration.
  2. Every selected participant shall be required to complete the Internship Registration Form circulated by Team LawFoyer.
  3. Submission of the registration form within the notified period shall be mandatory.
  4. Interns shall provide complete, current and accurate information in the registration form.
  5. Providing false, misleading or materially incorrect academic, identity or contact information may result in cancellation of internship registration.

6. UNIQUE INTERN ID

  1. Upon successful registration, each intern may be allotted a Unique Intern ID.
  2. The Unique Intern ID may be used for:
    • Attendance records;
    • Assignment submissions;
    • Performance evaluation;
    • Internal administrative records;
    • Certificate processing;
    • Verification purposes; and
    • Other internship-related activities.
  3. Interns must ensure that their Intern ID is correctly entered wherever required.
  4. An intern shall not use, submit or represent another participant’s Intern ID.
  5. Any attempt at impersonation, proxy attendance or fraudulent submission may constitute serious misconduct.

PART IV — ATTENDANCE POLICY

7. MINIMUM ATTENDANCE REQUIREMENT

  1. A minimum of 80% attendance in the live training sessions is mandatory for successful completion of the Internship Programme.
  2. Where eight live sessions are conducted, an intern must ordinarily attend at least seven (7) out of eight (8) live sessions to satisfy the 80% attendance requirement.
  3. Attendance shall be calculated on the basis of live participation recorded through mechanisms determined by LawFoyer.
  4. Attendance may be recorded through one or more of the following:
    • Attendance forms;
    • Meeting attendance reports;
    • Login records;
    • Intern ID verification;
    • In-session responses;
    • Polls;
    • Attendance codes; or
    • Any other reasonable method adopted by LawFoyer.
  5. Merely joining a session momentarily, submitting an attendance form without substantially attending the session, using another person’s credentials, or engaging in proxy attendance shall not constitute valid attendance.
  6. LawFoyer may disregard attendance where there is reasonable evidence of manipulation or misrepresentation.

8. RECORDINGS OF SESSIONS

  1. Recordings of live sessions will ordinarily be made available to interns, subject to technical availability and applicable restrictions.
  2. Recordings are provided primarily for:
    • Revision;
    • Reinforcement of concepts;
    • Reviewing difficult portions of a session; and
    • Catching up in exceptional cases where a live session was missed.
  3. Watching a recording ordinarily does not convert an absence from a live session into live attendance.
  4. Interns who miss a session should watch the relevant recording as soon as reasonably possible.
  5. LawFoyer may, in exceptional circumstances and upon sufficient cause being shown, consider relaxation of the attendance requirement at its discretion.
  6. Availability of a recording should not be treated as a substitute for live participation where live attendance is required under these Guidelines.

9. EXCEPTIONAL ABSENCE

An intern who is unable to attend a live session because of:

  • Medical emergency;
  • Examination;
  • University-mandated academic obligation;
  • Family emergency;
  • Serious technical disruption;
  • Force majeure; or
  • Any other genuine and unavoidable circumstance may communicate the reason to Team LawFoyer.

Any relaxation shall be considered case-by-case and at the discretion of LawFoyer. Merely informing LawFoyer of an absence does not automatically result in the attendance being marked as present.

PART V — ASSIGNMENTS AND PRACTICAL WORK

10. MANDATORY ASSIGNMENTS

  1. Practical assignments form an integral component of the Internship Programme.
  2. Where an assignment, exercise, case study, project or capstone is specifically designated as mandatory, its completion shall be necessary for successful completion of the Programme.
  3. Assignments may include, inter alia:
    • Personal-data identification exercises;
    • Data inventory preparation;
    • Data-flow mapping;
    • Privacy notice drafting/review;
    • Consent mechanism assessment;
    • Data-principal rights exercises;
    • Grievance-management exercises;
    • Vendor/privacy-risk assessments;
    • Preliminary DPIA exercises;
    • Privacy-by-design exercises;
    • Breach-response memorandum;
    • Legal research;
    • Compliance-gap analysis;
    • Comparative privacy-law exercises; and
    • Final privacy-compliance capstone work.
  4. Specific assignment instructions shall be provided separately.
  5. Interns must carefully comply with the prescribed:
    • Format;
    • Word limit, where applicable;
    • Template;
    • File type;
    • Naming convention;
    • Citation requirements;
    • Submission procedure; and
    • Deadline.

11. ASSIGNMENT DEADLINES

  1. Assignment deadlines shall be communicated through the Internship WhatsApp Group, LMS or any other official channel designated by LawFoyer.
  2. Interns are responsible for submitting assignments before the notified deadline.
  3. Merely completing an assignment without submitting it through the prescribed method shall not constitute submission.
  4. Submissions made through personal WhatsApp messages, direct messages, email or any other channel may not be considered unless such method has specifically been permitted.
  5. Where a Google Form, LMS submission portal or designated submission link is provided, interns shall use only the prescribed submission mechanism.
  6. Requests for extension should, wherever possible, be made before expiry of the relevant deadline.
  7. Extensions may be granted only where sufficient cause exists and shall remain subject to LawFoyer’s discretion.

12. QUALITY OF ASSIGNMENTS

Completion of an assignment does not merely mean uploading a file. Interns are expected to demonstrate reasonable diligence and professional quality.

Submissions may be evaluated on factors including:

  • Identification of relevant legal issues;
  • Understanding of privacy and data-protection principles;
  • Application of law to facts;
  • Research quality;
  • Accuracy;
  • Legal reasoning;
  • Practical understanding;
  • Structure and organisation;
  • Drafting quality;
  • Compliance orientation;
  • Attention to detail;
  • Citation quality, where required;
  • Professional presentation;
  • Originality; and
  • Compliance with assignment instructions.

LawFoyer may require an intern to revise or resubmit work that is materially incomplete, incorrectly prepared or inconsistent with the assignment instructions.

PART VI — ORIGINALITY, RESEARCH ETHICS AND USE OF AI

13. ACADEMIC AND PROFESSIONAL INTEGRITY

All assignments must represent the intern’s own genuine work.

The following are prohibited:

  1. Plagiarism;
  2. Copying another intern’s work;
  3. Permitting another person to copy one’s work;
  4. Submitting substantially identical assignments through multiple interns;
  5. Fabricating cases, statutory provisions, regulatory requirements, citations, facts or authorities;
  6. Falsifying research results or compliance findings;
  7. Submitting work prepared by another person as one’s own; or
  8. Any other form of academic or professional dishonesty.

Such conduct may result in rejection of the relevant assignment and may, in serious cases, lead to termination from the Programme.

PART VII — CONFIDENTIALITY, PRIVACY AND MATERIALS

14. CONFIDENTIALITY

Interns may receive access to case studies, simulated organisational information, internal training materials, exercises, templates, mentor presentations, meeting links and other programme resources.

Unless expressly stated otherwise, interns shall not:

  • Circulate restricted programme material outside the internship batch;
  • Share private meeting links;
  • Distribute recordings;
  • Upload training recordings publicly;
  • Sell or commercially redistribute programme materials;
  • Share restricted templates or internal exercises;
  • Misrepresent programme materials as their own proprietary material; or
  • Use confidential material for an unauthorised purpose.

Any confidentiality instruction specifically communicated for an exercise shall be strictly followed.

15. PRIVACY AND PERSONAL DATA

In administering the Programme, LawFoyer may process information relating to interns for legitimate internship-related purposes such as:

  • Registration;
  • Communication;
  • Attendance;
  • Assignment administration;
  • Evaluation;
  • Certification;
  • Verification;
  • Internship records; and
  • Programme improvement.

Interns are expected to provide only accurate information and to avoid unnecessarily sharing sensitive personal information in public internship groups.

Where any exercise involves hypothetical or simulated personal data, interns must handle such information in accordance with the instructions provided.

17. INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY AND TRAINING MATERIAL

  1. Ownership of pre-existing LawFoyer materials, mentor materials and third-party materials shall remain with their respective owners.
  2. Access to programme material does not transfer intellectual-property ownership to the intern.
  3. Materials are provided primarily for the intern’s personal educational and professional development.
  4. Recording, reproduction, commercial redistribution or public dissemination of protected programme material without authorisation is prohibited.
  5. An intern retains authorship over original work created by the intern, subject to any separate terms communicated for publication, showcasing, assessment or collaborative exercises.
  6. LawFoyer may seek the intern’s consent before publicly featuring or publishing substantial original work where such consent is appropriate.

PART VIII — PROFESSIONAL CODE OF CONDUCT

18. EXPECTED CONDUCT

Every intern shall maintain professional standards throughout the Programme.

Interns are expected to:

  1. Communicate respectfully with mentors, organisers and fellow interns;
  2. Maintain professionalism during live sessions;
  3. Join sessions in a timely manner;
  4. Avoid unnecessarily disrupting training sessions;
  5. Ask relevant questions in an appropriate manner;
  6. Respect differing opinions during professional discussions;
  7. Follow instructions issued by mentors and Team LawFoyer;
  8. Maintain confidentiality;
  9. Meet assignment deadlines;
  10. Avoid academic dishonesty;
  11. Maintain decorum in WhatsApp groups and online meetings; and
  12. Conduct themselves in a manner consistent with the standards expected of a legal and compliance professional.

19. PROHIBITED CONDUCT

The following may constitute misconduct:

  • Harassment;
  • Bullying;
  • Abusive or threatening communication;
  • Discriminatory remarks;
  • Personal attacks;
  • Deliberate disruption of sessions;
  • Impersonation;
  • Proxy attendance;
  • Plagiarism;
  • Fraudulent submissions;
  • Unauthorised circulation of recordings;
  • Sharing restricted meeting links;
  • Misuse of fellow interns’ personal information;
  • Repeated spam or unauthorised promotion;
  • Misrepresentation of association with LawFoyer;
  • Misrepresentation of internship performance or awards;
  • Any conduct that materially interferes with the Programme; or
  • Serious breach of these Guidelines.

PART IX — LEARNING MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND DIGITAL ACCESS

20. LMS/ONLINE LEARNING RESOURCES

Where LMS access or other digital learning resources are provided:

  1. Access shall be for the registered intern personally.
  2. Login credentials shall not be shared.
  3. Interns may receive access to:
    • Session recordings;
    • Reading material;
    • Templates;
    • Guides;
    • Exercises;
    • Reference materials;
    • Recorded workshops;
    • Additional learning resources; and
    • Other resources determined by LawFoyer.
  4. LMS access may be limited to the internship tenure or such additional period as LawFoyer may decide.
  5. LawFoyer may revoke access upon termination from the Programme or in cases of misuse.

PART X — CERTIFICATION

21. CERTIFICATE OF INTERNSHIP

A Certificate of Internship/Completion shall be issued only to interns who successfully fulfil the applicable completion requirements.

Unless specifically relaxed by LawFoyer in exceptional circumstances, an intern must:

  1. Complete the Internship Registration process;
  2. Maintain at least 80% live-session attendance;
  3. Complete and submit all mandatory assignments, where assigned;
  4. Complete the final capstone/project, where prescribed;
  5. Make required corrections or resubmissions, where directed;
  6. Comply with the professional Code of Conduct; and
  7. Not remain in material breach of these Guidelines at the completion of the Programme.

Mere selection, registration or addition to the WhatsApp Group shall not create an automatic entitlement to a certificate.

22. CERTIFICATE OF EXCELLENCE AND LETTER OF RECOMMENDATION

The Certificate of Excellence and Letter of Recommendation (LOR) are performance-based distinctions and shall be awarded only to selected Best Interns.

Minimum Eligibility

To be considered for these distinctions, an intern must ordinarily:

  • Maintain 100% attendance in all live training sessions;
  • Complete all mandatory assignments;
  • Submit assignments within prescribed timelines;
  • Complete the work properly and in accordance with instructions;
  • Demonstrate high-quality legal and compliance analysis;
  • Maintain professional conduct throughout the Programme; and
  • Complete the final capstone/project satisfactorily, where applicable.

Important Clarification

100% attendance and completion of all assignments are minimum eligibility requirements and do not create an automatic entitlement to a Certificate of Excellence or Letter of Recommendation.

Selection of Best Interns may additionally take into account:

  • Quality of assignments;
  • Accuracy;
  • Research ability;
  • Practical application;
  • Analytical ability;
  • Drafting quality;
  • Participation;
  • Responsiveness to feedback;
  • Improvement during the Programme;
  • Professionalism;
  • Consistency;
  • Initiative; and
  • Overall performance.

The final determination of Best Interns shall rest with LawFoyer and the concerned mentors/evaluators.

PART XI — PERFORMANCE-BASED OPPORTUNITIES AND PERKS

23. TOP PERFORMER OPPORTUNITIES

Subject to the applicable programme announcement, outstanding interns may become eligible for additional performance-based opportunities, including:

  • Certificate of Excellence;
  • Letter of Recommendation;
  • Social-media feature or professional shoutout;
  • Publication opportunities;
  • LawFoyer membership or other opportunities;
  • Future paid or professional opportunities at LawFoyer’s discretion; and
  • Offline internship opportunity for selected top performers, where applicable.

These opportunities are merit-based and discretionary and shall not be treated as automatic entitlements arising merely from completion of the Internship Programme.

24. OFFLINE INTERNSHIP OPPORTUNITY FOR TOP PERFORMERS

Where the particular batch announcement provides an offline internship opportunity to the Top 3 Excellent Performers, selection shall be based upon an overall assessment of performance during the Programme.

Relevant considerations may include:

  • Live attendance;
  • Assignment quality;
  • Capstone performance;
  • Professionalism;
  • Participation;
  • Consistency;
  • Legal and analytical ability;
  • Privacy-compliance aptitude; and
  • Overall mentor evaluation.

Selection as a top performer may remain subject to the requirements, availability, policies and final approval of the organisation or professional establishment providing the offline opportunity.

Travel, accommodation and other logistical arrangements, unless specifically stated otherwise, shall not be presumed to be provided by LawFoyer.

PART XII — FEEDBACK AND MENTOR INTERACTION

26. MENTOR FEEDBACK

  1. Mentors may provide general or individual feedback on assignments and exercises depending upon the format and size of the batch.
  2. Interns should treat feedback as an opportunity for professional improvement.
  3. Where corrections or resubmission are specifically required, interns shall endeavour to make them within the prescribed period.
  4. The nature and extent of individual feedback may vary depending upon:
    • Number of participants;
    • Nature of assignment;
    • Mentor availability;
    • Programme schedule; and
    • Academic requirements.

27. PROFESSIONAL INTERACTION WITH MENTORS

Participation in the Programme does not create an entitlement to:

  • Personal mentorship beyond the Programme;
  • Personal contact details of mentors;
  • Employment;
  • Internship placement with a mentor’s employer;
  • Individual recommendation;
  • Professional referral; or
  • Continued communication after completion of the Programme.

Interns shall respect the professional boundaries and availability of mentors.

PART XIII — NON-COMPLIANCE AND DISCIPLINARY ACTION

28. GROUNDS FOR ACTION

Appropriate action may be taken where an intern:

  1. Engages in proxy attendance or impersonation;
  2. Misbehaves with mentors, LawFoyer representatives or fellow interns;
  3. Harasses another participant;
  4. Misuses personal information;
  5. Shares restricted recordings or programme materials without permission;
  6. Shares private meeting links with unauthorised persons;
  7. Materially disrupts training activities;
  8. Provides materially false information during registration; or
  9. Commits any serious or repeated breach of these Guidelines.

29. POSSIBLE ACTIONS

Depending upon the nature and seriousness of the matter, LawFoyer may:

  • Issue an advisory;
  • Issue a warning;
  • Disallow particular attendance;
  • Restrict access to programme resources;
  • Remove the participant from the Internship WhatsApp Group;
  • Suspend participation;
  • Terminate the internship; or
  • Withhold internship certification where completion requirements have not been fulfilled.

Disciplinary action shall ordinarily be proportionate to the nature of the non-compliance.

30. OPPORTUNITY TO EXPLAIN

Except in cases involving serious misconduct, security concerns, harassment, fraud, impersonation or circumstances requiring immediate action, LawFoyer may provide the concerned intern with a reasonable opportunity to explain the circumstances before taking major disciplinary action.

LawFoyer may consider genuine emergencies and sufficient cause while determining the appropriate action.

31. EFFECT OF TERMINATION

Where an internship is terminated:

  1. The participant may be removed from official internship groups and digital resources;
  2. LMS or other restricted access may be revoked;
  3. The participant may cease to be eligible for the Certificate of Internship;
  4. The participant shall ordinarily cease to be eligible for performance-based internship perks; and
  5. Any other consequences specifically notified in relation to the Programme may apply.

PART XIV — TECHNICAL AND OPERATIONAL MATTERS

32. INTERNET AND DEVICE REQUIREMENTS

As this is a virtual Internship Programme, interns are responsible for arranging:

  • A suitable internet connection;
  • A functional device;
  • Access to WhatsApp;
  • Access to the designated meeting platform; and
  • The ability to open and submit standard document formats.

Individual internet or device failures shall not ordinarily constitute an obligation upon LawFoyer to repeat an entire live session.

Recordings, where available, may be used for academic catch-up.

33. SESSION RECORDING AND SCREENSHOTS

Interns shall not independently record, livestream or redistribute a training session without prior authorisation.

Screenshots, photographs or excerpts from sessions shall not be used in a misleading, defamatory, commercial or unauthorised manner.

LawFoyer may record sessions for educational, quality, administrative or programme-related purposes.

Where appropriate, participants may be informed that the session is being recorded.

PART XV — GENERAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS

34. NATURE OF THE PROGRAMME

The Programme is an educational and practical internship-training initiative.

Participation in the Programme shall not by itself:

  • Constitute employment;
  • Create an employer-employee relationship;
  • Constitute a promise of future employment;
  • Guarantee placement;
  • Guarantee an external internship;
  • Guarantee publication;
  • Guarantee a Letter of Recommendation; or
  • Guarantee selection as a Best Intern.

Performance-based opportunities shall remain subject to their separately applicable criteria.

35. CHANGES TO FACULTY OR MENTORS

The names of mentors, trainers or speakers associated with the Programme may be changed where professional commitments, emergencies or operational circumstances require.

Where reasonably possible, LawFoyer shall endeavour to ensure that the Programme continues with suitably qualified professionals.

A change of mentor or speaker shall not invalidate participation in the Programme.

36. MODIFICATION OF SCHEDULE

LawFoyer reserves the right to reasonably:

  • Reschedule a session;
  • Change a session date;
  • Change a session timing;
  • Change the meeting platform;
  • Combine or divide sessions;
  • Modify an assignment;
  • Extend a deadline;
  • Modify programme activities; or
  • Make other operational adjustments

where required for effective administration of the Internship Programme.

Relevant changes shall be communicated through the official Internship WhatsApp Group or another designated official channel.

37. NO GUARANTEE REGARDING SPECIFIC OUTCOMES

The learning outcomes of an internship depend significantly upon the intern’s own participation, preparation, practice and effort.

LawFoyer does not guarantee that participation alone will result in:

  • Employment;
  • Professional qualification;
  • Regulatory certification;
  • Mastery of data-protection law;
  • Selection by an employer;
  • Publication; or
  • Any particular professional or academic result.

38. PROFESSIONAL AND LEGAL DISCLAIMER

Training materials, hypothetical problems, mentor discussions and compliance exercises provided during the Programme are intended primarily for educational and professional training purposes.

They should not be treated as a substitute for:

  • Independent legal advice;
  • Professional privacy consulting;
  • Regulatory advice; or
  • Advice concerning a specific organisation or factual situation.

Any simulated client organisation used during the Programme is intended to facilitate practical learning unless specifically stated otherwise.

39. FORCE MAJEURE AND UNFORESEEN CIRCUMSTANCES

LawFoyer shall not be responsible for delay, postponement or disruption resulting from circumstances reasonably beyond its control, including:

  • Internet or platform outages;
  • Natural disasters;
  • Government restrictions;
  • Medical emergencies;
  • Serious technical failures;
  • Unforeseen professional commitments of speakers;
  • Public emergencies; or
  • Other force majeure circumstances.

Where reasonably practicable, alternative arrangements shall be communicated to interns.

40. INTERPRETATION

If any ambiguity arises regarding the interpretation or application of these Guidelines, the interpretation adopted by Team LawFoyer for administration of the Internship Programme shall apply, subject to applicable law.

Any exception, relaxation or concession granted in an individual case shall not automatically create a precedent or entitlement for other participants.

41. AMENDMENT OF GUIDELINES

LawFoyer may make reasonable amendments to these Guidelines where necessary for:

  • Academic improvement;
  • Regulatory reasons;
  • Operational requirements;
  • Technical requirements;
  • Protection of participants;
  • Programme administration; or
  • Any other legitimate programme purpose.

Material changes affecting ongoing interns shall be communicated through the official Internship WhatsApp Group or another designated communication channel.

PART XVI — IMPORTANT COMPLETION MATRIX

RequirementCertificate of InternshipCertificate of Excellence / LOR Consideration
Internship RegistrationMandatoryMandatory
Live Session AttendanceMinimum 80%100% Mandatory
Where 8 sessions are heldAt least 7/88/8
Mandatory AssignmentsAll must be completedAll must be completed properly
Capstone Project, if prescribedMandatoryMandatory
Compliance with DeadlinesRequiredStrongly assessed
Quality of WorkSatisfactoryExcellent
Professional ConductMandatoryMandatory
Participation & EngagementExpectedAssessed
Mentor/Evaluator AssessmentSatisfactoryExcellent overall assessment
Automatic entitlement?Only after meeting completion requirementsNo — merit-based selection

PART XVII — KEY POINTS EVERY INTERN MUST REMEMBER

  1. The Programme is of one-month duration.
  2. There will ordinarily be eight live training sessions.
  3. Sessions will usually be conducted on weekends, generally during evening hours.
  4. The exact session schedule and related details will be communicated through the official WhatsApp Group.
  5. Interns must complete the mandatory registration process and use their allotted Intern ID, wherever required.
  6. Minimum 80% live attendance is mandatory for the Certificate of Internship.
  7. Where eight sessions are conducted, an intern must ordinarily attend at least seven sessions.
  8. All mandatory assignments must be completed for successful completion of the Internship Programme.
  9. Recordings will ordinarily be provided, but watching a recording does not ordinarily substitute live attendance.
  10. Interns must maintain professional behaviour with mentors, organisers and fellow interns.
  11. Plagiarism, fabricated research, proxy attendance and unauthorised sharing of recordings are prohibited.
  12. Certificate of Excellence and Letter of Recommendation are reserved for Best Interns.
  13. To be considered for the Certificate of Excellence/LOR, 100% live-session attendance and proper completion of all mandatory assignments are minimum requirements.
  14. Meeting those minimum requirements does not automatically guarantee a Certificate of Excellence or LOR; overall performance will be evaluated.
  15. Performance-based opportunities, including any Top-3 offline internship opportunity, remain subject to final evaluation and applicable conditions.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT AND ACCEPTANCE

By registering for and participating in the LawFoyer One-Month Virtual Internship Training Programme in Data Privacy Law and Compliance, the intern confirms that they have read, understood and agreed to comply with these Internship Guidelines and Terms and Conditions.

Every intern is expected to approach the Programme with professionalism, integrity, curiosity, discipline and a genuine willingness to learn and apply the principles of privacy law and regulatory compliance.

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