
12/09/2025
Judicial internships are gateways to the legal profession. Yet in India, access remains a privilege, not a right. This article examines how informal networks, opaque processes and structural inequalities shape who gets these career-defining opportunities. It explores how this hierarchy contradicts constitutional ideals, threatens diversity and risks disconnecting the judiciary from the people it serves. Drawing on global parallels, national precedents and proposed reforms, it asks a crucial question: can the judiciary, the guardian of equality, lead by example in democratising its own entry points?
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