PracticeLab Fellowship
PracticeLab Fellowship
A 5-week practical law fellowship designed to help emerging legal professionals research, draft, advise, communicate, and build work that can be evaluated, published, and showcased.
Offered by LL.B Mania in collaboration with the Startup Cell and Incubation Centre, Chanakya National Law University, Patna.
Built around evidence of skill.
The PracticeLab Fellowship 2026 is designed to bridge the gap between legal education and professional practice through structured, hands-on learning.
While many law students possess a strong theoretical understanding of the law, relatively few receive opportunities to develop practical legal skills, engage with contemporary legal issues, receive structured feedback, and create work that demonstrates their capabilities to prospective employers and professional networks.
Rather than focusing on passive learning or certificate collection, the fellowship is centred on demonstrable skills and tangible outcomes. Fellows will research, analyse, draft, communicate, and present legal solutions to practical challenges while receiving mentorship and structured feedback throughout the programme.
Five modules. One practice-ready journey.
Click each module to explore the skills and assignments covered during the fellowship.
- Identifying and framing the legal and commercial issues faced by the client.
- Researching applicable laws, statutes, rules, regulations, and judicial precedents.
- Applying relevant legal provisions to the client’s factual matrix.
- Drafting sample legal memoranda and legal opinions based on practical propositions.
- Drafting a unilateral Non-Disclosure Agreement.
- Reviewing a Service Agreement for an early-stage startup.
- Identifying data privacy and contractual gaps and preparing suitable recommendations.
- Drafting a Consultant Agreement for a small or medium-sized enterprise.
- Drafting a sample client advisory email.
- Preparing a concise one-page legal note for senior management or the Board of Directors.
- Writing a client-focused short article on technology law, artificial intelligence law, or commercial law.
- Assessing a dispute and identifying causes of action, remedies, jurisdiction, limitation, and evidentiary requirements.
- Preparing a case chronology, statement of facts, list of issues, and preliminary litigation strategy.
- Drafting and reviewing a legal notice and a response to a legal notice.
- Developing a dispute-resolution strategy across negotiation, mediation, arbitration, and litigation.
- Building a credible and distinctive professional identity in the legal industry.
- Optimising LinkedIn profiles and developing an effective digital networking strategy.
- Creating engaging legal content for LinkedIn and Instagram.
- Converting cohort assignments and legal research into posts, carousels, and short-form content.
Focused. Selective. Outcome-led.
A compact online format designed to combine guided learning, assignments, feedback, participation, and final submissions.
Duration
5 weeks of structured learning and practical assignments.
Mode
Delivered online for accessible and flexible participation.
Batch Size
A selective cohort of approximately 25–30 fellows.
Certification
Based on attendance, assignments, participation, and final submissions.
Work that speaks for you.
The fellowship helps participants move from theoretical familiarity to demonstrable professional capability.
Identify issues, find the law, and apply it to practical facts.
Create legal documents with commercial and client context in mind.
Present legal advice in clear, concise, and usable formats.
Transform selected work into portfolio-ready and digital content.
Ready to make law practical?
Applications are selective and participation is subject to the fellowship’s eligibility, assignment, and engagement requirements.