While much of the substance of your post may contain valid points, you forget that many people aren't likely to be nepos. So no luxury to get into that kind of work. They actually may need to bring food to their own (and in many cases are expected to bring food to their families') table(s) by entering the legal profession.

Absolutely correct. Not so absurd if you're an adult in the real world. At the end of the day, especially in corporate, the employer wants you to be "yes people !" They just want you to come, work and gtfo. That's it. They don't want the creativity, the solution, the logic, they've got other people for it. So who do they choose ? Someone who's a well rounded individual? Who's studied, played, parties and become an open minded individual ? No, no, no..cause these kids will be the first to call out any injustice or lag in the machinery. So they naturally go for the kid who kept their head down and towed the line. They one who was told to follow a path and work accordingly. Also they know most internships in India suck balls, they're just CV filing paperwork. However the opposite spectrum is true as well, kids just want money for work and chill playing ps5 and watching netflix. They don't want the grind of working as an advocate, NGO or research as it doesn't pay well and they're not in it for the passion.

So if you want to really want to work, join the chambers, join an ngo or work in a research institute. But if you just want mindless work, where you're paid money and chill at home, then continue being a corporate slave.

This is so absurd, especially when you consider the contrast between the sort of work carried out at firms v/s the mostly redundant stuff you're taught in college. Why such a blind reliance on grades alone, cause they indicate how likely one is to put their head down and get the work done?

Nope. I got in a tier 1 law firm with zero internships; but obviously it was cause I was a gold medalist from my batch, did some moots and some publications. However things have gotten more competitive, so do atleast 2-3 internships in areas you want to work in especially if it's corporate.

Well, let us hope that any internship you end up bagging at least helps you to learn basic English grammar. I mean to say, "Do internship teach us anything" as a thread title, when it should be "Do internships teach us anything", is, as my dad would say, "pretty ordinary". And to add insult to injury, your thread title doesn't even contain a question mark!

1. You may not necessarily learn substantive law through an internship, though it could assist you in learning and applying what you have learned in law school, or even in learning some soft and hard skills (how the law works in practice vs. in theory).

2. They'll make you start from 'Level 0' anyway.

3. The main advantage for somebody who has interned compared to someone who hasn't is that the former can show themselves to be more job-ready (see no. 1 above) vs. those who have only learned law in theory.

NB: All of this comes about only if the internship programme is well conducted, and not one where interns are regarded as glorified coffee servers (which is the case at many law firms in India, unfortunately).

Do interns really learn some law which would be useful after them become associates or they would have to begin from level zero ?

Do people who have interned have any benefits over those who haven't ?

Except learning the culture, teamwork is there substantial knowledge of law involved too ?

Can I get a good job and learn on the job without internships ?