Definition and objectives
Internships are educational experiences aimed at allowing students to enhance the knowledge acquired during their university years by practical application. They consist of a period spent working in an institution, association, court, company, or law firm, to acquire specific professional skills and become more competitive in the labour market.
Please note the following:
- Working activities will not be recognized as internship or in CFU credits
- For the opportunity of internship activities via the Erasmus Placement Programme, please refer to the calls for application on the following website
Admission requirements - Five-year degree course in Law
Internships are open to the students of the five-year degree course in Law who have acquired at least 180 ECTS credits. This notwithstanding, a student may lodge his or her application before meeting the above requirements.
Admission requirements - CEILS programme
Internships are open to all students enrolled in the CEILS programme who have acquired the ECTS credits equivalent to the first year of study (54 ECTS credits). This notwithstanding, a student may lodge his or her application before meeting the above requirements.
Italian laws prohibit the recognition of an internship, for working students, in relation to a period spent at the institution or company which regularly employs him or her. However, in order not to be penalised, such students may agree with their supervisor upon alternative options, which may consist of an analysis of one or more issues relating to their work activity and which are of relevance for his or her study programme.
Admission requirements - GLaM programme
There are no specific requirements enrolled students need to meet in order to start the internship, subject to the procedures defined by the JobGuidance office, indicated below.
Special cases
- Previous work experience is not recognised as an accredited internship.
- According to explicit legal provisions, working students are prohibited from completing an internship at the institution or company where they are already employed under a regular employment contract. However, to avoid disadvantaging working students, they are given the opportunity to undertake training activities other than internships. These activities are agreed on a case-by-case basis with a Faculty Tutor and consist of an in-depth study of a topic that is particularly relevant to their course of study.
- As a partial exception, civil service work may replace the curricular internship.
- The procedure for internships abroad is different and linked to the mobility programme in which they are carried out. For more information, see the Traineeship abroad web page.
There is a specific activation procedure for the Early Internship in Legal Practice, available at the appropriate link.
Choosing the internship
Before starting the internship, request procedures, students must identify a potential hosting institution. There are two viable options:
- selecting, among the institutions which have sent their internship proposal to the University’s Job Guidance Service, the one which fits the student’s profile and interests best. This is done by checking the University’s internship database or, in the case of internships directly managed by the University, by keeping a watch on existing calls;
- if the research proves to be unfruitful, a student may independently identify a potential host institution. If he or she finds one, he or she will have to verify the existence of an internship agreement between the University and such institution and, if none exists, to activate the procedure to stipulate one.
Activating and closing the internship
To activate/close the chosen internship, students must refer to the Job Guidance Office and to the estabilished procedures listed here (activation) or here (ending).
Duration and ECTS Credits to be awarded - Five-year degree course in Law
- 2 Credits: 4 Weeks part time
- 3 Credits: 6 Weeks part time
- 4 Credits: 4 Weeks Full time o 8 Weeks part-time
- 5 Credits: 5 Weeks Full time o 10 Weeks part-time
- 6 Credits: 6 Weeks Full-time o 12 Weeks part-time
- 7 Credits: 7 Weeks Full time o 14 Weeks part-time
- 8 Credits: 8 Weeks Full time o 16 Weeks part-time
- 9 Credits: 12 Weeks Full time o 24 Weeks part-time
Duration and ECTS Credits to be awarded - GLaM course
- 2 Credits: 4 Weeks part time
- 3 Credits: 6 Weeks part time
- 4 Credits: 4 Weeks Full time o 8 Weeks part-time
- 5 Credits: 5 Weeks Full time o 10 Weeks part-time
- 6 Credits: 6 Weeks Full-time o 12 Weeks part-time
Duration and ECTS Credits to be awarded - CEILS course
- 3 Credits: 3 Weeks full-time o 6 Weeks part-time
- 6 Credits: 6 Weeks full-time o 12 Weeks part-time
- 9 Credits: 9 Weeks full-time o 18 Weeks part-time
Legend:
Part-time: 10 to 20-hour working week.
Full-time: 21 to 40-hour working week.
For working students, the above-mentioned total number of monthly hours is not mandatory
Internships carried out abroad may be granted waivers, in accordance with the student's University tutor.
For further information, please contact the Job Guidance Office.