Justice Shri H.L. Dattu, Chairperson, NHRC has said that a lot of money of tax payers is spent on the education of the law students and hence, they owe a responsibility towards them. However, instead of helping the people in their issues of litigation, many of them join lucrative corporate or law firm jobs doing mostly desk work on the computers. He said that corporate jobs may be well paying but the real thrill of the legal profession lies in the litigation side. Justice Shri Dattu was speaking at the valedictory function of one month long summer internship programme of the NHRC.
Justice Dattu said that since most of the interns were the students of law, he expected them to make the best use of their exposure to various aspects of human rights during the internship by being compassionate and helpful to those who are in trouble and difficulty. He urged them to be architects of their fate and become not only good lawyers but also good human beings.
Fifty students, shortlisted from a number of applicants from the universities and colleges in different parts of the country, completed the internship. Four interns shared the first, second and third award of best interns having prize money of fifteen thousand rupees.
NHRC Members Justice Shri D. Murugesan and Shri S. C. Sinha, Secretary General, Shri S. N. Mohanty, J.S. (T&R), Shri J. S. Kochher and other senior officers were present on the occasion.