INTERNSHIP PRIMER

Summer Semester
June-July 2016

STEP 1: WHO can apply? STEP 3: WHERE to apply?

Only students who have completed at least two (2) years of the J.D. Curriculum are Submit resumes, cover letters, transcripts of records and all necessary documents to
qualified for apprenticeship. A student may apply for apprenticeship prior to such the firm/agency/office of your choice. (A database will be provided by your batch
completion provided that by the end of the semester in which the application is filed, representative)
he shall have completed at least two (2) years of the J.D. Curriculum
Once you've undergone interviews and you've been officially accepted in the firm for
STEP 2: WHAT forms are needed? apprenticeship, secure your Supervising Attorney's preliminary approval. i.e. to know
Go to Ms. Marissa at the 1st window of the Admin Office what to fill-up under “2. OFFICE NAME, ADDRESS AND PHONE NUMBER,
Secure these forms: SUPERVISING ATTORNEY’S NAME, and 3. PERIOD OF APPRENTICESHIP”
1. Student's Application (APR Form 1)
a. APR Form 1 original copy: white sheet WHO are allowed and who are disqualified by the ALS Apprenticeship Program to
be the Supervising Attorneys?
b. APR Form 2 duplicate copy: green sheet
See Rule 3(1) at the back of the white/green sheet
2. Supervising Attorney's Acceptance and Attestation (APR Form 2) : yellow
sheet
For students under the International Law Track, please refer to the list of
3. Supervising Attorney's Evaluation with Certificate of Completion (APR
recommended offices for tracked internship. No special list for Corporation Law and
Form 3) : blue sheet
Litigation tracks.
Note: this is a total of four (4) forms.
IF your selected firm/agency/office is not under Rule 3(1) and is not disqualified
IMPORTANT!
under Rule 3 (2)
You only get ONE free set of application forms
SECURE prior clearance from the Dean Vallente (for non-accredited firms)
ONE set of forms per firm/agency/office.
Each additional set costs 50Php
Ask the firm/agency/office to submit a letter addressed to Dean Vallente describing
their law firm, areas and specialties, scope of work for apprentice, duration of work
Proxies are allowed to claim the internship forms PROVIDED:
1. student represented must provide an authorization letter and other pertinent data that they may see fit.
2. proxy must first ask for the approval of Atty. Vallente, Associate Dean for
Student Affairs,if the internship is related to the track of the student

Only after Dean Vallente’s approval will Ms. Marissa allow the proxy to claim the
forms.
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STEP 4: WHERE to submit your duly accomplished WHO delivers APR Form 3 (blue) and the Certificate of Completion to Ms.
Marissa?
application forms? Either THEM or YOU personally PROVIDED they are sealed

After getting your preliminary approval, submit accomplished APR Form 1 in its
original copy (white) and its duplicate copy (green) to Dean Vallente for approval if
your internship can be credited as tracked.
After your application has been approved by Dean Vallente, submit white and green
forms to Ms. Marissa for Dean Candelaria’s approval.
APR Form 1 (white) will be handed back to you. Keep the original copy of the APR
Form 1 (white) and submit that to your Supervising Attorney.
NOTE: Proxies allowed BUT make sure your proxy has an authorization letter and
knows the details of your internship (i.e. company name, supervising attorney,
nature of your work, etc.) and your track and/or stream.
STEP 5: WHEN to take your apprenticeship?
ONLY during the summer break
Total hours required to complete the apprenticeship period is 240 hours. Equivalent
to 4 units
IMPORTANT NOTES:
-To avoid any delays, request for your TRANSCRIPT of records from the ADMIN as
soon as possible
-Most companies just ask for a photocopy of the original transcript of records. So for
the meantime, just request one original copy of your transcript of records from the
ADMIN
-To know if the firm you want to apply for is accredited or not, you can refer to the
List of accredited firms from the SC or ask Ms. Marissa at window 1
-PLEASE do not forget to follow up on your blue forms once you are done with your
required hours, most firms forget about this so BE DILIGENT. You may submit them
personally to the ADMIN office provided they are sealed or follow up with your
Supervising Attorney if he/she has already mailed it to the ALS.
- Important deadlines will be posted by Ms. Marissa and will be announced every
now and then by your batch representative.
-If you choose to do 120 hours only for this summer in a certain firm, you cannot do
the remaining 120 hours in the same firm.

A minimum of 120 hours during the summer break (2 units each)

APPENDIX I: Rules Governing Apprenticeship Program
see also back of Form 1
YOU ARE ALLOWED to complete the whole 240 hours in one summer break

In lieu of the tracking of internship, 240 hours can be credited even if your
APPENDIX II: List of Recommended Office for International
Supervising Attorney is under Rule 3(1)(e)[legal dept. of SEC, BOI, BOP, TTT, BIR, Law and Development Track
DOLE] and (f) [OSG, OGCC,OSP,OMB], or Rule 3(3)[not in the list of accredited
offices], PROVIDED, internship under mentioned Supervising Attorneys is tracked.

STEP 6: WHAT to do on the first day of work?

Give your Supervising Attorney APR Form 1 Original (white), APR Form 2 (yellow)
and APR Form 3 (blue) on your first day

The Supervising Attorney must indicate his formal acceptance of you as an applicant
by accomplishing APR Form 2 (yellow) and submitting it with the Ateneo Law
School within 10 days from your first day of work

WHO delivers APR Form 2 (yellow) to Ms. Marissa?

Either THEM personally or by mail or YOU personally

The Supervising Attorney must accomplish and send APR Form 3 (blue) within 30
days of completion of your apprenticeship in a sealed envelope addressed to the
Ateneo Law School

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APPENDIX I

APPENDIX II: (next page)

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LIST OF RECOMMENDED APPRENTICESHIP OFFICES / AGENCIES FOR THE
INTERNATIONAL LAW & DEVELOPMENT TRACK
(as of 26 May 2016)

International Economic Law

• Asian Development Bank
• Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas
• Department of Finance – International Finance Group
• Department of Foreign Affairs (Office of the Undersecretary for International
Economic Relations; Office of the Undersecretary for Policy or any of the offices
under it)
• Department of Labor and Employment – Institute for Labor Studies
• Employers Confederation of the Philippines (ECOP)
• House Committee on Trade and Industry
• Initiatives for Dialogue and Empowerment through Alternative Legal Services,
Inc. (IDEALS)
• International Labour Organization (ILO)
• Migrants Forum Asia (MFA)
• National Economic Development Authority (NEDA) – International Economics
Division
• Philippine Competition Commission
• Philippine International Trading Corporation (Corporate Governance Group-
Legal Affairs Department)
• Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA)
• Senate Committee on Trade, Commerce, and Entrepreneurship

International Environmental Law

• Alternative Law Groups, Inc. (ALG)
• BAN Toxics
• Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) – Legal Affairs
Service
• Environmental Legal Assistance Center, Inc. (ELAC)
• Foundation for the Philippine Environment (FPE)
• Greenpeace Philippines
• Health Justice Initiative
• House Committee on Ecology
• House Committee on Natural Resources
• Legal Rights and Natural Resources Center – Kasama sa Kalikasan – Friends of
the Earth-Philippines (LRC-KsK-FoE)
• Oceana Philippines
• Philippine Earth Justice Center (PEJC)
• Philippine Tropical Forest Conservation Foundation (PTFCF)
• Senate Committee on Climate Change
• Senate Committee on Environment and Natural Resources
 • Tanggol Kalikasan (TK)
• UN Evironment Programme (UNEP)
• Upholding Life and Nature (ULAN)
• World Wildlife Fund (WWF) – Philippines

International Human Rights Law

• Alternative Law Groups, Inc. (ALG)
• Ateneo Human Rights Center (AHRC)
• Children’s Legal Bureau (CLB)
• Department of Labor and Employment – Institute for Labor Studies
• Employers Confederation of the Philippines (ECOP)
• EnGendeRights, Inc.
• House Committee on Agrarian Reform
• House Committee on Human Rights
• House Committee on Indigenous Cultural Communities and Indigenous Peoples
• House Committee on Labor and Employment
• House Committee on Overseas Workers Affairs
• House Committee on Population and Family Relations
• House Committee on Welfare of Children
• House Committee on Women and Gender Equality
• Humanitarian Legal Assistance Foundation, Inc. (HLAF)
• Indigenous People’s International Center for Policy Research and Education
(Tebtebba)
• Initiatives for Dialogue and Empowerment through Alternative Legal Services,
Inc. (IDEALS)
• International Justice Mission (IJM)
• International Labour Organization (ILO)
• International Organization for Migration (IOM)
• Kaisahan Tungo sa Kaunlaran ng Kanayunan at Repormang Pansakahan
• Kanlungan Center Foundation, Inc.
• Legal Rights and Natural Resources Center – Kasama sa Kalikasan – Friends of
the Earth-Philippines (LRC-KsK-FoE)
• Migrants Forum Asia (MFA)
• Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA)
• Rainbow Rights Project, Inc.
• Senate Committee on Agrarian Reform
• Senate Committee on Cultural Communities
• Senate Committee on Health and Demography
• Senate Committee on Justice and Human Rights
• Senate Committee on Labor, Employment, and Human Resources Development
• Senate Committee on Women, Children, Family Relations, and Gender Equality
• Sente Committee on Social Justice, Welfare, and Rural Development
• Sentro ng Alternatibong Lingap Panligal (SALIGAN)
• Tanggapang Panligal ng Katutubong Pilipino (PANLIPI)
• UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF)
 • UN Development Programme (UNDP)
• UN Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN Women)
• UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)
• Women’s Legal and Human Rights Bureau (WLB)

Note: This is not an exhaustive list. Some of the organizations or agencies listed
above are not included yet in the list of accredited offices for the ALS Apprenticeship
Program. Students are advised to coordinate with the Office of Associate Dean
Vallente prior to sending any application.