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GUIDES TO THE UNIVERSITY

2017-2018 A.Y.
Integrated Master of Arts in Giurisprudenza (5-y; Law)



2.4.
Curricular Internships

The Integrated Master of Arts in Giurisprudenza [Law] (CLMG) allows students to include an educational internship experience apprenticeship/training (from now internship) or similar activity, worth 6 credit points, in their study plans. As an alternative to the internship, students can enter an elective course only. It is possible to participate in other internship (not worth credit points) experiences during your studies or after graduation, which do not have curricular value and for which the information in the following paragraphs and sections does not apply: Duration, Positioning, Internship Recognition, Other activities recognized in lieu of internships.
In this chapter, "curricular intership" exclusively stands for curricular internship with credit points.

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2.4.1.
Curricular Internship characteristics

Curricular internships must satisfy the following characteristics involving duration, objectives and contents, location and positioning.


Duration

  • Minimum 12 weeks, full-time if in Italy;
  • Minimum 10 weeks, full-time if abroad.


As for an exception, and always upon authorization of the Program Director Dean of the School of Law, a part-time internship can be approved only if it has a minimum duration of 16 weeks in Italy or abroad.
The number of weeks must be understood as continuous and non-cumulative.
For variations on duration see paragraph 2.4.5. Postponement, suspension, withdrawal/interruption.


Objectives and contents
The internship is an in-the-field training experience and not a labour contract whose regulations are valid in Italy and are set by the law (national and regional law) and by the University. The main objective of internships is to educate. They allow students to gain real professional experience while developing professional skills. They help students get their bearings in these areas and facilitate their professional choices. Students acquire direct knowledge of the continuously evolving world of work.

The contents of internships must be aligned with the educational objectives of the Program.
The in the field experience include a company tutor (professional expert) supporting the students.
 
Location
Internships may be taken - In Italy and abroad - in professional studies, firms structures, public and private institutions, professional studios, international organisms, diplomatic agencies, cultural institutions and other organizations (briefly defined as company).
Internships held on the premises of the participant's family property are not accepted.
Internships whose activities are held remotely are not accepted. The University keeps the right to evaluate the eligibility of the internship location.

Positioning
Students may participate in internships during their fifth year of studies.
Students may participate in an internship only after completing fourth-year lessons.

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2.4.2.
Finding internships and application

 Internships can be found through one of the following channels:

  • Markets and External Affair Division (see below);
  • School of Law Direction;
  • Students can have internships found via their one’s own channels recognized, at highly qualified companies only. In this case, the Program Director and the Internship Office will carefully monitor the internship request Students invite the company to put in contact through the University well in advance than the internship, by accessing the Jobgate Portal.

Markets and External Affairs Division promotes the internship opportunities in Italy and abroad through:
  • JobGate: an online platform matching supply and demand, updated on a daily basis;
  • Speciale Stage Curriculari Legal: program of curricular internships at legal studios;
  • Bocconi & Jobs Italy and abroad: career fair which allows Bocconi students to meet with numerous professional offices, companies and institutions from all sectors; every year a section of the event on-campus is addressed to legal studios;
  • Investment Bank Weekends - Meetings with the most important institutions of the sector;
  • Company meetings with employers on and off campus: presentations on programs for hiring potential candidates at companies; networking activities, individual recruiting meetings with company representatives (Drop-In);
  • Cv@B - online students and graduates cv books visible to and searchable by employers.
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2.4.3.
Formalization

Whatever channel is used to find an internship, the host company or organization in Italy and Bocconi sign an internship document entitled single internship agreement via the JobGate on the objectives and contents of the internship.
As the promoter of the initiative the University will prepare all the necessary legal documentation, check the quality of the training projects, and provide insurance coverage.

Once the trainee has been selected and the internship details have been agreed, the company fills out the internship document (entering data and contents) on the JobGate, by the Monday preceding the start of the internship. Internships always start on Monday.

The information relating to the internship are made viewable by the trainee on the JobGate so that he/she can check that the contents agreed upon by with the company during the interviews are coherent with the ones specified. The confirmation is valid as internship acceptance.

The Internship Office checks the training project and, after checking the coherence and the quality of its quality in accordance with the current laws, confirms the internship. The University can negotiate the contents and the conditions of the internship with the company and, in case of no agreement, can refuse to promote the internship.
If not, he/she can refuse to promote the internship.

Before starting the internship, the student must:
  • request advance authorization from the University and wait until it has been granted;
  • access the course “Internship...let’s go!” available under Extracurricular Courses on the Bocconi BBoard website.

On the first day of the internship, the company downloads the internship document from the JobGate and it is signed by the trainee together with a company legal representative or delegated party. The original document is promptly sent by the company to the Internship Office for having it signed by the University.

The trainee must ensure that the company sends original copy of the document to the University. When it is not returned, the internship cannot be considered as valid. The internship document, completed with all signatures, is uploaded on the JobGate portal of the University for being used by the company and by the trainee.

Also internships abroad are run by Internship Agreement, in compliance with the procedure described above.

However, internships can also be run with an internship contract or other document demonstrating practice educational experience according with the local laws where the internship experience is held. Such documentation must be sent well in advance by the trainee to the Internship Office through the Help&Contact procedure on the yoU@B Diary before the start of the internship. Internships which are not provided with such documentation cannot be recognised as internship.

For all internships carried out of Italy the students trainees must verify with the company regarding the methods for obtaining, if requested, the appropriate visa and any other needed document so that the internship can be carried out in compliance with the law of the hosting Country. If documentation of the University is also needed to support the visa request, the trainee can make reference to the cert@B procedure for the official certifications and to the Internship Office (through the Help&Contact procedure) for any ad hoc documents (see paragraph 4.8 “Certifications and documents”).

For all internships carried out out of Italy, before departure, the trainee sign an Indemnity (selecting a box on the Jobgate).
In such document the student declares to be aware that the University cannot ensure security and solvency of the institution and the country in which he freely decided to carry out the internship.

For some typologies of internships, at the middle of the internship, the trainee and the company tutor are invited to fill out the mid-term evaluation form. The trainee can view form filled out by the company tutor and can decide if authorize the tutor to view the form filled out.

Few time before the end of the internship the following end-of-internship documentation documents is are compulsorily required for validation purposes:
  • Evaluation form filled out by the student via the yoU@B student Diary together with the final report (this report is only for internships carried out abroad);
  • Evaluation form of the company tutor filled out on the JobGate. The evaluation by the company tutor includes the skills acquired.
The company, at the end of the internship and upon request of the trainee, must issue an internship certification.

The student has the responsibility to make sure that the tutor has filled out his/her form. All documents of end-of internship are available starting two weeks before the end of the internship.
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2.4.4.
Internship recognition (advance authorization and final validation)

All internship experiences must be previously approved so as to guarantee the quality and consistency with educational objectives of the Program. Internships are validated when completed for gaining the credit points.
In order to obtain the recognition of the internship please follow the instructions below.

Authorization in advance
After having viewed the internship on the JobGate and having confirmed it formally, the student must request the in-advance authorization, by accessing the area ‘My internships’ and clicking on ‘Request advance authorization’.
The request is automatically made viewable to the Program Director who can give his/her approval, reject it or, for more information, ask the studentto schedule a meeting . The student views the request outcome in the yoU@B in the ‘My internships’ area.
Notice: without advance authorization is not started as curricular internship.

Final validation
Once the internship is ended, the Program Director views the evaluation sheets filled out by the trainee and company tutor (end of internship document) respectively. The evaluation sheets will be analyzed carefully; for need of information, the Program Director can ask the student, to schedule a meeting. Once the final recognition has been obtained, the student can check the credit points recording in his/her academic career via the Punto Blu.

The University carries out checks during the internship of the student in order to verify the real running of the internship. In case the student is repeatedly not found the internship is annulled. The internship annulment communication is forwarded to the student, to the Program Director and to the host company/professional office.

In case of behavior contrary to the Honor Code or University regulations during the experience, students can be reported to the Disciplinary Board.

Internship recording
The internship is recorded by the deadline for the study plan completion set for the graduation. Generally, the internship must have been finished by that date.
Any uncompleted internships which have satisfied the minimum duration of time indicated above will still be recognized in the student's academic career. The recognition can be possible only if:
  • the student has to graduate before the end of the internship.
  • the student applies for a scholarship.
In this case, the end-of-internship documents must be completed and submitted within the time needed to record the internship in the student's academic career, as the set deadline for the completion of the study plan approaches (at least one week before).

In addition, the student must make an explicit request of recognition for the advance end of the internship to the Internship Office via the help&contact procedure.
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2.4.5.
Postponement, suspension, withdrawal/interruption

Postponment
It is possible to request before the end of the internship, request a postponement for a limit of 6 months of duration of the internship. The internship office carefully evaluates the reasons for the request. In case of internship carried out by a student, only if the company demonstrate that more time to reach the educational objective for the complexity of the project is needed, the University will evaluate the possibility to postpone the internship. In case of internship carried out by graduates, it is not possible (no way) postpone the internship over the 6 month the internship duration in the same company.
The postponement period must be communicated in advance by the company to the Internship office through the JobGate portal and the trainee must access the portal to confirm the postponement entered by the company on the portal.

Suspension
In agreement with Università Bocconi, a period of temporary suspension of the internship experience can be admitted (e.g. company closure, holiday) to be recovered at the end of the internship if this affects the minimum duration of the curricular internship. This period cannot be more than one month and must always be communicated in advance by the company to the Internship office thorugh the JobGate in the section ‘Internship duration changes’ in case it reaches 3 subsequent working days.

Withdrawal/Interruption
The withdrawal/interruption, with relating reasons, must be immediately communicated by the trainee to the University via the JobGate in the section ‘Internship duration changes’. Without serious reasons there will be limitations for accessing to a new internship (the new internship cannot be started before a month from the date of interruption of the previous internship).

For curricular internships, in case of the early interruption,if not authorized in advance by the Program Director, even if the requirement of the minimum duration has been met, the internship may not be recognized. The early authorization is given on the basis of assessment of all internship characteristics, including the duration.
The student forwards request of authorization to the internship interruption to the Program Director.
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2.4.6.
Contributions

As the internship is not a labour by Law, it is not paid. At their discretion companies can grant a monetary contribution.

Internships carried out aborad and not paid, for which no compensation is provided (no monetary contribution), scholarships can be given by Università Bocconi.

Depending on the specific internship requirement the following can be provided:
  • Fondo Sostegno Giovani scholarship
  • ERASMUS+ scholarship
  • ISU Bocconi scholarship for international mobility
  • Contribution for internships at the MAECI institutions (Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation)
  • Contribution for internships at international organizations

The Fondo Sostegno Giovani scholarship, the ERASMUS+ scholarship and the contribution for internships at the MAECI Institution are incompatible each other.
It is possible to cumulate the ISU Bocconi scholarship with one of the other types of contributions (no other combinations of the scholarships described above are possible).

There are also ISU Bocconi scholarships for internships at public institutions in Italy without indemnity.

For further information check the website: Scholarships for internships abroad.
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2.4.7.
Activities similar to the internship

Internships are the principal and priority educational activities aimed at aiding students in putting their studies into practice and in the choice of a profession, however there are also other activities which are defined as "similar activities" to internships including:

  • specialized work experience which have contracts that are different from those of internships. For example, temporary and permanent work positions. The rules already set for internships regarding duration, positioning and channels for finding such opportunities are applied to these experiences. In order to request the recognition students must, before or when the experience starts, send - via the Help&Contact procedure available on the yoU@B - copy of the contract signed with the company. The students will verify that the contract include the following information (or as an alternative he must provide it in attachment): name and company typology, field of the activity, number of employees, location, name and email address of a company reference person, period of the activity, decription of the activity and role. The internship office will enter the information relating to the activity similar to the internship via the JoBGate and the student will have to request the advance authorization to the Program Director, by entering ‘My internships’ area and clicking on ‘Request internship recognition’. At the end of the minimum of the duration for the internship recognition, students must upload, on ‘My internship’ in the ‘Attachments area’, a short report including information on the type of experience and a declaration by the company certifying the presence of the student at the company in the period specified on the request of recognition. After appropriate assessment the Program Director will proceed with the final recognition in accordance with the procedure specified in paragraph 2.4.4 Internship recognition; 
  • in-the-field projects (Moot) The Moot is an international competition. The recognition is carried out on the basis of a list provided to the Internship Office by the director of the in-the-field projects including those students who intend to have this activity recognized as similar to the internship and have completed this experience. 
  • Research field project. Activity promoted by a professor where the student is involved exclusively in a research activity to be carried out at a research center or a Department of the Univeristy. Assuming that this activity is considered as a prt-time experience, the minimum duration for internship recognition is 16 weeks and the maximum is 6 months. The procedure for authorization and recognition is the same as for the internships (see 2.4.4 Internship recognition) except for a final report on the activity carried out with paper documents or report to be uploaded on the JobGate at the end of the experience.
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2.4.8.
Early traineeship - Bar Examination

Starting on 20 February 2018, 6 of the 18 total months of the traineeship required by the regulations for gaining access to the bar examination can be completed during the last year of studies.

Requirements for applying for an early traineeship

Students who meet the following requirements can apply for an early traineeship:

  • enrolled in the fifth year (not enrolled beyond the duration of the program) of the Integrated Master of Arts in Law;
  • have earned credits in the following subject groups: Diritto privato [Private Law] (IUS/01), Diritto processuale civile [Civil Procedural Law] (IUS/15), Diritto penale [Criminal Law] (IUS/17), Diritto processuale penale [Criminal Procedural Law] (IUS/16), Diritto amministrativo [Administrative Law] (IUS/10), Diritto costituzionale [Constitutional Law] (IUS/08), Diritto dell’Unione Europea [European Union Law] (IUS 14);
  • have earned credits for all the educational activities in the 1st, 2nd and 3rd years and recorded them in their academic career.

In addition:

  • in the event that the student did not complete a study abroad experience in the fourth year: have earned credits for educational activities in the fourth year and recorded them in their academic career;
  • in the event that the student completed a long study abroad period in their fourth year (at least one semester): have earned at least 60 credits for educational activities in the fourth and fifth years and recorded them in their academic career.


Terms and conditions of validity

In order for the early traineeship to be valid, the following conditions must be met:

  • attainment of initial authorization;
  • duration of at least 6 calendar months and at least 288 hours and student participation in at least 12 hearings.
    If the student graduates before the end of the six months, the early traineeship shall be valid if it lasted at least 5 months and, in any case, at least 288 hours;
  • attainment of final validation;
  • graduation within 12 months after the end of the early traineeship;
  • confirmation of enrollment in the register of trainee lawyers within 90 days after graduation (the graduation certificate or equivalent document must be submitted to the Bar Association).

In addition, the traineeship must be formalized as an internship (see paragraph 4.4 Formalizing an Internship).

Detailed information on the regulations and procedures to follow for an early traineeship (admission requirements, conditions, roles, responsibilities, finding and formalizing a traineeship, documentation to submit to the Bar Association for authorization and steps for validation) are included in the Application Guide (italian version only) available on the Bocconi website.
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2.4.9.
Certifications and documents

To request certifications specifying the participation in an internship you must use the cert@B procedure available on the yoU@B Diary (see chapter 8 Certifications, self-declarations and Diploma Supplement), except for the documents described in the following paragraphs.
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2.4.9.1.
Declaration of internship completed

The student or graduate who musy request a document specifying the conclusion of an internship and can provide the address of the institution/company this document will be forwarded to, must access the Hel&Contact procedure on the yoU@B student Diary in order to request it and provide all useful information for the letterhead of the declaration.

In order to obtain such declaration, students/graduate must make sure that the two evaluation sheets (by the company tutor and by the trainee) have been filled out or they must attach copy of the end of internship certificate issued by the host company/institution to the request. Please notice that for declaration on the curricular value of the internship, it must have already been recorded in the academic career when making the request. Such declaration is exempted from the duty stamp "bollo".
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2.4.9.2.
Declaration (of enrolment or degree or other specific request) as a support of the application for an internship or for request of visa for internship in a foreign country

The student or a graduate can contact the Internship Office through the Help&Contact procedure available on the yoU@B Diary and address of the company/institution (diplomatic location/immigration office this declaration must be addressed to and the characteristics of the declaration. This declaration is exempted from the duty stamp "bollo".

Markets and External Affair Division
Internship Office
Piazza Sraffa, 11 - 20136 Milan
Help@Contact : available on the yoU@B Diary

Placement Library/Career Service Information Desk
Piazza Sraffa 11 - 20136
Ph. +39 02 5836 2711
placement.library@unibocconi.it
http://www.cs.unibocconi.eu/

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