The Young Leaders Externship Advancement Programme (YLEAP-Australia) is one of the Centre for India Australia Studies’ flagship initiatives. YLEAP-Australia provides opportunities for students in India to undertake an internship in an Australia company or Government Department. YLEAP-India provides opportunities for Australian students to undertake an internship in India.

To date, the CIAS has organised internships for numerous students from India and Australia in the following organisations:

• Commonwealth Attorney General's Department, Canberra
• Corrs Chambers Westgarth, Melbourne
• Mitry Lawyers, Sydney
• Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas & Co, Delhi
• Nishith Desai Associates, Delhi and Bangalore
• Outline India , New Delhi
• Carnegie , New Delhi

Internship at Mitry Lawyers, Sydney.

JGLS alumni, Soham Shirish, Pandit participated in an international internship at Mitry Lawyers in in Sydney in September 2019


International Internships at Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas, New Delhi, India.

Deakin University student Nick McConville participated in an International Internship at Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas in Feb 2019


International Internships at Outline India, New Delhi, India.

Australian National University students Gabriella Pirintji, Niroshnee Ranjan and Zoee Mylordis, participated in an International Clerkship at Outline India in Jan - Feb 2019


International Internships at Carnegie, New Delhi, India.

Australian National University students Sarah Allan and Madeleine Sinnis, participated in an International Clerkship at Carnegie India in Jan - Feb 2019


International Internships at Nishith Desai Associates, New Delhi, India


Monash Law School student Peter Keeran, participated in an International Internships at Nishith Desai Associates in September 2018

International Internship at Corrs Chambers Westgarth, Melbourne.

JGLS student Tanushri More, participated in an International Internship at Corrs Chambers Westgarth, Melbourne in July 2018

JGLS students Kuladeep Medasani, Ritwik Dwivedi and Pulkit Dhawan participated in an Internship at the Commonwealth Attorney General's Department, Canberra in December 2017

Internship at the Mitry Lawyer's, Sydney.


JGLS students Nirav Bakshi and Sakshi Singh participated in an Internship at the Mitry Lawyer's, Sydney July 2018