Sakshi Uppal

Key responsibilities and achievements:

• Prepared relevant notes and reports with a view to brief and assist my senior appointed as an advocate by the Delhi Assembly and Committee on Peace and Harmony.
• Assisted my senior as a legal advisor of Peace and Harmony Committee of Legislative Assembly of NCT of Delhi in preparing a legal questionnaire for the deposition of Mr. Shivnath Thukral – Public policy director of Meta platforms formerly known as Facebook Inc. in relation to the Writ Petition Ajit Mohan & Ors vs Delhi Legislative Assembly and Ors filed before the Hon’ble Supreme Court.
• Extensively researched on issues pertaining to the extremely calamitous Delhi Riots of February 2020
• Intensive study about the Meta platforms and their community standards
• Assisted in challenging various civil writ petitions related to judiciary and civil services exams including Madhya Pradesh civil services, Haryana civil services, etc.
• Consulted with and advised clients on the best tactics to take as per the requirement of the cases with due diligence from my senior.
• Taking briefs from the clients for understanding the proposition of the case. Contemplating the summary of the cases and extensively researching on the relevant precedents.
• Legal Drafting with assistance from my senior.
• Analyzing legal information and proofreading material for errors
• Preparing for court trials or any other legal proceedings. Precisely preparing a brief of each and every case and run through the same before the proceedings. Prepared concise and comprehensive memoranda summarizing key research for clients.
• Researching laws and regulations and delivering reports and analysis to my senior within the defined timeframe
• Preparing detailed reports as instructed with the given paragraph numbers and page numbers for clear understanding.
• Profound knowledge of legal research techniques followed by legal writing related to all the matters being Bail matters, matrimonial disputes of criminal nature, Writ petitions, criminal defamation complaints, intellectual property, Notices, parole, etc.
• Quickly learned new skills and applied them to daily tasks, improving efficiency and productivity.
• Contacted clients to schedule appointments and discuss progress of cases.
• Assigned work to other interns and proofreading their submissions for errors if any.

• Took part in meetings both internal and at clients' locations.
• Organized legal filing system to maximize efficiency.
• Participated in and took notes during meetings.

• Thorough study of the financial accounts
• Analyzing the books of accounts using KPMG tools
• Timely coordination with the Onshore team to meet their expectations and ensure quality of work to be in line with what is required
• Meeting the strict deadlines of the client
• Well acquaintance with MS Excel and MS Word.