The craft of legal research
Legal research connects Parth Singh’s Supreme Court clerkship, litigation experience and scholarship. His work has included identifying authorities, preparing matter summaries and assisting legal drafting.
Judicial research · 2021–2022
As Law Clerk-cum-Research Assistant in Justice M. M. Sundresh’s office, Parth worked on legal research, brief summaries of matters and assigned drafting tasks. The appointment ran from September 2021 to September 2022.
An illustrative research sequence
Define the question → read the authorities → explain the analysis. This editorial illustration describes a general reading sequence: frame the issue, identify the sources supporting a proposition and show how the conclusion follows. It is not an account of internal court practice.
Research in a scholarly archive
Publication records add another layer: an author’s argument has a title, credited authors, version and research date. The sentencing and right-to-silence articles provide publisher-linked starting points for Parth’s writing on criminal justice.
From clerkship to practice
The Indian litigation chapter follows later dispute-management, writ and bail work. The timeline places these professional roles alongside advanced study at Columbia.
Sources
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Supreme Court clerkship · Indian litigation · Selected scholarship
Illustration: original editorial artwork prepared for Parth Singh.