H. L. Mencken (1880 - 1956)
I have been, over the past few days, attending some law programme for JC students. Yes, that does explain my absence from school and an excuse for not handing in my homework (snickers). Well, it is really interesting to hear and see for one's self the legal profession. I have got to tell you, the pay is really really good. The pricing for 1 hour consultations for some firms may well be in the thousands. $.$ However, the work you have to put in is definitely, if not more, than what one is paid. I'm currently attached to Rajah and Tann LLP (one for the largest and best law firms there is in Singapore *fanfare in the distance). I guess this firm really does take the staffs' welfare into consideration. There are gaming consoles, foosball, pool tables and a cafe made available for the lawyers to enjoy. In fact, there is free breakfast and lunch available for the lawyers at the cafe (interns get only a free breakfast and the menus change daily, by the way :(. But hey! The food is free anyway! :)). These are supposedly tools to help the rather busy lawyers socialise in a less formal setting. Well, we interns use these amenities to satisfy our needs for constant entertainment.
My friends in the other firms, who got to accompany their mentors to court, told me that some times when a lawyer has so many things to carry to court, he would take a cab to court despite the court being just a across the Singapore river. Well, I for one, did get to see the Supreme Court for myself too! The flying saucer is really just a viewing gallery and the courtrooms are not like what you'd see on the telly. The lawyers practically speak with this unfazed, tranquil tone into the microphones. You do not get the expected yelling and tension. The tension one experiences is those really scary sort of tension due to that cold calm tone of the lawyers.
All in all, the programme is really an eye-opener. It's really so cool and exciting that words cannot convey it. By the way, I made new friends through the programme! There are really cool people from all sorts of schools all over Singapore! Shaun of Hwa Chong Institution and his friend Margaux (french name!!!) thought that Zafran and I were RJCians! Well, Z and I are, however, from SRJC (super raffles junior college), some private school somewhere near Pedra Branca (it's one of those places you can use to get that 'timbuktu' feeling). In the practice group (aka department)that Z and I were posted to was a PJC guy named Demas. Interesting dude with rather cool braces. Yes, I have something for braces, fingers, hairstyles and colours. Truth be known, the fingers are the sexiest body part to me. :P
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