legal clinic was beyond awesome.
i think its super useful for all the lawyer stuff we hv to do in the future.
and to think the only reason i put it down in the first place is under a suggestion fr one of my og mates.
i think amidst all this mugging,it really gives meaning to what we are gonna do in the future.
awrites! back to mugging!

btw.that pic is just a toy ship- a gift i bought for someone but forgot to give-.-cant rmb who it was.

edited: a more comprehensive account of my experience in the legal clinic.

i think there is a restricted amount that i can reveal,but it is really a whole new experience for me.the most useful out of all the activities imo.cos u really get to experience real lawyers.

so yeah the lawyers are basically probono volunteers who come down weekly to provide free legal advice.and we are supposed to handle registration;photocopy the ICs...etc.there was another NUS girl and a couple more SMU year 3s ( i though they were profesional receptionists at first,LOL,but it seems like they have been volunteering here for quite some time.hopefully i will too)

but then the highlight of our job scope was actually bringing the clients into the rooms, and sitting in a corner taking notes about the questions and answers.each session lasted twenty minutes and we had to go around knocking on doors reminding some people of the time constraints as they tended to ramble about their problems to the lawyers.the volunteers noted that it was rare that tonight all the lawyers were male O.O apparently females are supposed to be more kind hearted? haah!i managed to sit in with each of the lawyers.

well i wont say much about the clients ( i dont know how else to refer to them so clients it shall be) but i can say that you can find many stereotypes as portrayed in drama serial,mediacorp really wasnt exaggerating after all!there would be the scolding uncle...the rich spoiled child who committed a traffic offence on his father's sports car...the single mother who was estranged from her ex husband and worried over the custody of her child...these problems in society,although cliched perhaps are recurring and very real,and it makes me glad that i was given such a oppurtunity to experience it.

*which leads me to wonder,lawyers arent really that different from psychologists after all,except that we are equipped with the skills of how to fix problems rather than the biological background of the problem,the former which is more useful in my opinion as it can efficiently solve the problems of a wider range of people.I realized that communication is paramount in being a lawyer,which makes me grateful that i *ahem* like to talk,even though what is being said is another matter.another point noted is that as lawyers you have to be really sharp and well versed in the areas of expertise such that u can help people with their problems