CHENNAI: Law school can get you anything you want, from money, wealth and fame to even a fair deal on your apartment lease, going by what Sachin Malhar from LST, a company that train law school hopefuls for the entrance exams, says.

"Though you may not be given loans or credit cards, because if you refuse to pay, where will they take you, to court?" he said with a laugh.

He was speaking at an interactive session with law school aspirants where he introduced law as a profession, discussed Indian law education, career options once law school is done with and even gave his audience a glimpse of what life in law school is like. "The kind of comfort you have with the law once you graduate from law school... no one can mess with you," he said. In the session, he also gave samples of the kind of questions asked at law school entrance exams.Even though it was a Sunday morning, there were about 50-60 people present at the seminar at Narada Gana Sabha including parents who were keen to get their children into law school. It was an enlightening morning of political correctness and anecdotes with vague references to "certain gentlemen" that absolved the speakers of the possibility of any legal trouble (lawyers, remember?).

Being a lawyer is not just about yelling "objection your Honour" and dressing in black-and-white, "although these are fashionable colours at the moment in Mumbai", pointed out Sachin, adding, "It's not boring either. It isn't about Mr and Mrs Sharma battling it out in court over the second and third floor of their Noida building."

Litigation, which is what practising in court is called, is just one option. Then there's corporate law, work with international organisations, social work or even higher education at a foreign college, said Sachin. People join law college with different intentions; from making "money money money" to fighting for a cause they believe in or even just to have a good time. He didn't belittle any of these desires and said there was opportunity for all of the above at law school.

Sachin and Bhavin Patel (who also spoke at the seminar) are from the 2002 batch of National Law School of India University, Bangalore. LST was started in 1999 "as a guerrilla organisation from our hostel rooms" when they were in college.

They also run a website called lawentrance.com. For more details on LST, call 52074970 (CP Vasan).

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