SMU School of Law alumnus Mr Pravin Thevar was featured in a Straits Time article. Now a commercial litigator with Gabriel Law Corporation, he said that he used to get into trouble with the discipline master at school and liked the idea of "fighting for himself". While he enjoys the complexity of commercial litigation and admits it pays better, he has always wanted to try his hand at criminal law. So he started volunteering with the Law Society last year and has taken on about 10 criminal cases so far. "You really meet a lot of different people. Volunteering gives you perspective on how fortunate you are... It makes me wonder how the accused persons would have turned out if they had access to the same opportunities many of us take for granted," he said.
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The Straits Times
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