 The elections to the Seimas that finally took place in 1936 did not live up to democratic standards, with opposition parties outlawed in 1935 and opposition candidates, including Sleževičius, prevented from standing.Sleževičius was a prominent lawyer in inter-war Lithuania.After the coup, he worked as a lawyer for various organizations, was a member (from 1925) and the Chairman (from 1938) of the Lithuanian Council of Lawyers.