Polak enrolled in Université de Montréal, earning a degree in law in 1958 and passed the Quebec Bar.
[1] From 1971 to 1976, Polak served as vice-president of the Conference of Municipal Judges of Quebec.
In 1974, he was named a legal councilor of the Crown and was president of the Canada-Holland Chamber of Commerce in 1977.
In the 1989 Quebec general election, Polak chose not to run again after he was passed up for a ministerial position.
[1] Polak's son, Michael, also a lawyer, serves as the Honorary Consul General of the Netherlands in Montreal.