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Old 05-09-2016, 12:38 AM
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Our Big4 law firms were pretty much finished when the QFLP scheme was launched. The same thing that happened to HK Biglaw (decline of local giants caused by rise of international behemoths) is now happening in SG. I suspect the legal scene in Singapore will look very different in 20 years' time.
I'm not sympathetic at all. Some of these partners live in their own bubble ivory tower.

Listen to their platitudes about the lawyer glut and how law graduates today are entitled and whiners.

They "conveniently" forgot that they rode the gravy train upwards when the economy was booming in the 80s and the 90s.

Some competition would be good. Many local firm partners don't even hold a candle to some of the senior associates in some international firms in terms of qualifications, exposure and client and employee management skills.

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I think lawyers are overpaid.

Why should they be paid so much? Why do they need to buy condos?

Do you agree?

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I think lawyers are overpaid.

Why should they be paid so much? Why do they need to buy condos?

Do you agree?
Ya lor why lawyers earn so much? I wan to comprain to my mp riao

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Is it worth being qualified as a lawyer simply because you have the degree? With the saturation of the market, and there is no passion in the industry, would it be advisable to work as something else?
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Ya lor why lawyers earn so much? I wan to comprain to my mp riao
i'll LOL if your MP was a lawyer
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Is it worth being qualified as a lawyer simply because you have the degree? With the saturation of the market, and there is no passion in the industry, would it be advisable to work as something else?

A useless rhetorical question.
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I like to quote Prof Walter Woon "Ambition (and passion) is not the substitute for abilities" . Reality check if you are struggling in law school or have been struggling in your studies most of your academic life. In law school we laughed about how easy PSLE and A Levels are and constrast those with our sad lives mugging for a bleak future.
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I like to quote Prof Walter Woon "Ambition (and passion) is not the substitute for abilities" . Reality check if you are struggling in law school or have been struggling in your studies most of your academic life. In law school we laughed about how easy PSLE and A Levels are and constrast those with our sad lives mugging for a bleak future.
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Thanks #1081 for some hard figures. This thread was fast becoming as useless & filled with wannabes as the SIM UOL one.

What's the year end bonus for Big 4 like, after removing the front load? I know its measley. Got 2 to 2.5 months?

Also, whats the bonus for MC / internationals here?
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I like to quote Prof Walter Woon "Ambition (and passion) is not the substitute for abilities" . Reality check if you are struggling in law school or have been struggling in your studies most of your academic life. In law school we laughed about how easy PSLE and A Levels are and constrast those with our sad lives mugging for a bleak future.
Do you remember a time when the chairman of A Star said that life sciences bachelor degree holders were only fit to wash test tubes in a lab? Sometime after they succeeded wildly in pushing impressionable kids to major in life sciences.

I think there's a moral lesson to be learnt here about government policy, bandwagons and the malleability of Singaporeans.
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