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Originally Posted by Unregistered Guest
Hi guys, a former Temasek Poly Diploma in Law graduate here. I have many well to do friends who didn't meet the criteria to enter local law schools and went to the UK to study law. Most of them went to low-tiered law schools which eventually got struck out by Minlaw.
I'm just wondering if anyone working in law firms can share how is the legal market now? There was an article by ST reported that some firms are not paying their trainees.
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The market is definitely in favour of the law firms now, and the law firms are taking advantage of that, especially the smaller ones. Doesn't help that there are law students desperate enough to accept pupillage without an allowance. Based on what I hear, small firms pay around $3.5 - 4k, mid firms can be anything from $4k - 5, and big4/baker/cc is $5.6k upwards.
I know a few TP grads who went onto the lower-tiered schools and as far as I know none of them made it to big4/baker/cc. The only way to get into a top firm is top grades and/or connections. Tale as old as time.