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Old 22-08-2020, 04:44 PM
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It depends on what you bring to the table.

As someone looking to join the industry without any knowledge or experience, the truth is that you will not earn much. Consider that a fresh grad trainee lawyer gets an allowance (not pay) of between 1k - 2.5k depending on which firm they join.

As a fresh entrant without industry knowledge or experience - you would be looking at 1.5-2k per month.

If you are a litigation seccy, once you conquer e-litigation, icms, drafting of simple letters, billing and accounting for files, calculation of disbursements, ect, ect.... you can move up to 4-5k pretty quickly (i'd say after 2-3 years). If you work for a stingy firm and they don't want to pay you decently after 2-3 years, you're probably good enough to take your skills elsewhere at that point in time.

Conveyancing seccys can also earn quite a bit. Unfortunately, it is difficult to find a place willing to teach. If you do, you should take it first. Once you gain a couple of years experience, you can easily command more than 5k.

Please note that these are pre-covid numbers.
Yep, but you must note that the general paralegal's salary will never go much above the average 1st year PQE (6k-ish). If you are really good and stay really long, you're still looking at a 6-7k cap.

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