It's actually quite worthwhile to be a Sinkie lawyer. Most Sinkie lawyers are obv frogs-in-the-well and don't realize this, but the barrier to entry to the legal profession in Singapore is actually one of the lowest in the world.

We only need to spend 5 years max. to qualify fully: 4 years LLB + 1 year Part B & TC.

Compared against the rest of the civilized world:

1) US & Canada: 4 years undergrad + 3 years JD + bar exam/articling = 8 years min.

2) Continental Europe (civil law systems): 5 years until LLM under the Bologna process + qualification (takes about +3 years for full lawyer qualification in Germany and Scandinavian countries) = 8 years min.

3) India: 5 years LLB+BA or LLB+BSc (almost nobody takes LLB as a single degree) + 1 year bar exams = 6 years min.

4) Australia: 5 years LLB+BA or LLB+BComm (again very few people take LLB as a single degree) + 1 year traineeship = 6 years min.

5) Hong Kong: 4 years LLB + 1 year PCLL + 2 years TC = 7 years min.

6) Japan/Korea: 4 years undergrad + 3 years JD + 1 year bar exam (80% failure rate) + 1 year Legal Research Training Institute = 9 years min.

Our standards are extremely lax compared to the rest of the world so it is naturally commensurate with the market rate of pay here.

You guys should stop whining and do other things like being a code monkey working for CECAs, because nobody's forcing you to be a lawyer!