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Originally Posted by Unregistered
All the talks about associate pay and work hours but I don’t see anyone talking about the training phase? Wouldn’t that be a barrier for aspiring lawyers and the retention of talent? Correct me if I’m wrong, the pay for trainees are the same as it were 10-15 years ago. There are even people not paying trainees. Why isn’t this an issue to be addressed? Surely being paid 10 cents on the dollar, while being worked equally hard, will affect one’s mindset in staying in the industry.
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Actually all the talks about pay and work hours. I would like to share that the legal industry is 1 of the very few industries that has little age discrimination (ageism) issue. In essence, old is gold in the legal industry and hence you are well-regarded esp when you have 15+, 20+ years old experience in certain areas of law. Not forgetting that the legal industry in relatively tardy when it comes to digital transformation and many other advancement. That means lawyers can stick to their old dog skills and no need much upgrade. PS: The founder of my previous law firm doesn't even know how to use Whatsapp and needs his staff to type for him - he's in his 60s btw. And my current partner has even templated her strategy, argument for liti used for the past 10 years
In legal --> old is gold
In many other industries, old is mold. You try to seek a job in your 50s and 99.99% chance you will have doors slammed in your face. You are old, useless, intractable and probably slow.
So yes, while the pay is low, the trajectory is longer than others. Graduates nowadays just wanna easy way out and think that money grows on trees.