Hi all,
I am seeking the opinion of folks (or folks who know others) who are graduating from
SMU's pioneer batch of Law graduates, either the LLB or JD.
Am especially interested in knowing how the starting pay and placement rate is like for
SMU Law grads in the big local firms (Drew and Napier, Allen Gledhill etc) and foreign magic circle firms like Linkslaters and Allen and Overy, compared to their
NUS counterparts.
Just yesterday I received an acceptance email for
SMU's JD programme. Also applied to
NUS Graduate entry, interview and essay went well last weekend methinks.
However, the dateline for
SMU acceptance is next week which is before
NUS makes their offer. Although I have a reasonable shot at
NUS I will have to decline
SMU to do so. My Dad suggests that I drop
SMU because its not brand name. For this years intake the
SMU JD had 173 applicants for 35 places.
Would like to hear the law grads weigh in on employment prospects.
Btw Im age 26 with a masters degree in chemistry, decided for an early career switch into intellectual property and competition law as an advocate.
Kevin