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Originally Posted by Unregistered
Op here thanks for the input. The value of a law degree is diminishing in recent years due to over saturation and in the UK it’s not even necessary to have a law degree to secure a training contract from a prestigious law firm.
So maybe it makes sense to pursue a law career but a law degree itself dosent make the most sense. Additionally, I think money wise specialists make a similar amount with a slightly lower amount of stress than lawyers. Therefore since medicine is also a practical degree to take id be willing to take it even if it’s slightly worse due to my interests
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It’s not that easy to get a specialist training position either. Psychiatry and Family Medicine used to be throwaway training programmes during my time, both in the UK and Singapore, but they have became competitive now. The odds of you being a specialist is very low, unless you have to patience to keep applying every MOPEX cycle, especially so if you are applying to even more competitive specialities like ENT/Ortho etc
A law degree from Oxford is versatile. You can choose to practise as a lawyer in Singapore or in the UK. You can even choose to leverage your law degree to a management consulting/banking job in Singapore. ROI wise it is definitely higher considering a law degree only cost 200k while a med degree overseas can cost upwards of 600k