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23-03-2021, 04:41 PM
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Depends on where you move from?
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Like if you're in a mid sized firm with normal office hours, fine, that's sustainable in the long run
But if you're in B4 and feel like dying everyday, and have to take a 20-40% pay cut to preserve your sanity, why not?
I see many postings for in house on LinkedIn everyday
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23-03-2021, 04:43 PM
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I've graduated with a law degree from NUS last year and am currently drawing a monthly salary of $3,800 in my current firm. The amount of work that I do does not justify such a low pay. Should I leave and find employment elsewhere?
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23-03-2021, 06:58 PM
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if you graduate from Melbourne law: I'd say work in Australia in a transactional practice first if you are able to. and if you can get into something more transferable like banking & finance at a mid or top tier, even better.
the toxic SG competitive culture from our education system here (esp NUS/ SMU) leaks into practice - translating into work cultures at many local firms (esp the big 4) that aren't as healthy compared to Aus (at least that's what I hear). So I wouldn't recommend grinding your initial years here if you have the option to do so in Australia. you can always come back later as a (foreign registered lawyer) lateral or in-house.
as to your question specifically, the profession in Singapore (excluding foreign lawyers) isn't the most diverse. I think people still compare NUS and SMU graduates. Some people also think that Aus is trash in general. You get the gist.
If I may, I think the question of 'where do you wanna work?' should guide your decision-making.
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Also, lateral opportunities from Australia to UK/HK/Dubai are really good (in addition to lateralling to international firms in Singapore.
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23-03-2021, 07:04 PM
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Then this is a different proposition that you raise.
You do not need to sit for the LLM to sit for the NY Bar.
That is additional cost and a complete waste of time.
A NUS law degree is good enough to sit for the New York bar.
Whether you pass the NY Bar or not is a separate matter that boils down to aptitude.
Clearly the LLM from Columbia or NYU has no value to practice unless your first degree is really bad from a university rank beyond rank number 300 in the world that any reasonable American law firm will not recognize.
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Please ignore this troll - most of the big White Shoe firms conduct OCI most definitely at NYU and (especially) Columbia.
You get a Summer Associate job (and a future associate's position) _before_ you get your NY Bar. The NY bar is a formality that the firm sponsors you for after they've already pre-selected you for a position there
Don't believe me? Go to LinkedIn and search for people in New York with job title "Legal Adviser (pending qualification)".
Ridiculous paper-chasing mentality with no real world experience just out to get a power trip by scaring off law students who don't know enough to call out your ********.
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23-03-2021, 07:39 PM
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do looks play a part at interviews for B4?
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23-03-2021, 09:21 PM
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do looks play a part at interviews for B4?
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Looks play a part in any industry and in any field. Do we do blind interviews.
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23-03-2021, 10:32 PM
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Looks play a part in any industry and in any field. Do we do blind interviews.
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Why is life so unfair? What happened to meritocracy?
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24-03-2021, 07:09 AM
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Can anyone tell me about LawAsia? They are always posting ads for trainees on the law society website.
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Someone replied on this before. See:
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Worked there before. Man is a bully. Got his lawyers to write his son's dissertation, and then called the police when the fact kena leaked to the university. Didn't pay salary on time.
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24-03-2021, 07:21 AM
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Yeah, I heard the seccy there leaked the info, and blamed a lawyer for it.
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