Lawyer Salary

Originally Posted by Unregistered

Melbourne is far better than Kings. You made a good choice.

Lol. But tbh in sg most firms (even internationals) naturally do have high regards for aussie grads. Try to find those firms with melb partner and apply directly using that connection

Lmao all u frogs read 2 articles on mothership then think UK is some racist hellhole full of violence. Hilarious

Originally Posted by Unregistered

Clarence Lun's firm is in a downward spiral. Departure of their founding partner and half of all their assocs (all in the same week I heard), Soh's firing of Clarence because of poor advice to fight doggedly for an unmeritorious recusal application... Guess his claim that Fervent Chambers is going to be listed in "legal 500" is but a pipe dream?

Extracts from Soh's FB post:
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3) Finally, Clarence felt that Judge Lee had displayed reasonable apprehension of bias against us on many hearings both in Court and in Chambers, and suggested that we apply for a judicial recusal of Judge Lee in order to ensure a fair hearing for the case.

Unfortunately, because all these instances of alleged bias took place without my presence, I was unable to see any of it with my own eyes to aid my judgement. I’m well aware that judicial recusal applications are extremely rare in Singapore, with no reported successful applications, and hence I was of course tentative in my decision.

However, given the reasonable apprehension of biasness Clarence felt he faced, and the significant amount of written evidence he provided to me to support this, compounded with the fact that I had no first hand account of these allegedly biased behaviour, I decided to allow the application to be made. It was the only way to know for sure.
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Moving forward, Clarence will discharge himself from my case, and Eugene Thuraisingam and Jing Yen Chooi of Eugene Thuraisingam LLP will be taking over as legal counsel. I felt this was the best option moving forward given that Clarence had obvious difficulties working with Judge Lee, and hopefully this will streamline legal processes moving forward.


Sounds like some professional disagreement on the case strategy? Anyway clients are entitled to change their lawyers. No big deal

Jaded trainee here. Won’t be retained. What should I do

Originally Posted by Unregistered

Jaded trainee here. Won’t be retained. What should I do

Which firm

A big firm in the CBD

Originally Posted by Unregistered

A big firm in the CBD

What? A, D, R or D

Originally Posted by Unregistered

Jaded trainee here. Won’t be retained. What should I do

Hello. The moment you aren't retained, your CV should be prepped and ready to be fired off to all other firms. Is there a specific department you want to work in? Make that clear in your CV and covering letter.

Big firms are not the be all and end all. There are good mid sized firms as well so don't limit your options.

Originally Posted by Unregistered

what pqe are you at ??

too embarrassed to reveal

stopped dating lawyers as my income is a joke compared to theirs

Originally Posted by Unregistered

too embarrassed to reveal

stopped dating lawyers as my income is a joke compared to theirs

what's wrong with 150k pa? lmao. there's always going to be people that make more - doesn't make 150k pa a joke.