Lawyer Salary

Originally Posted by Unregistered

To that silly poster who kept rambling about how great his Harvard AB was, look at the latest QS world ranking 2022.

Look where Columbia is. Look where NUS is. Look where Oxbridge is.

Thank you very much.

QS rankings are crap. Their rankings are based mostly on research. NUS and NTU pushes a lot of research out due to their huge faculties and the number of research associates. You can’t seriously believe that NUS and NTU is better than UPenn, Yale, Columbia, and Princeton can you? The sheer number of millionaires, Nobel laureates, and people who have created revolutionary change who graduated from these schools is on another level as compared to NUS and NTU. If you step out of Singapore with a NUS or NTU degree, and someone steps out of the US with a Yale degree, who do you think an employer would hire?

Originally Posted by Unregistered

Which are the big 3 firms? Drew excluded?

Why Drew excluded?? Drew is hands down the best Big 4 firm in Singapore. Look at all our senior counsels Jimmy Yim, Cavinder Bull, Siraj Omar and other rising liti stars. And don't forget we are smashing it in the IP, tax and TMT side as well

Originally Posted by Unregistered

Heard that Baker raised their starting pay to $8K recently. Anyone can confirm?

I heard its 9k

Originally Posted by Unregistered

I heard its 9k

That’s why I said before anyone who get baker traineeship between 2015-2018 are great. Big four trainees look upon them in awe.

How long would it take a big four assoc to even reach 9k??

Originally Posted by Unregistered

That’s why I said before anyone who get baker traineeship between 2015-2018 are great. Big four trainees look upon them in awe.

How long would it take a big four assoc to even reach 9k??

Sorry don't understand. The pay is now so why aren't they great now

What happened after 2018

Originally Posted by Unregistered

Heard that Baker raised their starting pay to $8K recently. Anyone can confirm?

interested to know too - heard the starting pay has been stuck at 7.5 for the longest time.

Originally Posted by Unregistered

To that silly poster who kept rambling about how great his Harvard AB was, look at the latest QS world ranking 2022.

Look where Columbia is. Look where NUS is. Look where Oxbridge is.

Thank you very much.

Oxbridge sucks the QS surveyer was probably an Oxford 2.2

Originally Posted by Unregistered

I heard its 9k

Nope. It’s $8k starting.

Is there any advice for a 2pqe stuck in a Chinatown firm doing PI for very low pay and minimal career or salary growth? Extremely jaded daily. In-house options seem to be quite limited

Originally Posted by Unregistered

Is there any advice for a 2pqe stuck in a Chinatown firm doing PI for very low pay and minimal career or salary growth? Extremely jaded daily. In-house options seem to be quite limited

2 paths open to you essentially.

Either jump to mid size firms for liti as a stepping stone, or slog it out until you get a profit sharing arrangement with ur boss and build your book of biz. Neither paths are gonna be easy.