Lawyer Salary

Originally Posted by Unregistered

Hi, I graduated from Oxford Uni. good A level and degree grades etc. I qualified as a lawyer in UK 5 years ago. I desperately want to get work as a foreign lawyer in Singapore. Unfortunately I ended up specialising in personal injury law which doesn't seem to have any equivalent in Singapore. Also I want to move away from PI and do something - anything else. What are my chances of being considered for a lawyer or paralegal role and what sector should I realistically aspire to? What kind of salary would I achieve as a trainee junior lawyer/ paralegal and do you think it would make much difference if I did Part A of the bar exam? Thanks

if you have a juris degree from oxford, I think you don't really need anyone to tell you the answer to those qns.

What is the estimated salary of a DPP after working for 5 years and what are the chances of getting promotions?

Asking this for a friend. He has a second uppers LLB from NUS

Not all lawyers earn big bucks.

"I had hoped to join one of the big firms, but since I finished only above average in my law class, that didn't happen - the big guys took in mainly the best graduates and, it seemed, the pedigreed.

The rest of us ended up in smaller firms and had two choices - to do conveyancing (dealing with people buying or selling property) or litigation (everything else under the sun). Mergers and acquisitions, hostile takeovers, corporate litigation and other sexy legal stuff did not usually happen at the smaller firms.

There were no swanky offices for me, and I worked out of offices in the Chinatown area most of my lawyer life."

Source:
Singapore Law Watch - It took four years to learn I'm no lawyer

Originally Posted by Unregistered

Law profession in singapore is highly elitist. Even a NUS law is low here. Many comes from elite universities.

NUS Law grad here, mid 40s. Working in-house. Last year IR8A at $550,000. Made many good friends in NUS. Consider myself very blessed.

Originally Posted by Unregistered

Not all lawyers earn big bucks.

"I had hoped to join one of the big firms, but since I finished only above average in my law class, that didn't happen - the big guys took in mainly the best graduates and, it seemed, the pedigreed.

The rest of us ended up in smaller firms and had two choices - to do conveyancing (dealing with people buying or selling property) or litigation (everything else under the sun). Mergers and acquisitions, hostile takeovers, corporate litigation and other sexy legal stuff did not usually happen at the smaller firms.

There were no swanky offices for me, and I worked out of offices in the Chinatown area most of my lawyer life."

Actually, I think we make and create our own opportunities. I have friends who graduated from an Australian university... 2nd class lower... but he is a goal getter. His salary last year (44yo) is S$500,000 excluding stock options.

seriously dude, i dont think u are

Originally Posted by Unregistered

NUS Law grad here, mid 40s. Working in-house. Last year IR8A at $550,000. Made many good friends in NUS. Consider myself very blessed.

Originally Posted by Unregistered

seriously dude, i dont think u are

No reason to lie since you will not know who I am. But there are real opportunities out there if one look hard enough.

Anyone know the starting pay of a Superscale officer for lawyers in the Singapore Legal Service? And what are the scales? Cant seem to get it from the www.

Originally Posted by Unregistered

Anyone know the starting pay of a Superscale officer for lawyers in the Singapore Legal Service? And what are the scales? Cant seem to get it from the www.

Rule of thumb legal service scale is 60% higher than rest, since starting normal superscale is 13k, for legal should be ~21k mthly.

I used to study law but dropped out. Im unsure if i have made the right decision.
In the end i studied engineering and management(part time) degrees.
I am now 29 years old.
A Construction Manager in Oil and Gas industry
Earning 15k net per month.