Lawyer Salary

Originally Posted by Unregistered

From my friends there, actually the life is not so bad, it's quite similar to the usual big4 liti (slightly worse at most). It's just that they always cannot retain people, so it's like you working in a 4 man team in b4 but with 3 pax, which is unsustainable. Thus also why they are almost always hiring.

Bonus wise you supposedly get around 6-8 mths more than b4's bonus.

For DSC, it's a family business and like any family biz, there is a glass ceiling. The higher you go, the more political it is. Unless you marry one of the family members, then you can break the glass ceilings. But as long as DS is still alive, there is a limit on how much you can rise.

Originally Posted by Unregistered

For DSC, it's a family business and like any family biz, there is a glass ceiling. The higher you go, the more political it is. Unless you marry one of the family members, then you can break the glass ceilings. But as long as DS is still alive, there is a limit on how much you can rise.

too bad i am a guy so can't marry his sons....but if the pay is so much btr and the workload is like b4 (like what others say), why can't they retain ppl.

Originally Posted by Unregistered

too bad i am a guy so can't marry his sons....but if the pay is so much btr and the workload is like b4 (like what others say), why can't they retain ppl.

Maybe like what the previous persons said, fam biz means the glass ceilings are much lower and so no matter how hard u try, u can only go that far. So not worth the effort.

Originally Posted by Unregistered

For DSC, it's a family business and like any family biz, there is a glass ceiling. The higher you go, the more political it is. Unless you marry one of the family members, then you can break the glass ceilings. But as long as DS is still alive, there is a limit on how much you can rise.

Lol "family business". You talking about his (supposed) mistress or his son's (supposed) girlfriend working at the firm?

Originally Posted by Unregistered

Good to friend more Oxbridge BA law /masters Singaporeans.
It’s observable that most of them hold senior posts.

Isn't the whole point of Master's to further your position, it would be more weird if someone with a Master's was not in a senior post.

Originally Posted by Unregistered

Lol lawyers are mostly humanities people. Hate math, science, probably borderline pass these papers in their schools and hence become a lawyer lor. All these techie stuffs are enough to give them tachycardia

Yup true. most lawyers are not STEM inclined. as far as things go, being STEM inclined gives you the best outcomes. If youre the artsy fartsy kind, law or consulting is your best bet for a good outcome, assuming you can't or not inclined for finance.

Originally Posted by Unregistered

Isn't the whole point of Master's to further your position, it would be more weird if someone with a Master's was not in a senior post.

The question is how to be a part of that circle if you cannot get Oxbridge?

Originally Posted by Unregistered

Isn't the whole point of Master's to further your position, it would be more weird if someone with a Master's was not in a senior post.

I know a fair no. of overseas grad lawyers who took LLMs right after their 3-year LLBs to upgrade their lower tier degrees. I suppose that's another plausible reason for shelling out for the LLM.

Otherwise, LLM is really not that useful in the Commonwealth common law world unless you have aspirations towards academia, or some types of legal adjacent role like policy and government.

Clients don't care or even know about LLMs. It likely won't make you a better lawyer or help you progress faster in the profession or firm.

In a Continental civil law system though, almost every law grad has an LLM because their basic degree takes them all the way to Masters level, and it is routine for practising lawyers to take higher academic degrees.

Civil law is more academic. Common law is more practised-based (which explains why historically in the UK you could be an apprentice lawyer without having studied in any sort of uni, and why you don't need an LLB to convert to law. And also why Kim Kardashian can take the Cali Bar without any form of prior JD/law degree).

Originally Posted by Unregistered

The question is how to be a part of that circle if you cannot get Oxbridge?

Just git gud

Originally Posted by Unregistered

How to friend Oxbridge law ppl if you’re not in their social circle?

Some things are meant to be