Lawyer Salary

Originally Posted by Unregistered

Sounds good if he has the heart to serve social deviants and inmates on the death row. But a BCL/ivy league LLM will serve him better if he wants to work as an academic specialising in this area.

Uh not really. Isn't this just called being a criminal defence lawyer? Lots of old fogeys from the criminal bar are serving social deviants and inmates on death row every day, and they're certainly not the most cerebral types of lawyers to have studied for an MPP or whatnot.

Btw there's no such thing as a real "administrative law" practice in Singapore because we have a weak administrative state. By that, I mean there are very few, or very few layers of quasi-judicial bodies and regulatory agencies with decision-making powers that require legal advice to interact with or to challenge their decisions. Most challenges of administrative law decisions are appealed straight to the High Court anyway. Hence, this kind of work is still done by your typical commercial litigation lawyers.

An MPP is really if one aspires to support policymaking and being a bureaucratic scrub in some Govt Ministry. The law background is useful but not necessary.

The only real role that allows you to interact and draft legislation is in AGC's Legis division. But you don't need an MPP for that, just a law degree and assuming you're good enough to get hired.

Originally Posted by Unregistered

what happen to gwen chung from aslant? thought she joined only a year ago? can't even find refs to her on aslant's LI.

Anyone on this? I also wanna know. Many pictures on linkedin only

Originally Posted by Unregistered

Anyone on this? I also wanna know. Many pictures on linkedin only

Frequent issues? Last time paulin also ousted. Now is gwen c.

Shulin silent only. How's it like working with or 4 her.

Originally Posted by Unregistered

Frequent issues? Last time paulin also ousted. Now is gwen c.

Shulin silent only. How's it like working with or 4 her.

Lol who cares all that matters is whether they can place u or not. all recruiters are fungible.

their website not even up after so long.

Originally Posted by Unregistered

My son has secured admission in NUS Law, with option to take MPP. He is keen in taking legislative law. Does this career will secure a good future for him? Pls share your thoughts.

Depends on what you mean by good. If you mean make big bucks then certainly not.

Originally Posted by Unregistered

What does one mean by a "strong" second upper for TC and LLM applications? I am from NUS, what should my CAP be like to be considered a "strong" second upper?

If you cannot understand such a basic description, you probably dont have a "strong" second upper.

Originally Posted by Unregistered

yes, but some do it more than the others

R&T dont frontload

Originally Posted by Unregistered

Hey guys, sorry to ask such a dumb question.

Recruiters/practising lawyers, would it look bad if I graduate around 2 years later than my cohorts? (Because I went for exchange in the US for 1 year then switched major from science to law during Covid). I will be 27 years old when I graduate in 2 years and I am worried if this would affect my employment outcome. Thanks, cause I am very concerned with this.

Please dont be dramatic. You are hired at the lowest rung. No one is thinking what age you are. Anyway in the eyes of a 45 or 60 year old partner, 27yo and 35yo are not too different. Dont give yourself too much importance - no one gives a ****. Just don't be a useless trainee/assoc.

Whats up with all these gen z "corporate girlies" romanticising corporate life all over social media?

Originally Posted by Unregistered

Please dont be dramatic. You are hired at the lowest rung. No one is thinking what age you are. Anyway in the eyes of a 45 or 60 year old partner, 27yo and 35yo are not too different. Dont give yourself too much importance - no one gives a ****. Just don't be a useless trainee/assoc.

Not quite true. Some of the lao jiaos still ask what sec sch you go to, why your cap so rabak, etc. You older than the xmm who joined same day as you they also ask why.

Dunno why relevant but guess that is how they have a measure of a person. Not strictly professional but that is the big diff working in sg vs overseas ig