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Originally Posted by Unregistered

Buddy I think you should google your senior’s name and read the news. Also yes, means he didn’t get called to the bar

I don’t know much about him, other that the fact that he is very enterprising when it comes to exam questions at Nottingham

He is able to help us juniors get hold of actual exam questions I am not sure how he did that

He brags that he did not study at all during his time in Nottingham and yet he could get a 2:1 easily.

But he comes from a rich family, he’s from ACS

Thoughts on Allen & Overy n shearman and Sterling merger? Shearman's ovaries?

Originally Posted by Unregistered

Thoughts on Allen & Overy n shearman and Sterling merger? Shearman's ovaries?

Their marketing team should hire you - Shearman's Ovaries - sounds like a real winner.

Originally Posted by Unregistered

The future prospects are dim because there are still too many graduates than the market will allow at the junior level. THis is because too many graduates die die want to study law when they shouldn't even in the first place.

Why do you think local law schools have a cut-off and limited places? Its not merely a matter of resourcing. NUS and SMU and now SUSS coordinate closely with MinLaw on estimating the supply of entrants the market will allow, in setting the number of available spots in these schools.

But every year tons of people who cmi to local schools (or their parents), still die die wanna pay for an expensive law overseas at a lower tier school due to some long-obsolete misconception of prestige or pay or respectability.

Hence, overseas grads distort the fresh grad cohort numbers every year. MinLaw can only address so much at the supply side with the 2016 slashing of OSUs. They couldn't do it with the lousy Aussie unis due to the FTA. So you guys are left at the mercy of market forces because MinLaw's hands are tied. Anyways its a problem of your own making (collectively speaking, not you individually).

Your situation is a symptom of it. No interest or aptitude for law but still obstinately wanted to pursue an LLB course in a lousier school.

Nothing against overseas grads or anything - I think the slamming of OSUs vs local schools is immature, but generally speaking there is a very stark difference in employment outcomes and overall career trajectory of local grads + top UK uni grads vs lower tier UK or Aussie uni grads.

If you think you've no interest or aptitude, as others have said, just cut your losses and run.

Yea either NUS SMU SUSS or non at all. We don’t need overseas degrees to ruin the market

Originally Posted by Unregistered

Thoughts on Allen & Overy n shearman and Sterling merger? Shearman's ovaries?

Heard many A&O lawyers asking if their pay will be bumped to Shearman’s US pay scale. I think it is fat hope? Anyone knows?

Originally Posted by Unregistered

Heard many A&O lawyers asking if their pay will be bumped to Shearman’s US pay scale. I think it is fat hope? Anyone knows?

You think so? Lmao Shearman fired a bunch of folks earlier this year.

Originally Posted by Unregistered

Yea either NUS SMU SUSS or non at all. We don’t need overseas degrees to ruin the market

Notting ham is another degree mill unfortunately…

Originally Posted by Unregistered

Notting ham is another degree mill unfortunately…

How about the local JDs? Are they ruining the market?

Originally Posted by Unregistered

How about the local JDs? Are they ruining the market?

Not rly as they are counted into the total number of places in Uni every year so minlaw is able to have oversight

Originally Posted by Unregistered

Yes, legal executive is usually an title for someone who is not called to the Bar. You can only be designated as "associate" if you have been called.

Boy, you never read the news is it? This type of char siew better not do law...