An SMU degree is only worth as much as the toilet paper i use every morning
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Advice to law grads / law students:
As someone who has been following the career paths of successful lawyers quite closely - below are the key indicators to predict how far a law graduate will go in his/her careers. Note: these are just indicators to predict success. There are many other successful graduates without such indicators but go on to be very successful nonetheless. But these are key signposts that will be good to have (correlation). 1. First class Honours 2. Dean’s List (the more semesters the better) 3. Valedictorian 4. Stint as a JLC 5. Oxbridge degree 6. BCL/LLM from a top university (Ivy League + Oxbridge) 7. Being placed on the Order of Merit / SILE Commendation List for PLC / Part B of the Bar Exams 8. Starting out career in an international firm/magic circle The more you have the greater chance of success. |
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What we want to know is how a 2:1 from a 2nd tier UK uni , or 2:2 from local uni, with average part b results , and no connections can get a coveted job. This is the average and mediocre demographics of the ppl that is actually active in the forum. So please help us. |
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Two, you get all and any vaguely law-related job possible to boost your resume. Usually courtroom staff ,like typists, or as a legal secretary, or even multi-year intern. Once your resume is sufficiently bolstered, the place you've been working at to prove your steel might make you a full lawyer, or you'll find a job elsewhere in a small to average-sized firm. |
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In short, if you come from a third rated university, you should either quit or go do a LLM from an Ivy League / Oxbridge but bear in mind that recent admission pattern shows you need to be top 5% of cohort for LLB and multiple prizes for postgrad law in Oxbridge. Even so this is no guarantee. I’ve seen top first class getting rejected by Oxbridge. Harvard admission is slightly less academic based and has more flexibility. Other than that, if you have a lot of money and are thinking of going overseas, do medicine. It’s a more secure career. Alternatively try applying for postgrad medicine if your law career doesn’t work out. Law is so reputation based and so much emphasis is placed on brand name/ glamour and prestige that it’s very hard to do well in the industry without outstanding academics. |
My pupil master Davinder Singh was only a second lower from NUS.
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hence the even greater disparity between uni and class of honors |
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