Lawyer Salary

Originally Posted by Unregistered

Anyone doing training contract now? How does your supervisor treats you? Mine is like crap, just throw cases to me without any guidance or instructions and does not even give deadlines.

Then next day will got into fit-mode and screws me over for being late, making mistakes when in first place it was her lack of clear guidance / instructions in first place and how she wants it to be executed.

I now wonder if I should leave the firm. But I am scared I cannot find another firm to go to.

Any advice?

Have you reached a stage where you have cried in front of the partner? If not it’s okay to stay.

Originally Posted by Unregistered

Anyone doing training contract now? How does your supervisor treats you? Mine is like crap, just throw cases to me without any guidance or instructions and does not even give deadlines.

Then next day will got into fit-mode and screws me over for being late, making mistakes when in first place it was her lack of clear guidance / instructions in first place and how she wants it to be executed.

I now wonder if I should leave the firm. But I am scared I cannot find another firm to go to.

Any advice?

Which firm is this?

Originally Posted by Unregistered

Cos I come from a poor background and i heard the only way to break out of poverty is law/med. can’t get into med.

Same I also come from poor background and law was the only way

Originally Posted by Unregistered

Cos I come from a poor background and i heard the only way to break out of poverty is law/med. can’t get into med.

How about IT or engineering?

Originally Posted by Unregistered

How about IT or engineering?

2.8k versus 5k (minimum)

law is the few profession I can earn a lot money

Originally Posted by Unregistered

2.8k versus 5k (minimum)

5k (minimum) 10 years ago?

Heard that most mid firms are paying a mediocre 3-4k for fresh assocs.

Originally Posted by Unregistered

5k (minimum) 10 years ago?

Heard that most mid firms are paying a mediocre 3-4k for fresh assocs.

He's probably talking about salaries in the big firms. But what he doesn't know is that majority of law students don't get to enter these firms. It's getting worse and worse nowadays with the lower trainee retention rate.

What is the salary and retention rate nowadays?

Who else finds $2000 a month for training contract period too low?

I should have stayed in UK and earn $100k a year

Originally Posted by Unregistered

Oxbridge/Ivies are historically undergraduate institutions. Many people go there for post grad because they did not go through the undergrad programmes but aspired to have the brand name on their CVs. Unfortunately, the experience is totally different. What’s odd are some who did undergrad at a lesser U, then go there for a short postgrad and thereafter play down their undergrad alma mater.

There are many postgraduate degrees in Oxbridge. For instance, with a 2:1 in LLB, you can easily qualify to do the MSc in Taxation in Oxford, or the Masters in Law/Finance (MLF) in Oxford, or the MPhil in Law in Oxford. In Cambridge, with a 2:1 in LLB, you can also do the Masters in Corporate Law (MCL) or the MPhil in Law or the MPhil in Criminology.

Therefore when people say that Oxbridge LLM/BCL is prestigious and reserve for cream of the crop, they are referring specifically to the LLM (Masters of Law) in Cambridge and the postgraduate BCL (Bachelor of Civil law) in Oxford. Do not be mistaken. Those require first class, top 5% and multiple prizes on the LLB to even have a fighting chance of admissions. Not to mention once you qualify, you are competing with the top of every law school cohort in the WORLD.