Lawyer Salary

Originally Posted by Unregistered

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Firms will stop taking in freshly called graduates in favour of experienced paralegals or contract-staff
Mid-level associates will be squeezed dry cuz firms know they won't have the balls to leave
Salaries remain depressed while working hours increase

while partners continue changing new cars

and offshore folks continue drawing their handsome salaries

Originally Posted by Unregistered

and offshore folks continue drawing their handsome salaries

and poor local plebs become jaded, bitter and miserable, never able to enjoy evenings and weekends, going to sleep at 3am hugging their hentai body pillow until they get retrenched at 40, bald, virgin and still living with their parents.

Originally Posted by Unregistered

and poor local plebs become jaded, bitter and miserable, never able to enjoy evenings and weekends, going to sleep at 3am hugging their hentai body pillow until they get retrenched at 40, bald, virgin and still living with their parents.

Why retrenched at 40?
Is it true that if you’re a lawyer you can’t get married?

Unless u are one of those very pretty Lawyers then can marry off and either you quit or continue working cause ur hubby gonna treat u as trophy wives anyway

Originally Posted by Unregistered

Any thoughts (pass rate, difficulty of content/assessment, etc.) on these part b electives:

-advanced corporate practice
-IP
-wills/trusts
-mediation
-CBT

ACP was a bloodbath this year, apparently the markers failed a lot of people pre- and post moderation. Didn't matter if you were from NUS, failure rate was high.

Be careful of wills and IP. Those also had high failure rates this and last batch

Mediation is no longer a touch and go subject. Paper was hard.

CBT idk.

I took none of these modules

Originally Posted by Unregistered

Cheapskate =/= paying though the nose for a swanky office at Marina One to impress clients.

Honestly most associates would just appreciate if the extra money went into bumping up the base salary.

I thought they actually saved money moving there.

what's the best stat board or gvt agency to join as an exit option from the legal industry?

Hi guys, would you recommend a NQ to accept a paralegal position with a US firm, with an option to possibly convert to an associate position 2 years into the role? Do international firms actually convert, or are they just paying lip service?

Originally Posted by Unregistered

Hi guys, would you recommend a NQ to accept a paralegal position with a US firm, with an option to possibly convert to an associate position 2 years into the role? Do international firms actually convert, or are they just paying lip service?

Very likely to be lip service, there is still a possibility, but don't forget if times are tough they will simply load you with work but never convert you. I would go in as a lateral. IT is not that difficult

Originally Posted by Unregistered

Hi guys, would you recommend a NQ to accept a paralegal position with a US firm, with an option to possibly convert to an associate position 2 years into the role? Do international firms actually convert, or are they just paying lip service?

Been offered this by some recruiters, but no offshore firm will ever guarantee conversion and I have not heard of of a local grad getting converted. Maybe do some dd on the firm's lawyer profiles if there was any assoc who started off as a paralegal in the firm.