Lawyer Salary

Originally Posted by Unregistered

i think if u dun have much work experience, v hard to get accepted to Harvard / Columbia (you will see more partners to-be there). i hear Harvard / Yale focuses on recruiting those that will surely get into academia, while Stanford focuses on tech-related courses if u wanna do corporate / tax / international law, focus on Penn, NYU and Georgetown. heard Penn and NYU are the best for corporate law. on the other hand, LSE LLM is like a supermarket LLM...if you have NUS LLB, very high acceptance rate.

yup i heard LSE LLM is a guaranteed entry. but in general UK LLMs might be of greater use because, well, UK law and Singapore law are more similar.

Originally Posted by Unregistered

yup i heard LSE LLM is a guaranteed entry. but in general UK LLMs might be of greater use because, well, UK law and Singapore law are more similar.

Lmao no wonder the undergrads with 6-7% acceptance get to laugh at the LLMs. Didn't know it was easy to get into, thought you'd need a good 2.1 from a reputable university

Originally Posted by Unregistered

Lmao no wonder the undergrads with 6-7% acceptance get to laugh at the LLMs. Didn't know it was easy to get into, thought you'd need a good 2.1 from a reputable university

Also for reference I never met anyone who did undergrad outside of London universities / Oxbridge in LLM, unless it's a national university. Non-red brick even rarer

Originally Posted by Unregistered

Also for reference I never met anyone who did undergrad outside of London universities / Oxbridge in LLM, unless it's a national university. Non-red brick even rarer

How come I personally know a good number that have done LLB outside of London
But have gone on to do LLM at Oxbridge?

Originally Posted by Unregistered

How come I personally know a good number that have done LLB outside of London
But have gone on to do LLM at Oxbridge?

Easier to get a First. Simple.

Oxbridge LLM only looks at firsts, you can be from University of Papa New Guinea (UPG) as long as you're one of the best there. Cam is a bit easier than BCL

First from University of Papa New Guinea gotta be easier than 2.1 from NUS and so on.

Any retention stats from TSMP?

Originally Posted by Unregistered

Thank you for sharing your thoughts! I absolutely agree on your point that as community lawyers, we have a sense of fulfilment helping individuals especially when our work would hugely make an impact on the lives of our clients. My work includes family and criminal law; I have to deal with the emotions of my clients and I do enjoy the challenge that stems from that. I just fail to see the point of comparing firms who serve FTSE100 clients and firms who assist battered battered women and children. I also have to add that the white noise stemming from external recognition can be very loud sometimes.

However, as idealistic as this sounds, I hope that the legal fraternity can avoid such comparisons so as to avoid situations where someone joins a big four corporate department as opposed to community law in a smaller firm even if that is something they would prefer doing. Perhaps law school professors ought to bring this message across to law students.

Optimism is good. Don't let it be the stepping stone to jaded disappointment. Understand that what you're hoping for might never happen.

They built an entire new school to support community law - and you will still be told that "quality" at that law school is not good. White noise will always exist. It is up to you to turn out the white noise and believe that there is value in what you do.

I hope you stay in practice long enough to realize that the white noise doesn't matter... and that most of your friends in those big 4 firms will move in-house in the next 3-5 years. Several will move to smaller firms for better work-life balance. Few will become big4 partners. Some will leave law altogether.

Things get better with time.... and maturity.

Which firms have low retention rates?

Originally Posted by Unregistered

Which firms have low retention rates?

Small and mid sized firms. I hear some also clawed back NQs

Originally Posted by Unregistered

Any retention stats from TSMP?

Heard from a recruiter (but cannot confirm) that no corp trainees were retained.