Lawyer Salary

Originally Posted by Unregistered

I am a rising fourth year law student (local) and I still have not found a training contract. I wna do corporate work but I’ve received no replies at all (I’ve applied to quite a number of firms). Any advice?

I told some juniors to consider going into investment banking. You may want to consider that.
If after a few years you still want to go back to legal practice, you always can.
Most importantly, find alternatives until the glut resolves

Originally Posted by Unregistered

I told some juniors to consider going into investment banking. You may want to consider that.
If after a few years you still want to go back to legal practice, you always can.
Most importantly, find alternatives until the glut resolves

Investment banking? Which firm would want law students? Doubt a second upper from law school would be seen as valuable as a first class from business or econs.

Originally Posted by Unregistered

I told some juniors to consider going into investment banking. You may want to consider that.
If after a few years you still want to go back to legal practice, you always can.
Most importantly, find alternatives until the glut resolves

Dont talk c ock make it sound like its so easy to get into IB. If someone were good enough to get into IB, he wouldn't have a problem getting a TC either

Its far easier to get a Big 4 TC than many positions in other industries actually. 1 interview, see your grades, can speak proper english, don't sound like a moron/bimbo, handsome or chio, bam you're offered! Compared with other industries like front office banking and consulting where competition for recruitment is absolutely brutal, law students are really a sheltered bunch actually.

A Commonwealth LLB ain't worth jack and has no value add for other industries. The only exception is if you had a JD from a good American law school. Only then you'll be considered equivalent to other MBA candidates because a JD is essentially a post-grad professional degree.

I'm going to graduate from one of the local unis this July. I plan to go on a career in academia as I've good pretty good grades. Anyone can share the salary for academia?

Hi
are international firms hiring newly qualified at the moment?

Originally Posted by Unregistered

Hi
are international firms hiring newly qualified at the moment?

My firm isn’t hiring. Heard some MCs are not hiring too but you can always try.

Originally Posted by Unregistered

I'm going to graduate from one of the local unis this July. I plan to go on a career in academia as I've good pretty good grades. Anyone can share the salary for academia?

Should be 10-14k for asst prof.

Originally Posted by Unregistered

Dont talk c ock make it sound like its so easy to get into IB. If someone were good enough to get into IB, he wouldn't have a problem getting a TC either

Its far easier to get a Big 4 TC than many positions in other industries actually. 1 interview, see your grades, can speak proper english, don't sound like a moron/bimbo, handsome or chio, bam you're offered! Compared with other industries like front office banking and consulting where competition for recruitment is absolutely brutal, law students are really a sheltered bunch actually.

A Commonwealth LLB ain't worth jack and has no value add for other industries. The only exception is if you had a JD from a good American law school. Only then you'll be considered equivalent to other MBA candidates because a JD is essentially a post-grad professional degree.

Hear hear.

I jumped ship to financial sector one year back after throwing in the towel with 2PQE. Life is stable and pay pretty decent considering the hours I put in. To say that a middling law graduate with issues getting TCs can then waltz into big banks to do some legal/compliance stuff is ********, much less IB.

Originally Posted by Unregistered

Should be 10-14k for asst prof.

That's actually pretty good

It is mid-May now. How's the retention rate this year? Have been hearing some bad stuff...