Lawyer Salary

All the non-law professional careers which I personally know law grads have pivoted into:

(1) Civil service (MFA, MTI, EDB)
(2) Business Development roles, as mentioned above, for a range of MNCs
(3) Mid-tier Consulting (but this will almost definitely require some self-study on your part, maybe also an internship/probation period)
(4) Compliance in banks/finance depts

yea get out of law. charles yeo 30yo liao still making 4.5k - 5k from criminal practice

Originally Posted by Unregistered

Hi, I’m an unretained trainee who is planning to exit for a new career path after I get called. Does anyone have any good suggestions on what are some of the good career opportunities available out there? (Please don’t give troll answers like “law degrees are useless” or “go become a grab driver” because I have spoken with HRs and several other professionals that a law degree is actually seen useful across other industries too.) I’ve got a high 2:1 from a local school and I am also aware that there are industries out there where your degree is not as relevant. I have other friends who are unretained too. Many of them are thinking of quitting law altogether and it will be helpful to hear some of your thoughts so I could share with them as well.

Would appreciate some good suggestions thanks!

- join the public service
- attend coding bootcamp if you can afford it

Originally Posted by Unregistered

- join the public service
- attend coding bootcamp if you can afford it

Bootcamps aren’t going to make you a coder. The statistics by bootcamps aren’t an accurate representation of the employability and the value of the bootcamps. Don’t be misled.

also coding doesnt put the law degree to use. for the time and money spent on law sch do something with it lah

Originally Posted by Unregistered

Hi, I’m an unretained trainee who is planning to exit for a new career path after I get called. Does anyone have any good suggestions on what are some of the good career opportunities available out there? (Please don’t give troll answers like “law degrees are useless” or “go become a grab driver” because I have spoken with HRs and several other professionals that a law degree is actually seen useful across other industries too.) I’ve got a high 2:1 from a local school and I am also aware that there are industries out there where your degree is not as relevant. I have other friends who are unretained too. Many of them are thinking of quitting law altogether and it will be helpful to hear some of your thoughts so I could share with them as well.

Would appreciate some good suggestions thanks!

Join politics. Win elections. Lose still can be ncmp get allowance

Originally Posted by Unregistered

B4 big f###

It warms the cox of my heart

Originally Posted by Unregistered

All the non-law professional careers which I personally know law grads have pivoted into:

(1) Civil service (MFA, MTI, EDB)
(2) Business Development roles, as mentioned above, for a range of MNCs
(3) Mid-tier Consulting (but this will almost definitely require some self-study on your part, maybe also an internship/probation period)
(4) Compliance in banks/finance depts

How does one go into biz dev roles though, do we need sound knowledge of statistics and other software like Scrum and agile?

Originally Posted by Unregistered

How does one go into biz dev roles though, do we need sound knowledge of statistics and other software like Scrum and agile?

BD roles focus on driving business growth and mainly fall into two categories: partnerships (sales) and expansion opportunities (which needs a lot of skills on data and statistics). It is good if you have such skills but many hirers apparently are not too concerned if you have the relevant background when you’re starting out at a junior level. This is because most skills such as CRM specific exp are taught when you’re on the job.

Originally Posted by Unregistered

BD roles focus on driving business growth and mainly fall into two categories: partnerships (sales) and expansion opportunities (which needs a lot of skills on data and statistics). It is good if you have such skills but many hirers apparently are not too concerned if you have the relevant background when you’re starting out at a junior level. This is because most skills such as CRM specific exp are taught when you’re on the job.

Plus it’s best if you start out when you’re young and you’ll have plenty of time to climb up to an executive level. Average pay for account executive at an MNC like Salesforce is about $9k.