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Why do people want to study law. Not even an attractive career anymore.

Median starting salaries keep dropping, but amount effort need to put in is so much.

Originally Posted by Unregistered

Why do people want to study law. Not even an attractive career anymore.

Median starting salaries keep dropping, but amount effort need to put in is so much.

not a lawyer, but have friends in law school - some of my friends really enjoy it and don't even seem to be working that hard. meanwhile i read about people in NUS CS coding 10 hours a day and having sleepless nights. end up their results also don't match the amt of effort.

if my law sch friends' insta stories are accurate, they are definitely not studying for 10 hours a day

Originally Posted by Unregistered

not a lawyer, but have friends in law school - some of my friends really enjoy it and don't even seem to be working that hard. meanwhile i read about people in NUS CS coding 10 hours a day and having sleepless nights. end up their results also don't match the amt of effort.

if my law sch friends' insta stories are accurate, they are definitely not studying for 10 hours a day

There’s a diff skill set for law students and lawyers imho. Not so much about the raw academic you’d associate with during say JC days (although still there la a lot of readings, precedent etc but once you get used to reading cases it’s honestly muscle memory), but more about the soft skill of comprehension and critical analysis. That’s why practice ppl always say use common sense, the answer is usually there in ur face. Apart from that then is client facing work which is just being a likeable and eloquent person in general.

That’s why I personally feel law as a profession is way easier than the other professional careers.

Tired trainee here. I realised 2 years into law school that I had made a huge mistake and resolved to go in-house as soon as possible. My plan is to grind out a few years of PQE before I try to leave practice.

Right now I’ve been retained at a mid-sized firm doing general corp but I’m contemplating applying out to more specialized practices. What areas of law should I be focusing on if I want to be an attractive hire for in-house positions down the road?

Originally Posted by Unregistered

Tired trainee here. I realised 2 years into law school that I had made a huge mistake and resolved to go in-house as soon as possible. My plan is to grind out a few years of PQE before I try to leave practice.

Right now I’ve been retained at a mid-sized firm doing general corp but I’m contemplating applying out to more specialized practices. What areas of law should I be focusing on if I want to be an attractive hire for in-house positions down the road?

Regulatory, Fintech

Originally Posted by Unregistered

Tired trainee here. I realised 2 years into law school that I had made a huge mistake and resolved to go in-house as soon as possible. My plan is to grind out a few years of PQE before I try to leave practice.

Right now I’ve been retained at a mid-sized firm doing general corp but I’m contemplating applying out to more specialized practices. What areas of law should I be focusing on if I want to be an attractive hire for in-house positions down the road?

Same boat but liti. Any advice? Heard liti harder to lateral transfer is it true?

Originally Posted by Unregistered

not a lawyer, but have friends in law school - some of my friends really enjoy it and don't even seem to be working that hard. meanwhile i read about people in NUS CS coding 10 hours a day and having sleepless nights. end up their results also don't match the amt of effort.

if my law sch friends' insta stories are accurate, they are definitely not studying for 10 hours a day

Schooling life is way more laid-back than working life. Wait till your law school friends get called to the Bar and work as an assoc in a Big 4, where sleep is prized as a luxury.

And everybody portrays the good life in IG, nobody shares the bad stuff.

Originally Posted by Unregistered

Schooling life is way more laid-back than working life. Wait till your law school friends get called to the Bar and work as an assoc in a Big 4, where sleep is prized as a luxury.

And everybody portrays the good life in IG, nobody shares the bad stuff.

was referring to OPs mention of starting salaries and amount of effort needed to get a decent job (‘why study law’) not talking about life as a lawyer.

that said if we are talking about jobs then lots of high paying careers (tech, healthcare) have long working hours and little sleep also. friend in CS in a bank works 12 hours a day and has to work on Sat also. so i wouldn’t say law is great but also not terrible compared to other jobs

i’m in tech and everyone in school seems miserable ... but ymmv i guess

Originally Posted by Unregistered

Tired trainee here. I realised 2 years into law school that I had made a huge mistake and resolved to go in-house as soon as possible. My plan is to grind out a few years of PQE before I try to leave practice.

Right now I’ve been retained at a mid-sized firm doing general corp but I’m contemplating applying out to more specialized practices. What areas of law should I be focusing on if I want to be an attractive hire for in-house positions down the road?

the most lucrative in-house opps these days lie in large tech companies, but they typically recruit only intl firm lawyers

What's the WFH arrangement for big 4 and other mid size firms now that restrictions have been eased?