Lawyer Salary

anyone failed part a/b and feeling helpless in life?

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anyone failed part a/b and feeling helpless in life?

There are many. You should organize a support group.

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Alright. I’m in the same boat. Sorry to hear your plight too

how late do you work until?

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Just a handful of people in big firms wan king off to their supposed prestige, and the rest are clueless students/trainees joining in the fray & pretending to know whats gg on lah.

U seriously think real, busy, international lawyers have time to jack off on forums talking about what have you Fervent Clarence Lun, KCL sucks, Yale best, NUS sucks, wongP chiobus etc?? Ridiculous

not forgetting SMU JD sucks. bunch of kids straight out of their first degree not wanting to work spending their parents money

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not forgetting SMU JD sucks. bunch of kids straight out of their first degree not wanting to work spending their parents money

I think this applies to all millennials (those born after 80s). They are all self-entitled, idealistic, frogs in the well and they don’t know how easy they have it.

Are all salaried partners waiting to become equity partner?

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totally regretted doing law. paid lower than other general degrees, heavy workload, bad for mental health. just not worth it.

Always wondered why lawyers keep saying they say regret or not worth studying law. Switch to other kinds of jobs la. Nobody is holding your family hostage n threatening to harm them if you dont remain a lawyer

Law can be seen as a specialised degree, but it can also be seen as a general arts degree

You ever hear people who studied Econs complain that they regret doing economics? Or people who studied history or geography complain that they regret those fields? No, because most of them don't eventually work as economists, historians or geographers in the first place!

I hear many engineering grads who said engineering sucks, but in the end they work in other fields like finance or sales.

How come law grads r so inflexible and unadventurous?

Originally Posted by Unregistered

There are many. You should organize a support group.

Will people even come out and identify themselves for failing? Most wouldn’t want to let others know they failed

Originally Posted by Unregistered

Will people even come out and identify themselves for failing? Most wouldn’t want to let others know they failed

Others would know la. In the firm, you have to disclose.
When you take leave and resit other ppl will know.

Originally Posted by Unregistered

Always wondered why lawyers keep saying they say regret or not worth studying law. Switch to other kinds of jobs la. Nobody is holding your family hostage n threatening to harm them if you dont remain a lawyer

Law can be seen as a specialised degree, but it can also be seen as a general arts degree

You ever hear people who studied Econs complain that they regret doing economics? Or people who studied history or geography complain that they regret those fields? No, because most of them don't eventually work as economists, historians or geographers in the first place!

I hear many engineering grads who said engineering sucks, but in the end they work in other fields like finance or sales.

How come law grads r so inflexible and unadventurous?

Cos there are opportunity cost in law.
It takes 4 years plus 6 months part b plus 6 months of training to just become a qualified lawyer.
Then it’s very grueling for the first 4 years with the 4-5am nights.
You sacrifice friends, family, rs for this.
Then say 29 yo you come out and start dating for the first time bcos that’s when you become SA.
All I can say unless you want to marry 35 and above, chances are the good catches would have been gone.