Lawyer Salary

Originally Posted by Unregistered

I'm the poster u replied to. Did you move inhouse from Big4 corp practice? I was doing gen comm liti in a midsized firm so they probably took the opportunity to depress my asking pay.

The thing about inhouse is that the salary scale that you start off matters, because it is used to leverage for your next role.

well now you that you got relevant experience can apply to higher paying companies

Originally Posted by Unregistered

$10K p/m by 33 is dead average/median for law.

For e.g., my own profile - I consider myself to be right smack in the median in terms of legal career trajectory.

I'm local law grad (guy) in the age range of 30-32, inhouse in non-FI non-tech company. I'm drawing slightly under $10K pm incl. bonus and on track for around $10K by 33.

I didnt train in Big5. Grades were probably just enough for 2nd upper. If you were from local law school, you'd know that the 2nd upper-2nd lower cutoff can be quite opaque.

Most of my close law sch pals are also drawing around the same or even slightly higher as inhouse counsels. We mostly didn't train in Big 4 firms too - midsized and even some started in small-mid ones. None of us cld be considered the super mugger, deans-lister types or on the trajectory for top international firms.

AFAIK, my path in the legal industry is pretty average and by no means exceptional for peer of my PQE.

mind sharing how you landed your in-house role? were the firms that hired most of your peers very picky on the fact that you did not receive your training in big 5?

Originally Posted by Unregistered

mind sharing how you landed your in-house role? were the firms that hired most of your peers very picky on the fact that you did not receive your training in big 5?

Okay I'll bite. Who is supposed to be in the unofficial "Big 5", apart from the known Big4?

Originally Posted by Unregistered

Okay I'll bite. Who is supposed to be in the unofficial "Big 5", apart from the known Big4?

Baker McKenzie

Originally Posted by Unregistered

Okay I'll bite. Who is supposed to be in the unofficial "Big 5", apart from the known Big4?

Shook lin bok

Originally Posted by Unregistered

Shook lin bok

It’s actually Rodyk la. Or “Dentons” lite.

Originally Posted by Unregistered

Okay I'll bite. Who is supposed to be in the unofficial "Big 5", apart from the known Big4?

I’m honestly surprised you don’t know.
Are you seriously in law?

How to join politics? i just want a iron rice bowl job with not too much stress. so sick of being a lawyer.

Originally Posted by Unregistered

I’m honestly surprised you don’t know.
Are you seriously in law?

I’m honestly surprised you think there’s a ‘big 5’. Go stamp your NP kiddo and bind those folders.

Originally Posted by Unregistered

I’m honestly surprised you think there’s a ‘big 5’. Go stamp your NP kiddo and bind those folders.

Its a shorthand for Rodyk lah, or as post-2016 kids will say, "Dentons Rodyk" (lol). Don't need to get uppity over it. Nobody is seriously claiming Rodyk is on the same league as A&G et al.