Lawyer Salary

Originally Posted by Unregistered

Heard from a recruiter that alot of ddps are applying for inhouse corp roles but are always rejected due to lack of experience.

Might as well go inhouse regulatory. Google always hiring for regulatory or investigations counsel.

Originally Posted by Unregistered

Any chance for DPP to go Corp dept of International firm?

Same considerations and hurdles - international firms are not going to want to re-train you, so will take you at a PQE cut (or not take you on at all). Unfortunately, DPP experience simply doesn't transfer across to corporate law.

You could try for liti roles (arbitration or white collar / investigations) with international firms, but there are often many suitable applicants for a very small number of roles. And you'd be up against liti ppl from B4 firms who probably have more directly relevant experience.

B4 will consider you for liti roles, and MAY consider you for corp roles (possibly with PQE cut), so this is definitely one way to get your foot in the door. But you'd also have to consider how much energy you have to re-train as a junior corp lawyer.

does the concept of the "iron rice bowl" exist in the legal profession? what if i wanna lepak4lyfe

Originally Posted by Unregistered

does the concept of the "iron rice bowl" exist in the legal profession? what if i wanna lepak4lyfe

Be a dpp lor, iron ricebowl and go home at 6

Originally Posted by Unregistered

does the concept of the "iron rice bowl" exist in the legal profession? what if i wanna lepak4lyfe

Civil service or public sector. Lower tier ministries or govt linked entities or stat board type of entities. Seriously.

Of course don't expect good pay. But the work you do is really a fraction of private sector roles. People go there to retire or stay for > 5 years, which is a rarity in most legal jobs

So DPP$ are those airheads who went above and beyond unnecessarily to “prosecute” drug offenders from less privileged families? I have personally dealt with them before and could say their arguments were not the most succinct/sharp but they were definitely the group who might bite on anyone’s a$$ whenever there’s an opportunity.

I’m not confident to categorise them even with big 4/int firms lawyers. The best label I can credit them for is being bureaucratical, but terms such as “commercial savviness” or even “savviness”, I would think twice.

Originally Posted by Unregistered

So DPP$ are those airheads who went above and beyond unnecessarily to “prosecute” drug offenders from less privileged families? I have personally dealt with them before and could say their arguments were not the most succinct/sharp but they were definitely the group who might bite on anyone’s a$$ whenever there’s an opportunity.

I’m not confident to categorise them even with big 4/int firms lawyers. The best label I can credit them for is being bureaucratical, but terms such as “commercial savviness” or even “savviness”, I would think twice.

How hard can criminal law be? It is a year 1 law module. The easiest subject in law school. Private practice lawyers deal with much more complex and specialist areas of law, much more demanding clients and pressures that a dpp will never experience.

Originally Posted by Unregistered

How hard can criminal law be? It is a year 1 law module. The easiest subject in law school. Private practice lawyers deal with much more complex and specialist areas of law, much more demanding clients and pressures that a dpp will never experience.

Lol bruv you don’t ****ing know ****.

Any idea what the latest rounds of salaries for A&G are?

Originally Posted by Unregistered

Same considerations and hurdles - international firms are not going to want to re-train you, so will take you at a PQE cut (or not take you on at all). Unfortunately, DPP experience simply doesn't transfer across to corporate law.

You could try for liti roles (arbitration or white collar / investigations) with international firms, but there are often many suitable applicants for a very small number of roles. And you'd be up against liti ppl from B4 firms who probably have more directly relevant experience.

B4 will consider you for liti roles, and MAY consider you for corp roles (possibly with PQE cut), so this is definitely one way to get your foot in the door. But you'd also have to consider how much energy you have to re-train as a junior corp lawyer.

Yes best route for DPP is to go big4 first