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Originally Posted by Unregistered

Exactly my point. Out of 20 JLCs every year, only 1 can be found in the “many who successfully joined disputes in International Firms”.
Cute

Pitiful fellow you are. Perhaps you can enlighten us…you Didn’t get a JLC offer and now just salty? Or didn’t get an FCH Such that didn’t even have a chance to apply?

Originally Posted by Unregistered

Does anyone know of JLCs who chose to do corp in the end, and are thriving there??

I know one who went JLC, corp, then now in legal tech.

Originally Posted by Unregistered

Exactly my point. Out of 20 JLCs every year, only 1 can be found in the “many who successfully joined disputes in International Firms”.
Cute

JLC skews you towards legal service or judicial service lah.

that's how it is.

But if you want to move out into the private sector to do disputes or whatever after the end of your JLC term, I don't see why it's an issue.

I'm not really sure I get your point. What exactly is your analysis here. Surely it can't be that JLC puts you at a disadvantage as compared to non-JLC high fliers in the legal sector right? The way I see it, having a JLC-ship surely cannot be a bad thing, only a good thing.

If you say it doesn't guarantee success, nothing guarantees success what. Success is multi-faceted.

Having a JLC on your CV is something many law grads will kill for. So I'm not sure what exactly your point is?

If your end goal is corp, better off gaining practical experience at a top firm than spending 2 years as JLC. Candidates who can apply for JLC already have a good resume and don’t need whatever perceived prestige from being JLC

Originally Posted by Unregistered

If your end goal is corp, better off gaining practical experience at a top firm than spending 2 years as JLC. Candidates who can apply for JLC already have a good resume and don’t need whatever perceived prestige from being JLC

Baker mckenzie TC is more prestigious than JLC. U get paid double too.

Why aren't top students for both schools jlcs?

Originally Posted by Unregistered

Why aren't top students for both schools jlcs?

It's very selective and there are only limited slots each year. Being among the top of your cohort merely qualifies you for the interview with the judges. You need to impress them to get offered.

Originally Posted by Unregistered

I know one who went JLC, corp, then now in legal tech.

That one didn’t stay long in practice. I’ve known a couple of JLCs who stayed in corporate practice - one is in Ashurst, another is at A&G. These tend to be few and far between though.

Originally Posted by Unregistered

Exactly my point. Out of 20 JLCs every year, only 1 can be found in the “many who successfully joined disputes in International Firms”.
Cute

Many over the years. Some examples - Victor Yao, Kenneth Tay, Keith Han, Jordan Tan at CC, Emmanuel Chua hsf, Faraaz amar Sidley. Your poor research skills explain why you are neither JLC or international firmz.

Originally Posted by Unregistered

Why aren't top students for both schools jlcs?

Most likely they didn’t apply for JLC to pursue greener pastures elsewhere (international firms in SG or overseas). Becoming more and more common for top students.