Lawyer Salary

Originally Posted by Unregistered

Might as well be a dentist, they make decent money with great hours even at a young age

i wanna be a leegal eagle like a kings 10m earner woo!

Originally Posted by Unregistered

Might as well be a dentist, they make decent money with great hours even at a young age

must be STEM inclined though. If study Arts stream in JC then how.

I think STEM inclined people do law a bit wasted, cos STEM has lots of better paying fields. Not just talking abt med or dent.

Art & humanities inclined people have many tracks too but on the whole these fields are lower paying. So law together with consulting are 2 of the most optimal outcomes for "artsy" people.

Finance is open for artsy and STEM people but the competition for and in "high finance" is too stiff.

Can i ask whether the legal sector is still experiencing a glut of graduates like in 2016?

Initially I went into law because i was trying to be contrarian (going against everyone's advice of not doing law). Just realized that I made a huge mistake because law is still oversaturated after nearly 10 years of glut. I only have passion for criminal law and like equity & trusts.

Originally Posted by Unregistered

Can i ask whether the legal sector is still experiencing a glut of graduates like in 2016?

Initially I went into law because i was trying to be contrarian (going against everyone's advice of not doing law). Just realized that I made a huge mistake because law is still oversaturated after nearly 10 years of glut. I only have passion for criminal law and like equity & trusts.

No glut means you stay? Think fundamentally you should be concern with what you want your career trajectory to be (law or otherwise) rather than focusing on the market outlook.

Originally Posted by Unregistered

Can i ask whether the legal sector is still experiencing a glut of graduates like in 2016?

Initially I went into law because i was trying to be contrarian (going against everyone's advice of not doing law). Just realized that I made a huge mistake because law is still oversaturated after nearly 10 years of glut. I only have passion for criminal law and like equity & trusts.

Family law has the worst salary prospects of all the fields

If you don’t like law there’s no point staying on

You will earn even lesser than a NUS/NTU business major if you choose to go into family law

Originally Posted by Unregistered

Can i ask whether the legal sector is still experiencing a glut of graduates like in 2016?

Initially I went into law because i was trying to be contrarian (going against everyone's advice of not doing law). Just realized that I made a huge mistake because law is still oversaturated after nearly 10 years of glut. I only have passion for criminal law and like equity & trusts.

No offense but this is a naive mindset to have.

Your interest in the profession being dictated by how many competing entrants there are at the fresh grad level sounds like a reasonable mindset to have at first blush, but only because law has an artificial bottleneck i.e. the need to obtain TCs to qualify.

What if I told you that at the mid-level, there is a dearth of lawyers and you are almost guaranteed to get a job because good mid-level lawyers are so uncommon and law firms are fighting to hire all the mid-levels? Will you then think that the profession is attractive?

And if I told you that at the senior level, its hard to get hired anywhere at a level of compensation which would find palatable, unless you have a proven book of business as a rainmaker? Would you again think the profession is unattractive?

The market outlook varies with the level of seniority. If you have no interest, you should not be practising, full stop. Choosing your career based solely on market demand is stupid - we saw how that played out with life science and to some extent, now with cs.

Anyway you sound like a student, because nobody describes practice areas like "equity and trusts" (this is an academic area, not a practice area). So you still have a few years to think about alternative paths.

Originally Posted by Unregistered

No offense but this is a naive mindset to have.

Your interest in the profession being dictated by how many competing entrants there are at the fresh grad level sounds like a reasonable mindset to have at first blush, but only because law has an artificial bottleneck i.e. the need to obtain TCs to qualify.

What if I told you that at the mid-level, there is a dearth of lawyers and you are almost guaranteed to get a job because good mid-level lawyers are so uncommon and law firms are fighting to hire all the mid-levels? Will you then think that the profession is attractive?

And if I told you that at the senior level, its hard to get hired anywhere at a level of compensation which would find palatable, unless you have a proven book of business as a rainmaker? Would you again think the profession is unattractive?

The market outlook varies with the level of seniority. If you have no interest, you should not be practising, full stop. Choosing your career based solely on market demand is stupid - we saw how that played out with life science and to some extent, now with cs.

Anyway you sound like a student, because nobody describes practice areas like "equity and trusts" (this is an academic area, not a practice area). So you still have a few years to think about alternative paths.

Yeah I am regretting my decision every day as a Y1 llb student..

Btw I was rejected from NUS/SMU, so I am studying at Nottingham instead.

Life really sucks in the UK, bad weather bad food and no friends.

Everything feels horrible and I really feel like quitting and just applying to NUS for BBA/CS this year

Really feeling that my sacrifices of being away from my family in Singapore is not worth it

Because there’s a high chance of not getting a TC even if I get a 1st

Originally Posted by Unregistered

No offense but this is a naive mindset to have.

Your interest in the profession being dictated by how many competing entrants there are at the fresh grad level sounds like a reasonable mindset to have at first blush, but only because law has an artificial bottleneck i.e. the need to obtain TCs to qualify.

What if I told you that at the mid-level, there is a dearth of lawyers and you are almost guaranteed to get a job because good mid-level lawyers are so uncommon and law firms are fighting to hire all the mid-levels? Will you then think that the profession is attractive?

And if I told you that at the senior level, its hard to get hired anywhere at a level of compensation which would find palatable, unless you have a proven book of business as a rainmaker? Would you again think the profession is unattractive?

The market outlook varies with the level of seniority. If you have no interest, you should not be practising, full stop. Choosing your career based solely on market demand is stupid - we saw how that played out with life science and to some extent, now with cs.

Anyway you sound like a student, because nobody describes practice areas like "equity and trusts" (this is an academic area, not a practice area). So you still have a few years to think about alternative paths.

Yeah I am regretting my decision every day as a Y1 llb student.. Btw I was rejected from NUS/SMU, so I am studying at Nottingham instead.

Life really sucks in the UK, bad weather bad food and no friends. Everything feels horrible and I really feel like quitting and just applying to NUS for BBA/CS this year

Originally Posted by Unregistered

Can i ask whether the legal sector is still experiencing a glut of graduates like in 2016?

Initially I went into law because i was trying to be contrarian (going against everyone's advice of not doing law). Just realized that I made a huge mistake because law is still oversaturated after nearly 10 years of glut. I only have passion for criminal law and like equity & trusts.

can always apply for JLC if you are interested in those subjects.

Originally Posted by Unregistered

Can i ask whether the legal sector is still experiencing a glut of graduates like in 2016?

Initially I went into law because i was trying to be contrarian (going against everyone's advice of not doing law). Just realized that I made a huge mistake because law is still oversaturated after nearly 10 years of glut. I only have passion for criminal law and like equity & trusts.

Criminal law and equity & trusts are so different. What an eccentric area of interest. Why not contract law? The law is a lot more interesting than criminal law (at least in Singapore) and a lot more predictable than equity & trusts.