Lawyer Salary

Originally Posted by Unregistered

SUSS grad from 2022 batch.. currently working as legal executive at a small Chinatown firm. Currently getting paid $1200 a month.. firm is not profitable.. losing money actually. No bonus for last year

How bout your classmates?

suss guy obviously trolling lol

Originally Posted by Unregistered

suss guy obviously trolling lol

Hahaha the Suss law students I know is not that pathetic thou. U sure u from the 2022 cohort?

Originally Posted by Unregistered

Hahaha the Suss law students I know is not that pathetic thou. U sure u from the 2022 cohort?

Yup. Currently working at ETP Law.

Originally Posted by Unregistered

Hahaha the Suss law students I know is not that pathetic thou. U sure u from the 2022 cohort?

This comment is in itself hurtful lol

Originally Posted by Unregistered

This comment is in itself hurtful lol

Not that pathetic but abit?

Originally Posted by Unregistered

I have never seen a single grad/intern/assoc while I was interning in the past 2 years.

But I have heard that there’s one assoc now, in one of the big 4.

Seen a handful who have interned at Baker and Big 4, but no trainees as far as I know

Originally Posted by Unregistered

the latest info on pay was in 2021, was wondering if its the same for present?

would it be right to say

for the trainees doing 1 year TC,
big 4: 2.5-3k
mid-size: 1.5-2k

for associates,
big 4: 7k (NQ)
mid-size:6-6.5k (NQ)

what are the increments like?

yes, big 4 increments are laid out at sglegaljobs.com/blog

a lot of variance for mid-size, firm dependent

SUSS guy, sorry to break it to you but if you didnt pass the bar, you cant really be called a legal executive can you. Legal executives are for people who have passed the bar but have yet to receive a practising cert or for people who wish to work in firms who do not have vacancies for associates but the firm still wants to retain them as cheap labour.

You are probably hired as a trainee which is why you are paid 1.2k which is the remuneration of a trainee.

Dont talk about bonus please. As a trainee you dont do enough work or rather, quality work to warrant a bonus.

Originally Posted by Unregistered

General practitioner 3PQE assoc from a small firm looking to join a larger corp firm. Presently a jack of all trades doing a mixture of both contentious and non contentious matters.

Pay isn’t good at where I am and I don’t expect an increment. Current pay is below market rate and probably below NQ in the larger firms. Seeking a change of environment as everything has become stagnant.

1. For career development, which larger-mid to big firm teams should I be looking at?

2. Who are the better partners and their teams to work for?

3. How is Drew corporate, and the work culture? Which drew corp teams are good to join

Heard that Drew corp is not what it used to be. Be prepared for extremely long hours and poor culture.