Lawyer Salary

y chiong so hard in a law firm ?

go inhouse n use ur free time to learn how to invest...way more fulfilling

[Jber]

Originally Posted by Unregistered

I know a couple from U. of Melbourne. They are doing okay. I'm not sure what they started out at, but after 4 to 5 years, they are all making 6-8k.

I don't know anyone from Murdoch, so I can't say for sure. But whatever it is, just make sure you go to a scheduled university. Otherwise your degree will become semi-useless.

Schedules university means?

Originally Posted by Unregistered

y chiong so hard in a law firm ?

go inhouse n use ur free time to learn how to invest...way more fulfilling

Inhouse means?

Originally Posted by Unregistered

100-200k per month is only well-off. 1-2 million per month will make you rich.

U must be mad!!!how many can eat millions a month..let alone o e two hundred thousand a month...if one can earn almost 10k a month already very well to do..sg Ain't that expensive..

[Intercontinental]

These are the approved or "scheduled" universities for those who are interested.

From: List of approved universities | Ministry of Law

We have listed the approved universities below. Please click on the relevant university to see the corresponding section of the guide 'Am I a Qualified Person?' which lists the other “qualified person” requirements for that particular university (e.g. citizenship, type of degree, class of honours or ranking etc).

Singapore
National University of Singapore
Singapore Management University

United Kingdom
University of Birmingham
University of Bristol
University of Cambridge
University of Durham
University of Exeter
University of Leeds
University of Leicester
University of Liverpool
King’s College, London, University of London
London School of Economics and Political Science, University of London
Queen Mary and Westfield College, University of London
School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London
University College, University of London
University of Manchester
University of Nottingham
University of Oxford
University of Sheffield
University of Southampton
University of Warwick

Australia
Australian National University
Flinders University
Monash University
Murdoch University
University of Melbourne
University of New South Wales
University of Queensland
University of Sydney
University of Tasmania
University of Western Australia

New Zealand
University of Auckland
Victoria University of Wellington

United States of America
Columbia University
Harvard University
New York University
University of Michigan

Certain law degrees from the following universities will also be recognised if you commenced the course of study leading to the degree before 1st January 1994:

Canada
Osgoode Hall, University of York
University of Toronto

Hong Kong
University of Hong Kong

Malaysia
University of Malaya

Just wondering, what would the pay be like for a fresh grad Singapore PR (Malaysian) from NUS working as a DPP?

Would salary be increased substantially if Singaporean citizenship is obtained after a few years?

No diff. But probably a cap on career progression if you are not SC.

Hi, I graduated from Oxford Uni. good A level and degree grades etc. I qualified as a lawyer in UK 5 years ago. I desperately want to get work as a foreign lawyer in Singapore. Unfortunately I ended up specialising in personal injury law which doesn't seem to have any equivalent in Singapore. Also I want to move away from PI and do something - anything else. What are my chances of being considered for a lawyer or paralegal role and what sector should I realistically aspire to? What kind of salary would I achieve as a trainee junior lawyer/ paralegal and do you think it would make much difference if I did Part A of the bar exam? Thanks

Originally Posted by Unregistered

Hi, I graduated from Oxford Uni. good A level and degree grades etc. I qualified as a lawyer in UK 5 years ago. I desperately want to get work as a foreign lawyer in Singapore. Unfortunately I ended up specialising in personal injury law which doesn't seem to have any equivalent in Singapore. Also I want to move away from PI and do something - anything else. What are my chances of being considered for a lawyer or paralegal role and what sector should I realistically aspire to? What kind of salary would I achieve as a trainee junior lawyer/ paralegal and do you think it would make much difference if I did Part A of the bar exam? Thanks

Is your degree in law or did you do the conversion course after your degree? If, it's the latter, then your chances are very low for Singapore in general does not recognise it.

Part A is only for Singaporeans/PRs; for foreigners try Foreign Practitioners Examination | Ministry of Law . You do need an offer from a local or international firm based here to do the exam though. And while there is a general shortage of lawyers and your Oxford degree helps, I don't think it would be easy to secure a job given your experience, as law firms (international ones especially) are big on commercial litigation and corporate law. Maybe you can try for inhouse roles in insurance companies or the like.

What kind of law specialty is in demand? I know there is already an overflow in corporate lawyers. But what about other less popular but in higher demand specialty?

I am a bio graduate in a research job. Any value in a bio lawyer? Hoping to get into law after few years of work. But damn it is so competitive to be admitted into local law programme.

Yes, can lead a comfortable life with 10k a month. THe person who talked about 200K or 2M is just "cui3 gong4 lan3 pa1 song4". Wanna talk big so that people will think he/she is of high calibre.

Originally Posted by Unregistered

U must be mad!!!how many can eat millions a month..let alone o e two hundred thousand a month...if one can earn almost 10k a month already very well to do..sg Ain't that expensive..