| Yesterday 02:31 PM |
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Need to be NY or EW called? Or just SG bar will do?
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Last time it was easy. Whole of Clifford chance Singapore filled with NUS graduates. Even one or two second lowers.
Now times are hard for us. Even being a slave in a conveyor belt like Wong P is not easy.
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| Yesterday 02:30 PM |
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Yup, got an offer from a V5 US firm not too long ago with a NUS LLB and only SG called.
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Not right out of uni right?
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| 07-06-2024 07:38 PM |
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This may have been the case years ago, but most of the US firms paying White Shoe / Mid-Atlantic rates are very open to hiring local grads (or at the very least, UK grads with pure SG experience). Milbank, Mofo, W&C etc have quite a few.
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Yup, got an offer from a V5 US firm not too long ago with a NUS LLB and only SG called.
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| 07-06-2024 07:17 PM |
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This may have been the case years ago, but most of the US firms paying White Shoe / Mid-Atlantic rates are very open to hiring local grads (or at the very least, UK grads with pure SG experience). Milbank, Mofo, W&C etc have quite a few.
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Need to be NY or EW called? Or just SG bar will do?
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| 07-06-2024 03:08 PM |
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Unfortunately you can't break into top US firms operating in SG with a NUS/SMU degree - some do hire laterally from big 4, but others are exclusively looking out for UK graduates with UK experience.
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Who are these "others" that are exclusively looking for UK graduates? Most of the top US firms I've seen have local grads in their ranks.
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| 07-06-2024 03:05 PM |
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Dododododo
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| 07-06-2024 02:54 PM |
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Unfortunately you can't break into top US firms operating in SG with a NUS/SMU degree - some do hire laterally from big 4, but others are exclusively looking out for UK graduates with UK experience.
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This may have been the case years ago, but most of the US firms paying White Shoe / Mid-Atlantic rates are very open to hiring local grads (or at the very least, UK grads with pure SG experience). Milbank, Mofo, W&C etc have quite a few.
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| 07-06-2024 02:24 PM |
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Only managed to score a Merit from SMU 3.0/4.0 how ****ed am I in terms of my legal career? Will B4 never ever hire me? :/
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Still possible. Second lower NUS hires are not uncommon although depends on other factors like interview performance and other aspects in which you can burnish your CV to make yourself look "well put together" from a credential standpoint.
Alternatively, a mid tier then lateral to Big 4 around 3or 4 PQE is also very possible, especially when they're very starved for warm bodies.
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| 07-06-2024 02:06 PM |
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Only managed to score a Merit from SMU 3.0/4.0 how ****ed am I in terms of my legal career? Will B4 never ever hire me? :/
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| 07-06-2024 12:52 PM |
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Ok, so don’t take the scholarship? Borrow from parents?
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This is a decision for the individual to make base on whether they think the 6 years in public sector can serve some purpose towards any subsequent move to private practice, or it’s too much opportunity cost. People here can only give suggestions based on their own views but don’t look to here to endorse if the individual has already decided or have a clear preference towards not being bonded.
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