| Today 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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| Today 11:45 AM |
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Ok, so don’t take the scholarship? Borrow from parents?
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nobody can give good advice here bro
lawyers r all rich kids, parents' ability to finance kids' overseas edu isn't even a consideration
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| Today 08:49 AM |
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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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Ok, so don’t take the scholarship? Borrow from parents?
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| Today 07:11 AM |
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Why is Oxbridge law the only option? No need to waste money - plenty of international law firms are keen on hiring good students from NUS/SMU.
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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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| Yesterday 10:03 PM |
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Don't waste time. The SMU valedictorian from Baker disputes has swept the LKY and Fulbright scholarships apparently. Is that called double recovery?
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| Yesterday 07:38 PM |
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Hey learned people and more experienced practitioners, asking for advice for a friend who's in a dilemma:
apply for PSC legal scholarship for oxbridge law and be bonded for 6 years; OR
borrow money from parents (part of their retirement savings) for oxbridge law (~200k sgd, rest will be funded by side hustles) and try to secure an intl firm TC post-grad to pay them back? (from middle-lower income family)
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Why is Oxbridge law the only option? No need to waste money - plenty of international law firms are keen on hiring good students from NUS/SMU.
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| Yesterday 05:25 PM |
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Hey learned people and more experienced practitioners, asking for advice for a friend who's in a dilemma:
apply for PSC legal scholarship for oxbridge law and be bonded for 6 years; OR
borrow money from parents (part of their retirement savings) for oxbridge law (~200k sgd, rest will be funded by side hustles) and try to secure an intl firm TC post-grad to pay them back? (from middle-lower income family)
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I would apply for the scholarship as there’s no guarantee your friend will graduate with FCH and secure the international firm TC upon graduation. If that falls through then second option
6 years is not that long, if they get FCH and get judicial clerkship followed by rotation to do Sup Court registry work, the cases they are exposed to for those years may also put them in good stead for subsequent career moves in practice.
I appreciate that this topic has been discussed before some time back so let’s try to agree that everyone will have different views ya
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| Yesterday 04:16 PM |
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Dilemma
Hey learned people and more experienced practitioners, asking for advice for a friend who's in a dilemma:
apply for PSC legal scholarship for oxbridge law and be bonded for 6 years; OR
borrow money from parents (part of their retirement savings) for oxbridge law (~200k sgd, rest will be funded by side hustles) and try to secure an intl firm TC post-grad to pay them back? (from middle-lower income family)
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| Yesterday 04:00 PM |
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Part A Failure Rate?
Part A results just came out
Wonder what is the pass rate now? From the last session, seems like about 1/3 to 1/2 of the total number of candidates were retaking either one or a few of the modules from the last session?
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| Yesterday 12:11 PM |
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There is some merit in learning the value of humility and making do with less at the start of one’s career. Not being jelly or sour grapes. The fall is harder to bear when one starts off with S$25-30k salaries so soon after graduation, and subsequently need to ‘downgrade’ along the course of one’s career because the top can only accommodate that many. By that time, one might likely have acquired penchant for finer things in life, including expensive commitments that become unsustainable to finance on a lower pay.
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Take the high pay upfront, save the money and let compound interest work in your favour. The value of "humility" is letting the partner keep the pay differentia and let him/her earn the compound interest instead of you. Do your part to narrow the wealth gap. If you can't even figure this out, you deserve to be replaced by chatgpt.
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