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[QUOTE=Unregistered;162972]I'm in law practice for 1-2 years but this is purely my observations:

As a whole, law is not a sunset industry, but several "traditional" areas of law are. Family, real estate and PIMA/NIMA are sunset, with severe undercutting and gradual tightening of how much lawyers can charge their clients.

For corporate (non-litigation), it remains relevant but the pandemic accelerated the embracing of technology. And it is in trouble, because AI can draft simple SPAs, STAs, etc. Companies may dispense with engaging a lawyer for drafting, although they will still hire a lawyer in the event that the deal falls through and litigation is inevitable. I say it is "semi-sunset".

The areas of law that are booming, or poised to in the future, are tech and intellectual property. There aren't enough lawyers in these areas to take advantage of the tech boom in Singapore. Needless to say, it is not easy to be a lawyer in these fields as it requires expert knowledge in tech as well, and not many law undergrads know these.

For criminal law, there is still a future as Singaporeans are mostly middle-class now and willing to pay if it means avoiding custodial sentences. Also, with the government trying to control the internet and its expression, together with Singaporeans becoming more "woke", expect more cases to come up, like the smiley face incident.

Regarding toughness of finding a job or whether too many lawyers fighting for jobs, the answer is an absolute yes. So go pad your CV up when you are still in university. Forget about joining orientation groups or clubs/societies, those don't mean **** when applying for a job as lawyer. Instead, be more "anti-social" and spend more time getting more internships and building connections with senior lawyers. Anyway, you will realize that 99% of your friends are fair-weathered friends and they aren't going to be nice once you all compete for the same slice of the pie.[/QUOTE]

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Today 04:24 AM

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Hi! I am a delisted graduate looking to move.

Which firm has the most delisted graduates?

Today 02:39 AM

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Any idea which firms are better to TC at considering lack of retention?

Don't worry about lack of retention now.. Most firms are literally begging for associates due to the lack of NQ-5PQE level assocs. As long as you're accepted, and you don't quit, most firms are more than willing to retain you.

It's finally a seller's market, enjoy it.

Today 02:04 AM

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Why don’t people consider academia? Sheridan fellowship?

Bear in mind that most academia job is contract job. Meaning once the term ends, if NUS doesnt renew the contract, you can pack up liao. Of coz there is such thing as tenure, but it's very difficult to get.

Also research funding is quite limited as most funding goes to more trendy, sexier, hotter areas like material science, chem, medical, semiconductors, robotics, comp sci etc. Soft science like law, you can expect funding akin to that of FASS

Today 12:13 AM

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anyone got reviews for PDLegal? how's the attrition

Good firm, good work. None.

Yesterday 10:52 PM

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Any idea which firms are better to TC at considering lack of retention?

Yesterday 10:44 PM

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Why don’t people consider academia? Sheridan fellowship?

Yesterday 09:53 PM

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anyone got reviews for PDLegal? how's the attrition

Yesterday 08:33 PM

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So is it true that there are $0 trainees? So whoever trained in RHT might be paid nothing? Wow.

Maybe they are ok with it cos they are #OneRHT #RHTFamily. $$ doesn't matter.

Yesterday 08:27 PM

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Dentons has moved its associates to the international payscales

I find that hard to believe since Rodyk it's a Swiss verein with separate profit pools. And they are neither a 'true' international firm (merely a local firm with the Dentons brand name) nor exactly leading the market as a local firm (compared to the Big 4).

But it's not that far fetched to believe that they've raised their payscale slightly in light of recent increases by the Big 4s.

Yesterday 08:26 PM

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Dentons has moved its associates to the international payscales

s://.mycareersfuture.gov.sg/job/legal/litigation-associate-dentons-rodyk-davidson-6f2b51632401b3dfb9a351f90a430b62

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