Does law graduates in Singapore have a lack of job?

[onemore]

Edureach:

phtthp:

each year, roughly how many NUS and SMU Law faculty churn out ?

About 260 and 120 respectively. 100% employment record, mean salary approx $4850-5000.

Yes, but may not be for long into the future...this protected profession is opening up for foriegn practice too.

The Singapore government is opening the door to international firms and developing the lion city as a centre of arbitration.

25% of lawyers are foreigners, and yet foreign law firms account for only about 12% of all law firms here..

Source: Singapore Ministry of Law, Singapore International Arbitration Centre

expect more foreign lawyers coming in - hopefully it is not going to be an influx like everything else... :gloomy:

[Mawar]

Go for it if there is passion or interest. The same applies to any field of study. Even if she did not end up a lawyer, the training would put her in good stead in whatever field she chooses.

[onemore]

Mawar:

Go for it if there is passion or interest. The same applies to any field of study. Even if she did not end up a lawyer, the training would put her in good stead in whatever field she chooses.

agree, go for it for the passion and not for the $$$; just be prepared for competition before, during and after graduation. starters, local uni entry score AAA/A + written test + interview.

[kiasu_mum75]

law graduate from the LSE can practise law in singapore?

[RachelLee]

Not if you have a recognised degree from SMU and NUS. Not all law schools are approved by the Ministry of Law. For instance, even if you have an external degree in law offered by the University of London, you are still not allowed to practise law in Singapore.

[sangam121]

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[jetsetter]

To note:


Eight UK law schools removed from Overseas Scheduled Universities list
(UK Academic Year commencing September/October 2016.)

https://www.mlaw.gov.sg/content/minlaw/en/news/press-releases/govt-accepts-SILE-recommendations-on-OSU-list.html

The eight UK law schools taken off are: University of Exeter; University of Leeds; University of Leicester; University of Liverpool; School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London; University of Manchester; University of Sheffield; and University of Southampton.


The retained UK universities are: University of Birmingham; University of Bristol; University of Cambridge; University of Durham; 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; University College, University of London; University of Nottingham; University of Oxford; and University of Warwick.

[phtthp]

Is there an over supply of law graduates in Sg now, until hard to find jobs ?


If cant find law firm to hire them, what other job can they turn to, besides teach English ?

[sharonkhoo]

phtthp:

Is there an over supply of law graduates in Sg now, until hard to find jobs ?


If cant find law firm to hire them, what other job can they turn to, besides teach English ?

Anything, really, as long as it's not technical. Whatever job someone with a Business or Arts degree could do is possible. Jobs my law graduate friends have variously done: tax consultant, corporate secretary, journalist, entrepreneur, tutor (predictably, English, Lit and GP), librarian, writer, actor, film sub-titler, civil servant, police officer. Some started out as lawyers and moved on, but some never worked as lawyers at all. And banks and commercial corporations often like people with legal knowledge in some non-lawyer posts.

[zbear]

Big MNCs now set up their own legal departments instead of outsourcing to legal firms.