Why not?

My frens has a Law degree, took a 2 year hiatus and work for HSBC before leaving to London to pursue BPTC.

Thou I am not really sure how much of his works are related to laws, but generally, you could, work.
Being a paralegal, yes.

Going to court, nope.
Legal Clerk gets paid around 1,5k ~ 2,5k depending on how thick your cables are....

Best to say, if you only have LLB and no CLP, try to obtain a sponsor for you to finish CLP

I second this. It's true. Even with basic pay for a 'chambie' in KL (top tier firms) is about RM1800++, but the living costs involved is also equally high.

Nowadays, Singapore's Law Society does not recognise any external law programmes including UoL's llb law degree.
Exception to this general rule is:
#1 you must undergo bar professional training course (BPTC) in order to be admitted to one of the inns of courts. After that you're allowed to be admitted to the Singapore' Bar.

#2 Practice for several years, and then join the Singapore's law society as a qualified practitioner with certain number of years standing.

With regards to the UoL programmes, graduate entry programme comes with 8 modules. In order to practice law, your law degree must consist of 12 law modules. No age limit would bar her admittance to the rolls of the advocate.

If she is looking forward to practice law in Malaysia:

Recommended: UoL's LLB (Hons) [3 years] + CLP [7 months] + Chambering [9 months]

Other alternatives to practice anywhere in the world (commonwealth countries)

UoL's LLB (Hons) [3 years] + BPTC + Pupilage (depending on a particular country's admittance to the bar requisites.)

I have included detailed infos. Click on it for better understanding.

Hi everyone, I am currently a law student who is studying the UK Degree Transfer Programme and am planning to do the BPTC in the UK after the completion of my degree. I wish to work in Hong Kong after completing the pupillage programme in Msia or later, which is after working as a lawyer for a few years in Msia. Is it possible for me to practise as a lawyer in Hong Kong? Is there any examination which I would need to take in order for me practise there? And would it be a problem for me to work there as I do not know how to read and write Chinese but I can understand and speak Mandarin&Cantonese.

Thanks for helping out peeps!  biggrin.gif

hi. am a lady
am in singapore now. in house. no longer practising.

Hi, thanks for your advice but we do know that RM 100k is not a small amount since currency inflation and i'm don't see the perk of having both since one of it would be suffice to practice in Malaysia. As for me taking BPTC is like a gamble, you either have the opportunity to work other than Malaysia and earn more (currency magic) or you come back and practice and that's why it's like an investment, there may be returning profit or there may not.  Anyway, do you have any information regarding which college is best for CLP? I'm currently considering ATC (KL or Penang) or BAC since both are quite competitive in their own aspects. Any views will be appreciated. Thank You 

Guide to surviving in law firms.

Rule #1: There is not such thing as spoonfeeding.

Now, if you can elaborate more on your degree, locality, class of honours, etc. can provide some guidance to narrow down possible choices.

Unless

Tan Sri Cecil Abraham is a very busy man. If you are looking forward to a mentor-mentee learning style, it is going to be very difficult.
High profiled lawyer and his clientele consists of high profile businessman, corporation and etc. He regularly represents them in ADR. I'm not sure of his status in court litigation. His son is also a lawyer.

Vinayak. I personally have no knowledge therefore I shall refrain from providing my input on this. However, Skrine is one of the three Ss namely (Shearn Delamore, Skrine and Shok Lin Bok. Impressive clientele ranging from GLC to private business titans. Competitive remuneration and attractive salary package. The problem with big firms is that the partner will have 3 senior LAs, 5 junior LAs, paralegals working for him, you should be expecting to spend more time with his staff than with him. You have to climb the hierarchy over the years, to work directly for him. Advantages: Instead of being placed under one specifc department, you can request to be put in rotation within other departments such as, litigation, conveyance, corporate and etc. You will have a wholistic view and practice of how things move around in the firm. You will have to wait for a long time until they know that you exist in the firm.   

Thomas Philip - Student friendly. He annually hosts ALSA internships for law students. Received good reviews. Medium tier firm. Its possible for you to learn directly from Mr. Philip.

Other lawyers that you can consider,

GK Ganesan. Student friendly. He was one of the judges for LAWASIA Moot Competition (I my my memory serves me correctly, the moot problem was about arbitration). Knowledgeable man.

Robert Lazar.

Firm: Chooi & Co. Very competitive. If you are looking forward to learn from as many people as you can, this is the firm. Their partners are actively involved in Bar Council and Malaysian Bar. Current Managing Partner is the former Bar president.

Ram Rais & Partners. Small firm. Syah can really be a good mentor.
Actually, I cannot decide for you. At the end of the day, it all boils down to your personal preference and expectations.

Cheah Teh Su, Gananathan Low, Raja Daryll Loh.

HYE GUYS, im 18years old and interested to be a lawyer..Still waiting for upu. Just want to ask you guys, what do you guys think about law prospect in future? Is it dark or bright? LOL

Thanks for the information really useful.. Im not bcoming lawyer bcoz of salary. My father wants me to be a engineer with high income and job secure but its not a job that make me sastified.. I want to do something with our social community.. And besides, I want to join politics also thats why I think law degree might be useful ..The only bother me is about the job security, I dont want to be unemployed and lying at my bed without doing nothing:ranting: . If I can ask you more question, what quality does a law graduate needed to be employed?

Different people have different perspectives  . Im not into innovation . I want to fight for justice such as fight for people`s right and develop our country something like that that most people might think its silly

I dont know how to describe it bcoz my English is not very good . Well, how about you are in my position, you want to be a politician but some people say you need a qualification, the problem is most of the politicians even in other countries dont have science politics which I think the most related to politics..And also Im not into our current government and if u join pakatan rakyat now u might not survive solely without doing another job as a side income..This is from some politicians that I have been told.Might be wrong   My plan is if I have law qualification, I can have a law firm like late Karpal Singh?   Anyway thanks for you opinion really appreciate it.

Guys any idea where i can get a cost break down for studying the BPTC? Incl fees, cost of living , rent

To keep things short, is Law still a good career choice today? How is the job market and the general landscape around here these days?
Any thoughts?