Law degrees are like accounting degrees in the business world. Its pretty useful info if you want to work in large corporations and also small and medium firms. Many people in MNCs have a legal/accounts backup degree or foundation.

To be an advocate solicitor takes a little bit more of inherent personality. Got to have a big of big mouth factor and a bit of thickfacedness.

If you work in the usual legal firms you need to know little bit of everything unless u work in a big law firm which has specialised departments then it would be beneficial if you did legal specialisms in those fields e.g. litigation, nego& arbitration, contruction, IP, tax etc.

If you want to work in Malaysia but do a foreign degree you have to do CLP. There aren't any more preferred foreign Unis that dont need CLP. Even the 4 year Aussie programs that used to be exempt are no longer so. No choice. Unless u do 4 year local programme then u are exempted isnt that so?

In a mid size firm salary of a 2 year experienced LA (legal asst) is about RM3k-4k. In a small firm could be less but u may hit partnership track earlier and easier maybe. My friend hit his partnership in a 2 boss firm on his 5th year as an LA with salary of RM6k and profit share of 10%.Not much but not too badlah since this way he has no liabilities. Firm only does routine contract work anyway,hardly any litigation so worth it lah. Non stress.

In my time paralegals already go RM1.8k that was 10 years ago. Wow, u mean our market for law grads so depressed ke?

Seriously u can do waaaay more that be a paralegal,trust me. Find out what u enjoy or what interests you. Then find a job in tha field. Otherwise u will just hate your life.

Why dont u do the MAICSA exams and look into Company Secretary jobs? U even get some exemptions from exams coz of your LLB. Being COm Secretary for big companies will pay well once u have some experience. Its rather routine work but u will never run out of offers,really. ANd u can go quite high up the corporate ladder. If u get bored Corporate Reporting side esp for huge companies reporting to SC and public needs to be tracked and managed well by persons with legal and communications type background.