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Also, you don't need to sit the "bar exam" if you don't plan to become a barrister. A good portion of law graduates don't become admitted as lawyers. For admission as a solicitor, you'll need to do Practical Legal Training after you finish your law degree. The above career guides (which I...

Firstly, congrats on your law school offer. Here are just some of my tips and tricks on navigating your first year. Useful sites and resources I would suggest reading up on some first-year guides and career guides to get a high-level understanding of what lies ahead. Survive Law has a...

Given Aston Villa's current ranking in the league, the analogy probably works!

You'd be surprised that there are rare, say, WSU students who end up at top-tier law firms which plenty of UNSW/USYD students couldn't get into. If USYD is Real Madrid and UNSW is Man City, then Macquarie would be Spurs and UTS would be Barcelona. I'd rather be a stand out player at Spurs or...

An 80 law average at UTS/MQ would definitely be more attractive than a 60 law average at USYD/UNSW.

Yes but they won’t ever have a consecutive streak of greater than 10 years again - #justtrustme

NSB did it

I did both Business Studies and Economics in Years 11 and 12 and here's my two cents. Both subjects provide a good basic foundation for commercial awareness/business acumen if you're interested in commercial law areas later on. Your interest in the legal profession shouldn't really affect your...

No (Gen Z) has time for that - I'm towards the tail end of Millennials and even I quit private practice law for the cushy in-house life! Jokes aside, working hard is underrated. Graduates these days generally bring a different attitude of "I won't put up with this" - it's hard to tell whether...

Just keep in mind that regrets are often voiced louder than satisfaction (ie you're more likely to hear from law students/lawyers who express a sense of regret than those who endorse a law degree/being a lawyer). I wouldn't necessarily let them deter you. However, in deciding between Law...

I can't give you any real reassurance if that's what you're looking for. However, don't write yourself off for any firm. Do the best with what you have and apply far and wide. If you're serious about getting a clerkship offer, don't limit yourself to just the Top 8 or international firms like...

I don't think there's any magic number for what is "adequate" length for experience. In any case, common sense would say that the longer the better - the more experience you have, the easier it'll be for you to talk about your experience in interviews. Hard to talk about complex paralegal work...

Normally, a paralegal role at a big firm will make you more competitive for that firm or other big firms. However, I have known people who had paralegal roles at certain firms but didn't get clerkship/graduate offers from those firms. Having legal experience doesn't mean marks are no longer...

Hi, Current lawyer here and went through the clerkship application process back in the day. WAM cut off Without knowing your university, I will say that, as a general rule, 70+ Law WAM is probably the bare minimum (and by no means "competitive") for any top tiers. Also, law firms tend to only...

Fee earners at all levels pre-partner (after the first 1-2 “graduate program” years especially) can definitely expect bonuses of anywhere between 10% and 25% of their salary (the % depending on the amount of hours billed in the year and other performance factors, but ultimately it’s usually...

There’s probably no real right or wrong choice here. What is sensible will depend on your aspirations, interests, strengths and weaknesses. Law is a traditionally competitive degree where it is hard to achieve higher marks due to the common use of grading on a bell curve. I wouldn’t say it...

First of all, it’s perfectly normal to know you want to do a law degree but not really know what to do with it. When I first chose to do a combined law degree (as I knew I didn’t want to do a single degree), I only saw law as the “supplementary” degree and wasn’t always dead set on becoming a...

I've probably heard of instances where a lawyer's salary has more than doubled or has nearly tripled after 4-5 years (e.g. graduate lawyer at a mid-tier and then making senior associate in 4-5 years at a top tier). The average salary of a lawyer in Sydney or in Australia (as you might find on...

Likewise, good to see that you are still around after all this time. I'd say I have definitely done well for myself but "killing it" is an overstatement. I ain't on deswa's level :p

There are recruitment agencies which have salary data for private practice lawyers (those working in law firms). For example, the Mahlab Report: https://www.mahlab.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Mahlab-Report-2022-FINAL.pdf