Law

Law’s an excitng but compettve career, and the rewards are good if you enjoy challenges and thrive on hard work. Specialisaton is also becoming increasingly important for medium to larger frms of solicitors, partcularly in areas such as insolvency, litgaton and employment law.

In this sector, experience in corporate or commercial law, renewable energy and commercial contracts procurement is likely to help career progression.

However, in order to practse law in Singapore, candidates must be either a Singaporean or Singapore permanent resident, have a second class honours law degree or higher and be admited to the Singapore Bar.

You’ll need…

• Analytcal skills • Communicaton skills • The ability to work under pressure • To be highly commited • Solid networking skills

Types of employers

• Private practce • In-house corporate solicitors’ departments • Public sector

Job-hunting tips

In order to be admited to the Singapore Bar, graduates must frst serve a practse training period under a qualifed lawyer – unless an exempton is procured. Obtaining practse trainee positons with the more renowned law frms is a highlycompettve scramble in the Litle Red Dot, so networking and strengthening relatonships with contacts is a must.

Work experience

• Consider taking up paralegal jobs as a student to meet contacts and form networks within the legal sphere • Hopefuls can also get involved in areas where legal knowledge is always welcome, such as an internship with a politcal campaign, or joining an NGO or social work organisaton

Deadlines

Certain frms hire year-round, while others have fxed recruitment dates. Check their websites for specifc details.

Did you know?

Solicitors, or “associates”, are general practtoners of the law. They provide a broad service to individuals and organisatons, dispensing legal advice and informaton, and implementng legal procedures and transactons. The work is generally very varied.