Recent content by lawfiend

For starters, we know the aim of this thread - ask questions, get answers. If law is such a horrible profession, then why do some of the most intelligent people pursue it? People who work at large law firms have typically been very successful in their education as you need a healthy...

oh yes. here we go again. please, enlighten us - the great prophet of doom and gloom!

At Allens (and other major corporate law firms), you can go on secondments to places like RACS (which specifically help refugees) and there are a lot of pro bono opportunities. In contrast, you can't just decide to work 6 months at a CLC or spend time giving legal advice to young people at...

From a technical POV, the difficulty becomes progressively harder for the first couple of years but it plateaus once you start on the your electives. Senior units are harder as there are more readings, longer problem questions etc. However, I've also heard (and to an extent I agree) that law...

Very intense. I started my applications almost immediately after my final exams for semester 1. A lot of my friends laughed at me saying I was being too serious but a good application should take 3-4 hours minimum. The first few took me a day or two each. After all, you have to customise each...

They do indeed ask for you ATAR.

No. No one wants to work long hours and I wish I knew just how overworked the entire legal profession is before I chose to do law (statistics suggest approximately 80% of lawyers do some form of overtime) but there are a lot of professions that go beyond the mythical 9-5. I don't necessarily...

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Like aforementioned, I study whenever I can. I try to map it out at the start of each week but really I go overboard all the time.

I don't work for Linklaters so I can't provide tips for it specifically. Allens is ASSOCIATED with Linklaters and is not in fact merged with it. In terms of general recruitment tips, I would say 4 things: (a) grades (D or higher), (b) extra curricular (competitions, exchange and/or executive...

It is very intense but I find it easier as you get more used to it. There is a lot of content but practice makes perfect and, even though law subjects often vary, there are similarities between them. For example, many of them are best answered by setting them out in IRAC/ILAC. Research essays...

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What do you mean by international law? You can practice internationally as a commercial lawyer, whereupon the figures above will apply for the top end of town. I don't think you can practice criminal law internationally because those laws are much more jurisdictional. Commercial law is not...

Sorry should have specified. The figures I'm quoting here are all for commercial law.

Around 1500 people in NSW applied for clerkships this year. There are around 300 clerkships in NSW. Clerkships are still really hard though - its not just about good grades - the entire process is usually 5 stages long. Online testing -> 'information evening' -> 1st round interviews -> 'cocktail...