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17-08-2014, 10:30 AM
An honorable member of the Coffee Shop Has Just Posted the Following:
I was told before many lawyers don't practice and did something else after they became lawyers so how did we end up with too many lawyers? Something fishy no?
Singapore is facing a glut of lawyers: Shanmugam
Shanmugam urges law students to temper expectations or pursue other career choices
Published on Aug 17, 2014 7:44 AM
By Feng Zengkun
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"The study of law provides an excellent training of the mind, so I don't want to be seen as discouraging people... but you have to have a realistic understanding of the market, the economy, the total structure," said Mr Shanmugam. -- ST PHOTO: KEVIN LIM
Over just four years up to March last year, the number of practising lawyers here leapt by nearly 25 per cent to more than 4,400.
Another 1,500 are expected to join them in the next three years. And there has been a sharp rise in those heading overseas to study law. In Britain alone, the number of Singapore law students more than doubled from 510 to 1,142 between 2010 and last year.
Law Minister K. Shanmugam dished out these numbers yesterday as he warned that Singapore could soon have more lawyers than jobs for them all.
He urged law students to temper career and salary expectations, and maybe even consider other jobs.
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I was told before many lawyers don't practice and did something else after they became lawyers so how did we end up with too many lawyers? Something fishy no?
Singapore is facing a glut of lawyers: Shanmugam
Shanmugam urges law students to temper expectations or pursue other career choices
Published on Aug 17, 2014 7:44 AM
By Feng Zengkun
kshanmugammlfa1708e.jpg (http://www.sammyboy.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=16397&d=1408241065)
"The study of law provides an excellent training of the mind, so I don't want to be seen as discouraging people... but you have to have a realistic understanding of the market, the economy, the total structure," said Mr Shanmugam. -- ST PHOTO: KEVIN LIM
Over just four years up to March last year, the number of practising lawyers here leapt by nearly 25 per cent to more than 4,400.
Another 1,500 are expected to join them in the next three years. And there has been a sharp rise in those heading overseas to study law. In Britain alone, the number of Singapore law students more than doubled from 510 to 1,142 between 2010 and last year.
Law Minister K. Shanmugam dished out these numbers yesterday as he warned that Singapore could soon have more lawyers than jobs for them all.
He urged law students to temper career and salary expectations, and maybe even consider other jobs.
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Click here to view the whole thread at www.sammyboy.com (http://www.sammyboy.com/showthread.php?188053-Shocking-We-Have-Too-Many-Lawyers-How-Come&goto=newpost).