Having an LLB gives you the opportunity to work in a wide
variety of fields. From being a lawyer in a firm to a legal
councillor in a company to any kind of office work and/or all the
way to the Hague, Nato and the U.N.
It really depends what you want to do with your LLB. You can be
a mediator or an arbitrator while being a lawyer at the same time
or not.
You can be a law-clerk for a Judge, activist, social champion,
criminal's salvation... whatever.
Even if you are unable to find any job in Singapore whatsoever,
you can always travel to any of the commonwealth countries and
apply work there.
If you were to fail your admission into the bar, it is not fatal
either. You are still armed with the knowledge anyways, just that
you cannot "practice" as a lawyer in a firm. That's not the end of
your story either.
To work in the Hague, e.g you have to take up Public
International Law + International Criminal Law papers and to work
in the E.U, at least an European Union Law paper.
During your course of study, as you participate in the events,
functions and competitions, you will slowly realise what you really
want to do with your LLB.
I know of many honour students that graduate with excellent
marks and decided not to pursue the profession as a lawyer, but
instead work as advisor's in big companies. There are differences
between in-house lawyers and lawyers in a firm.
So ya.. hope that sort of gives you a very simple idea. Oh
and if you are studying your LLB overseas, make sure that the your
LLB programme meet Singapore Bar Association's requirements to
admission in case you want to be admitted into Sg Bar.
My personal thought in the current market is you can go "where
the money is at" e.g Family Law one of the elective law papers, or
"where you want to be at", prep yourself to be flexible enough both
Criminal and Civil jurisdiction. Currently what I see in Sg with
increas of FT, there will be conflict. And conflicts need
resolutions. You can look into Immigration papers, Employement,
Human Rights....etc.
New occupations appear and disappear, but the lawyer, like that
other instrument of social hygiene the vulture, is always valuable.
LoL!
