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the sooner we all understand that we couldn't make it any law firm, ( we start overshadowing it with - yarr in law firm you will be just a glorified clerk, real learning happens in chamberssssss.)
been to both kinda liked the corp culture. |
once sombody enters T1,2,3,4 firms you wont look at chambers at all,
FYI I am first gen lit lawyer as well. Of course, the ride is harder. But, all (1st gen, 2nd gen, 10th gen, nlu, non nlu yada yada) have their struggles in litigation. Good day.
That's what I thought when I read this comment: "God, if you're listening, take me now". Even the country from which we basically borrowed our advocate regulation system, England, does not have this stupid policy you're suggesting in place. While the trainee barristers there are doing their work-based training, known as pupillage, they get paid by their seniors - that's one of the reasons chambers are so cautious about hiring international students, because they are afraid that the int'l student will do pupillage, make their pupil supervisor sacrifice part of a year's income and then go back. So even if a half-dying, godforsaken country like Britain does not do this shit (at least for a while), why should we?
It's statements like these which has made exploitation in the legal profession an unquestionable norm.
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