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Amicus Agony

The Singapore Law Gazette runs a regular column for young lawyers titled ‘Amicus Agony’ which deals with the pressing concerns and dilemmas faced by junior lawyers, with sound and sage advice from Amicus Agony. Click below to read some of the agonising questions posed to Amicus Agony extracted from past issues of the Singapore Law Gazette.

• What to do when you do not agree with your senior’s advice to a client; how to leave the office at a decent hour without appearing like you are watching the clock

• What to do when a client asks for advice outside your area of practice; should you stay and make partnership or move in-house

• How do I start my own firm; how do I embrace the tenets of courteousness of the Bar and ‘gentlemenliness’ towards fellow brethren

• Pros and cons of client secondment; so exactly how much do lawyers really earn?

• When your senior takes the credit for the work you do

• Loss of focus and drive; switching to another area of law

• When you’re up against a senior lawyer; networking and rainmaking

• How do I get started on criminal work; the lure of foreign law firms

• Investing in a business; will I ever be as good as my senior

• Dealing with overtime expectations; the secretary who won’t listen to me

• Clients stalking lawyers; feeling unfulfilled in legal practice

• Mandatory CPD woes; cancelling leave for work exigencies

• Associates who are given ‘bigger and better deals’ compared to others