HELPING PARENTS UNDERSTAND WHAT IT IS REALLY LIKE BEING A LAWYER - MYTH VS REALITY
Date: July 10
Time: 10a.m. to 12 p.m.
Venue: RI(JC) LT3 (Not Secondary school)
Fee: $5 per pax for RPA member/spouse/child; $15 per pax for non-RPA member; $10 per pax for RGS parents
Dear fellow Parents,
In view of extremely positive responses for last year’s talks, RPA is bringing back the popular RPA Career Talk for Parents this year.The objective is to equip parents with knowledge and insights to guide our children in making key career and academic decisions.This time, we have invited a witty litigation lawyer who is an old boy, as well as father of 4, to talk to us about the following:-
1. What is the law about.
2. Entry routes into the profession.
3. NUS v SMU v Overseas degrees
4. Requirements for admission
5. Good reason for being a lawyer
6. Bad reasons for being a lawyer
7. Being a lawyer - The default option
8. Internships
9. The early years of being a lawyer - What to expect, what to hope for and what to avoid
10. When to specialise? What to specialise in? How to specialise?
11. The middle years - Career, Family and Happiness
12. The end years
13. Measure of worth and measure of achievement
Q & A
Speaker:
N. Sreenivasan (RI Boy from 1974 to 1977)
Managing Director, Straits Law Practice LLC
Former Council Member and Treasurer of the Law Society
Former Chairman of the Law Awareness Committee, Continuing Legal Education Committee and Project Law Help
Current independent management committee member overseeing pro bono activities of Law Society and Chairman Advocacy Committee
Our careers talks have proven to be both informative and entertaining. We seek only the best speakers.
Yes, you can bring your child along. Yes, he needs to pay too.
Do NOT miss.
Click here to register. Dateline for registration: 20th June
Any queries please email Siew Fay at sfayho@gmail.com. Do not hit REPLY to this email.
Thank you and see you!!
