Being a Lawyer is Not What I Expected?

"What does a lawyer actually do?" "Should you become a lawyer?" these are the questions that many aspiring lawyers are interested to know, but it's difficult for them to get an honest answer. In this video, I will talk about a lawyer's pay, working hours, hierarchy and work-life balance. Let's find out what a day in the life of a corporate lawyer is really like!
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0:00 Life as a corporate lawyer?
0:24 Assumptions about lawyers
1:07 Working hours
2:19 Social life and mental wellbeing
3:37 Are all lawyers competitive?
4:48 boring tasks?
6:24 Does law school really help?

[@bardootv3504]

All the best in your training contract. I am loving the improved and creative video quality :D

[@GordonChung]

Hahaha thank you!

[@GordonChung]

Trying to improve my video quality - drop a like or subscribe to my channel if you enjoy this video!

[@IdinSabahipour]

Sick video and love the edit 📹

[@GordonChung]

Appreciate that!

[@riannalee6964]

So glad I watched this video Gordan ! It really cheered me up seeing you start your TC after following your journey - hope you continue to excel and enjoy the job

[@GordonChung]

Thanks for your kind words and continuing to support me to make content!!

[@janbervida9731]

Thank you so much for this video! Starting my TC in September and being a foreigner myself, this was super reassuring! Good luck with your TC!

[@GordonChung]

No worries - good luck to you too!

[@welcometowtempire]

It was really eye-opening and insightful to hear from your experience!!! Looking forward to your coming content, Gordon!

[@GordonChung]

Thanks for your comment - will keep it up! :)

[@omotolaadegoke8830]

This is extremely useful Gordon, thanks for the insights. 👍🏾 Always good to know what you’re getting into ahead of time, an understanding of the reality is invaluable. I really appreciate this.

[@GordonChung]

Glad that you enjoyed it - I hope people know what to expect after watching this video!

[@shah5757]

It's a very tiring job, many people leave.

[@leonidandreca2670]

The past year i started working in administration and its been almost 2 months since i was transferred from HR to the legal department. The thing about how school is almost nothing if u dont practice it irl is sooo true. Ive learnt more in my 2 months of work then in my 3 years of bachelors

[@DK-yz5xu]

As usual very informative and exciting video + nice coat 👍.

[@GordonChung]

Thank you!

[@MojotheMothra]

Wow the first one! Happy Easters! 🥚🥚

[@GordonChung]

Happy Easters!

[@andreasstavrakas4973]

You're doing God's work Gordon, we need more trainees like you going around

[@GordonChung]

Thanks for the comment!

[@oscarbrown4674]

Hi Gordon, great video👍🏻👍🏻 Just wanted to ask do lawyers have set hours that they are scheduled to work or is it up to you to decide your hours as long as you complete your work?

[@GordonChung]

It depends on the firm I guess but I assume the minimum hours of 8 hours is a norm! Also you need to meet a number of billable hours a week (tho not strict rule)

[@oscarbrown4674]

@@GordonChung thanks for the reply and good luck with your career and KZbin

[@GordonChung]

Thank you!

[@clc3296]

👍👍👍

[@KKRCeb]

Hi Gordon, this is very helpful and I wish you more success in the following seats! I'm a US JD and will be an incoming asso at one of the magic circle firms in NY. Do you plan to stay in London in the future?

[@GordonChung]

Thanks for checking out this video, glad to have US audience! I’m open to working in anywhere in the future so who knows!

[@KKRCeb]

@@GordonChung I saw that you already took NY bar, just wondering-is it possible for someone with that type of qualification and a HK/UK law degree background to just enter law firms as a first year US associate rather than do the two year trainee thing? I know it's harder for new grads than for senior or midyear laterals, but I did see a few firms like Sidley, STB, HSF and Sherman London office at our on campus interview, so I do know they indeed take a very small number of US JD summer associates. it is mostly just capital market or PE tho, although I know that certain firms also take banking finance ppl.

[@GordonChung]

I heard of that possibility but I chose to do the 2-year training contract instead but I guess having a Ny bar qualification will help if I consider working in the USA in the future.

[@KKRCeb]

@@GordonChung makes sense. good luck and maybe we'll meet on some deal in the future!

[@GordonChung]

Thanks, looking forward to that haha!

[@sarahash6311]

I finally got a job as a paralegal (in IP) but I really don't find it interesting. I was excited to qualify as a solicitor but this experience makes me think what lawyers actually do? Do they do the same repetitive tasks with no autonomy and just stressed out 24/7 because of the deadlines?

[@depressedcheeseburger3598]

Tbh there will be intellectual stagnation at one point.

[@GordonChung]

I think the nature of tasks really depends on the departments, transactional or litigation, advisory or not, the specific culture of the firm too - so I think we need to try different things to know ourselves better

[@sarahash6311]

@@GordonChung thank you!

[@Giri_632]

♥️🤗

[@depressedcheeseburger3598]

2:20 When is your hardcore workout routine dropping in your channel?

[@GordonChung]

If enough people are demanding it lol

[@GordonChung]

Thanks for the suggestion - I’ll give it some thoughts and see if I can make a video on being a foreigner in the London workplace

[@Giri_632]

Omg yes!! We need your hardcore workout vlog!!

[@GordonChung]

@@Giri_632 hahaha I’ll definitely do one in the future