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By CB2021 · Posted
Curious what the other countries were. You would think that Canadian rates would only be below rates in NY, London, and some other leading European markets. -
By leftbehindjd · Posted
Yes, many. I've worked in several roles. Some examples: Legal Compliance Specialist or similar JD Advantage positions (some require a JD and some prefer a JD). The Legal Compliance Specialist at Amazon pays about 140k USD and that was low ball in the USA during 2021. There are many others. And if you want to practice in the USA, being called in Canada means absolutely nothing other than the work experience part. You can write the 2 day bar exam in Massachusetts directly for example, no articling or call required from Canada. In Canada it could be some corporate roles but government comes to mind such as the many many different investigator, policy, manager positions. In some branches like human rights and employment standards like a quarter of the officers are ex lawyers or went to law school. As for the cost, law school is Canada is pretty cheap. You can do any program and it would cost just as much. Try doing any degree in the USA and it will cost way, way more. I don't see cost in Canada being an issue at all unless you're going to an overpriced Ontario school. -
By C_Terror · Posted
Back when I was a first year, I was involved in a cross border PE deal (~$500M CAD) involving a Canadian target. Naturally, Canadian lawyers were working round the clock and advanced most of the paper + SPA. Easily two times the amount of Canadian lawyers vs US ones. Near Closing, funds flow showed our bill at $500K CAD, while our US counterpart's (a V20) bill was $3M CAD. Their second year's (aka Canadian first year) rate was more than what our M&A partner was billing. The going rate now for a mid level M&A attorney in NYC is something like $1200-$1400 USD an hour. Canadian firms just can't compete. Also as a side observation, it's interesting how large Canadian clients have no issue paying huge NYC rates for for US work but will haggle down Bay Street rates for substantially the same work, but in Canada. -
By Lawstudents20202020 · Posted
My boss was just telling a story about being involved on a file with lawyers from New York, London, and a few other countries. There was more Canadian lawyers involved, had more experience and put in more hours, and they had the cheapest bill at the end of the day. -
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Waitlisted yesterday. 85.8% on UBC scale after drops, 161, general category. -
By helloall · Posted
Don't forget they give above market clerkship bonuses while Canadian firms give a grand total of 0 (zero) dollars! -
By canlawgirl · Posted
Received my rejection letter yesterday afternoon as well. cGPA 3.71/4 LSAT 157. I think my UBC GPA was 81% ish.
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