Lawyer
| Highest | $8,650 / mo · Switzerland |
|---|---|
| Experience | 2–4 yrs |
| Degree | Required |
| First paycheck | 4 years of study + 2 years work + 3 months traineeship + exam |
Pay in the destination countries
Monthly, in US dollars. Each country is an Imora admission package — open one for that route's fees, language requirement and deadline.
| Country | Monthly |
|---|---|
| SwitzerlandIELTS 6.5 · CHF 0.9–8k | $8,650max |
| United StatesTOEFL 80–100 · $10–70k | $8,000 |
| Hong KongIELTS 6.0–6.5 · HK–200k | $7,050 |
| SingaporeIELTS 6.5 · SGD 18–35k | $7,050 |
| United KingdomIELTS 6.0–7.0 · £11–38k | $7,050 |
| NorwayIELTS 6.0–6.5 · NOK 130–260k | $6,550 |
What does the day look like?
Most days are office-based. Roughly 60–75% of your time goes to drafting and legal research — contracts, pleadings, wills, opinions — in tools like Westlaw, Lexis+, Microsoft Word, and iManage or NetDocuments. Meetings and calls take 15–25%. Court or live negotiation is 5–15%, but for a junior in-house lawyer it is often 0%.
In Australia, full-time solicitors average 46 hours per week. Commercial roles usually follow office hours, with spikes near deadlines. Criminal and litigation work can mean evenings and on-call duty. Seniors or partners often sign external filings while juniors produce the drafts.
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