E4: On defending someone who's guilty | Thriving as a lawyer

Defending a client who's clearly guilty?? Thrive co-hosts Daryl and Estelle chat with Lee Ee Yang, managing director at Covenant Chambers LLC on long hours as a lawyer in the Big 4, burnout in the industry and more.

Timestamps:

00:00 - Hook

00:31 - Intro

01:10 - Ee Yang's introduction

01:26 - Lawyer = arguing in courtroom?

03:09 - Defending someone who's guilty

05:36 - Serving document to high profile member in SG

07:16 - On young laywers being overworked

09:30 - What are The Big 4 firms

13:34 - Long working hours

14:35 - Is it harder to be a lawyer now?

17:48 - Winning arguments at home

19:50 - Traits of a lawyer

22:26 - On suing in personal capacity

23:30 - People defending themselves in court

25:54 - Longer training for trainee lawyers

28:45 - Do working hours improve?

30:24 - Start at big vs small firm

31:33 - Tearing up in court 

34:41 - Final advice

Credits:

Written by: Daryl Choo and Vivien Shiao

Hosted by: Daryl Choo and Estelle

Edited by: Andrew Wong and Rasuna Azrayl

Produced by: Andrew Wong

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