Last year, 77 per cent of lawyers polled said they would advise their children to take up law as a career. In 2022, that figure plunged to 48 per cent.
In other words, most lawyers today will not encourage their offspring to follow in their footsteps, judging by the results of a survey conducted by the German research firm Statista, in conjunction with The Straits Times.
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