Week in My Life as a Lawyer in Hong Kong
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- čas přidán 13. 06. 2024
- Take a peek into one of my weeks working as a mid-level associate at one of the largest international law firms in Hong Kong to get some insight into the work that lawyers actually do, the hours and the lifestyle.
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the most exciting part is finding out what they are about to eat.
😂😂
sameeeeee
Awesome! Nice video 👍
i totally respect them as they are industrial and nice professionals and this video is just great but i cant help thinking food during a busy week is just miserable (with no offense and i m a banker my self)
*industrious
I was not a lawyer, but I was a CPA worked at a Big 4 firm so my life was similar to life shown in this video. Long hours, lots of sitting, reviewing, meeting, and typing. Basically live to work, not work to live. I am no longer in accounting because i realized life is too short for spending the entire life at a desk. And this world is too beautiful to stay in the office for 12 hours a day. It brought back so much memories. I hope this could be an inspiration for the younger generations.
I really admire the dedication, conscientiousness, discipline and hard work displayed in every minute of this video. However, if I am to be honest, this week looks like hell on earth to me, and is not sustainable mentally, physically and emotionally, as one gets older. I know Em has left the law since she posted this video, and it was probably a very wise choice and good for her!!
Thanks so much for the kind comment (and appreciate your honesty as well)!
@@EmandLloyd I have to agree your dedication is very admirable I'm actually jealous. What are you doing now since you left law
This routine was legit insane, same for Lloyd too. I'm glad both of them left.
Nice neighborhood! What’s the rent like in that area?
Three things: (1) You two seem incredibly disciplined; (2) the "B-roll"conversation was hilarious; (3) the cake looked amazing!
As an Asian Australian who also worked in Law (now in tech), i absolutely loved the insight this video gave - also considering moving overseas because life isn't all about work! Thanks Em for sharing
Suits is one of my fav TV shows! The show does feel a bit too dramatic sometimes.
There's also no way that people still look this good after working 120+ hours per week.
Thank you for showing us your work week. It really doesn't look as fun as in Suits.
I'm actually surprised that you didn't have to work on weekends...
Haha we can (unfortunately) confirm that no one looks quite that good working those hours 😂 Glad you enjoyed the video even though it's not as interesting as an episode of Suits!
I just ran into your video today and was so inspired by your everyday life. Even if you left law, I believe you can achieve anything with your level of dedication and conscientiousness.
Thank you, that's so kind of you to say!
Ahhhh a realistic day in the life of a big law lawyer... I am jr litigation associate in a large national law firm in Canada and all of this resonated so closely with me :)!! i like how you incorporate work out and cooking so well in your days.
Thank you so much! I definitely wanted to keep this as real of a perspective as possible for anyone who is looking to try and get into the industry.
Thank god i hv a small practice
This is one of the most insightful videos as an aspiring lawyer - the detail you provided of what your tasks consist of is soooo helpful as someone who works in a corporate job while studying, it gives me an understanding of certain soft skills to continually develop that will help me as a corporate lawyer!
So happy to hear that!
You both get things done and have fun. Seem like great people to be around!
really love how you guys keep your health in check whit so much work you guys are doing.
I'm really trying to get back in shape since WFH started sitting 8 to 9 hrs really hurting my back. this video really motivates me
thank you and keep it up 👍
Wow I really love your content!! I'm a law student from Singapore and I find it super relatable yet refreshing! keep up the good work :)))
Thank you so much for the kind comment!! Good luck with law school and thanks for tuning in 🥰
I love your dedication and sense of humor! This was so interesting.
This was AMAZING! Everything was just so meticulous and perfect (to me). Thanks!!
I just found your channel and became a new subscriber here. As a lawyer, I found this content fascinating and will check out other content on your channel.
Keep it up, guys.
Love this, especially the parts on your meal prep. It's always challenging to eat healthy in a city. Great content
I first time feeling interested in watching someone's days in the life😆, probably its happening in my home town. I admire you guys making effort to make videos on youtube while your jobs are taking up so much time everyday. Great work and Hope to see more x
Oh my gosh! Its so nice to see the lifestyle of a lawyer in HK :) Thank you for sharing!
Thank you so much for watching!
Adore seeing your routine at work. The lovely part is when you are baking the chocolate cake. It's nice and kind of of you to share the recipes of a cake of yours. Thanks
I love watching "week in the life" videos and this one convinced me that I would never be able to do what you did - be a disputes lawyer. It's way too much work! Happy that both you and Lloyd were able to escape the rat race!
its always so interesting seeing someone else's life
You guys are really disciplined from what i see God bless you both!🙏🏽🤲🏾❤️😊
I really like this type of videos of yours since I also have a busy schedule and work on client related tasks. Looking forward to more videos!
this is so interesting! absolutely loved watching snippets of Hong Kong!
Thank you so much!! Appreciate you watching and giving us some feedback 😙
Great video. I love how you guys are so organised and scheduled to be able to fit everything in - work, fitness, cooking, and time to meet friends. Can you do a video on your meal prep philosophy? I never know what I'm going to eat the next day and I'd love to see how you plan your meals for the week ahead.
Definitely - we have more meal prep videos planned!
I felt like I was listening to you describe HELL on earth. The aesthetic quality of the video, your work ethic and charm was not enough for me to shake the horror and dread still lingering throughout my body. I’m literally still shaking. Thank you
Sleek video, given the busy schedule.
Keep it up!
From Malaysia.
Wow girl! You make the 12 hour a day work shift look easy. I could barely handle my M-F 8-5pm (8 hr.) job!!! Very inspiring, Thank you!
Right? lol
I barely have time to workout or go on walks
LoL what's inspiring about 12 hour work day
" very inspiring to give all your life to a computer screen in a corporation, thank you "
As someone who also left big law, there is nothing glamorous or inspiring about working long hours. It sucks the soul out of you. I aged 10 years over the span of 5 years and the pay wasn’t nearly enough to compensate for that.
It is so interesting to see what a lawyer's week looks like HK. 😊 I am currently working as a legal trainee in Germany and will be in HK for three months this summer. This video was super helpful to get a first impression of what I can probably expect!
This is insane. Your energy is super saiyan level 15,000! Work never motivated me. Just get in and get out. Making money only gets 8 hours a day (M to F) out of me. I got to make memories ! Guess that’s why I’m always broke and cutting corners. Good to see how the other half lives. Thanks!
Thanks for posting this - so interesting and detailed!
I just found your channel by way of the friendly youtube algorithm and found, not only, your subject matter very interesting, but also your way of story telling. Liked and Subbed!
I loooove your channel! Hoping to be a lawyer soon when the bar exam results come out! 😊🙏🏼❤️ Looking forward to new uploads from you 😊
Amazing and informative video. Love your elaboration!
your filming skills are amazing please do not stop making these kind of videos i know your job isn't that easy however i am also finance student means Gonna work in corporate world soon.
Just chanced upon your videos and omg, I’m from Ashurst too!!! So lovely and inspiring to see your routine - hope the week has been treating you well :)
Thank you!! Hope all is well with you too :)
Uau, não consigo me imaginar trabalhando de 9am - 20pm. Trabalho das 8am às 15pm. Adorei o vídeo
I used to work in Hong Kong in a BB investment banking firm. This video kinda makes me miss my life back in HK (or maybe no, almost had no life back then lol) But somehow this is a good video and brings back good (and not so good) memories in HK. Keep up the good work & love the videos!
Always wondered how this life was like… enjoying your videos a lot!
Great to see Hong Kong, I miss living there. Nice video too!
That is a super productive and fulfilling work week! It definitely gives me great inspiration on how to plan my work week as well :)
Btw, I really want to work in HK for sometime in the future! Love from NYC
Love it, so similar to my work day, MA / tax attorney from Slovakia here.
Wow that`s a very hectic week. I couln`t imaging working past 6pm let alone 11pm!!! That to me is crazy as humans we need some sort life outside work. It`s very important to have the evening/nights to chill a bit after work and spend it with loved ones or do something that you love which is good for mental health. For this reason I never work beyond 6pm.
The amount of Sunday Blues I feel from this video...
That chocolate cake looks BOMB! Also this kind of routine is what I strive for!
Thank you!
I work 7am - 5pm doing Software Engineering with some odd weekend hours from time to time and I thought my schedule had a lot going on. Respect to you for having good self discipline haha, that's a wild schedule.
I had 80h work weeks in my twenties. It was easier than a 40h work week in my fourties.
Brilliant, love you guys, you live in the most fascinating city
Wow it’s rare to see someone in Hong Kong filming this kind of video, it’s more special when ure both lawyers. It’s mysterious even for Hong Konger whom is not working in that industry. Woww glad to have found your channel
Keep it up!
Thanks a lot!
When I said I like to become a litigation lawyer, this is what I imagined (except maybe for the long hours). Thank you for sharing your week.
Shes lucky mostly she do desk job... we civil criminal/ general litigation lawyer go to court in the morning on daily basis n only start our desk job after that,sometimes we spend half a day in court, sometimes full day if trial proceed...then we do desk job which is tiring 😆
3:13 I love how you use your mouse! You're using the middle finger for the scroller. It never occurred to me in 23 years of my life to ever use the middle finger as the scrolling finger. It looks so efficient! Lawyer mindset in action - being as efficient as possible!
What else you using????
Hello! New here :) just browsing around and saw videos about HK which I miss visiting ! Love the meal prep and weekend routines !
The Suits Clips, is apt to show the world that a Lawyers life is very diff from that of Harvey Specter’s ..
I love this video very much!
Love this 💖
I was just exasperated at the end of the video! I guessed that's the lifestyle you have if you're to earn that much to live comfortably in Hong Kong. I admire your discipline but I would not want to exchange lives!
This is interesting. Please make more videos like this. Subscribed!
This vid (particularly the HK Park 香港公园) parts. I did get very nostalgic for the happy times I spent in HK. I lived in Guangzhou (about 100 miles into China) and visited a lot.
In late 2019 and I received and offer to work at a training center in HK and turned it down for the time being (that was a restless time in HK). Then COVID struck and the time was gone. But happy memories there for sure.
Am currently (as I write this) wondering how life would've been if I had taken that job and lived in HK fulltime when I had the chance. I believe that I would have loved it a lot.
Keep on posting more inspiring videos guys watching here in the Philippines ❤️
Thank you so much for watching and leaving a comment!! We’re happy to hear that our videos have made it all the way to the Philippines 🥰💕
Just found out about this video and it is kind of surprising for someone who work at a big law taking the trains to and fro office! In Malaysia if you work at big law NONE of them, not even junior assocs, are willing to commute by public transportation given how bad and unreliable the public transportations are here. You saved a lot of your money and I hope it will be the same in my place too. Cars are a huge commitment, and nobody should be obliged to have them (sorry if this is unrelated)
Don’t knock on Suits. I learned more about the essential elements of a contract from an episode of that show than I did in my contracts class in law school.
Hi! Love your channel! Can you share the recepie for the chocolate cake and for some of your meal preps? 🤗
Loved this thank you 🙏
love your video!
Wow the chocolate cakes looks so yummy! Do you mind sharing your recipe? Would love to recreate one!
I fall in love with your voice:)
Thanks. I enjoyed that.
You guys work so hard even on the weekend and so productive, very impressed. Now I'm feeling bad about sleeping in every weekend morning haha
No reason to feel bad! We’ve just built a lot of small habits over time to try and capture the little pockets of personal time we have :) nothing wrong with sleeping in a bit on the weekends either
PSA: Coffee Sip Counter didn't tick for the sip at 7:00 because we have electrolytes in the morning before work, and coffee during the day/at work 👀
thanks for sharing lawyer life. so interested that a young lawyer to be a youtuber
2023. I did love your video, keep doing this type of content. Regards!
I like the look of Lloyds roast beef with the onion on top. What was the herb/spice mix he made? I must say as a professional couple you are both very well organised and disciplined with your time management.
Thanks so much, James!! We try our best to find some balance with demanding jobs. The thing with the onion on top was actually a lamb al pastor made by our good friend at his butcher shop for a private dinner. The roast beef we coated with a paste of garlic, onion powder, dried rosemary, cumin and black pepper 🤙🏻🔥
Omg hahaha eating chocolate cake with a mask on is such a vibe! 😂😌
Keepin it 💯
I genuinely cannot imagine finishing work at 8pm everyday and then working more when you get home. You have barely any time to yourself. I think being a lawyer has so much prestige but it really isn’t it
The day-to-day lifestyle is definitely not quite like the TV shows depict 😂
That working schedule is not unusual for professionals in Hong Kong
@@EmandLloyd i'm in awe of your ethic and how hard you work!! Amazing video! Are most of your work weeks as busy as this??
Just came across your video. love your detailed narrative! Are you open to doing some videos about HK - like social, food scene, culture, etc? Really curious about how that has changed and your viewpoint is appreciated :)
It is less glamorous than most people think, most of the time it is a grind. You have way less personal time than any other jobs. You are literally committing yourself to the job. Like dealing with original documents over the weekend so you can free up time over the weekdays for billable work…
agreed.
Exciting is finding a place to eat and settle
Hong Kong looks like a beautiful city
I need that recipe for the beef brisket 😋😋😋
The suits reference 🔥🔥
Love your content! Did you graduate from HKU? I used to work in HK before moving to Singapore so it's nice to see a snippet of work life in HK :) and good luck in your content creation journey! Looking forward to more contents from you
Thanks so much! (and yes, I did my LLB at HKU 😊)
8pm on a Monday?!?!?!?! That's veeeeeery respectable. This has to be a sanitised week.
12:42 this part this interaction is engaging starting from that glare of somebody approaching 😳
Your able to sleep in until 7:45am ?!?!? Thats living the dream.
I was waiting for a staycation video.. learn how lawyers relax 😎 lol
Thanks for sharing
Hi, thanks for the video, it allowed me to understand a lot more about HK law firms. Can I ask how important cantonese is in a HK international law firm and whether all of these firms require you to have good cantonese skills before hiring you?
Hi there, thanks for watching! While the importance of Cantonese depends on the firm and the practice area, generally speaking it is helpful (but not required) to have limited working proficiency in Cantonese. The main languages firms care about are English and Mandarin. Hope this helps!
Please tell me the answer. How many times can retake the bar exam in china? China and Hong Kong have same system
7:45am wake up for work is late! Fancy easy life in hkg...
I’m a fan now just cause if the intro music😂
Hi Em, the beef brisket looks so nice 👍,mind to share the recipe please? Thank you ☺️
For sure! We've made a video on how we cook our brisket before - link is here: czcams.com/video/LhdCj_0zmJ8/video.html
That food though!!
Great video. You do have long hours at work. I know law is not a 9 to 5, so impressive.
Some people tend to take Suits too literally. Hahaha. In reality it isn't fancy or anything. Lots of work and busy busy life.
I am watching this because I am considering moving to Hong Kong and practicing law..
That’s cool. Nowadays, I just get off the bed and place some limit orders and stop orders in my DAS Trader Pro and go make breakfast. I manage risk for an hour, close all positions, and head out for the day. Guess what I do?
9-5s sucked the life out of me for a couple years until I had enough capital to risk and live on until it clicked.
Wow you guys fit a lot in
… the witness statement went on for a while though … hope he / she ended up happy and hope you won the case .
I'm a student who wants to work as a lawyer at an international law firm in Hong Kong. I have some questions to ask. Is the work life balance good? Can you work at other countries such as US?
Do you have to take your work, back to your home on most days?
Also i wanna hear your thoughts on better call Saul lol
Hi Em- really random question but was wondering which brand of mouse you were using at the office~ Than you!!
The mouse I’m using is Logitech’s MX Master 3!