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JD/MBA with a Twist |
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i'll play guadonark |
| Date Posted: |
01/10/2002 |
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To all:
I don't mean to beat a dead horse, but I trying to assess the implications of pursuing an MBA degree.
By way of background, I'm currently a corporate financial analyst. For several years I've had an interest in studying law, specifically corporate/securities law. I will begin law school (part-time) this summer.
Here's the rub: I'm not sure if I want to work for a law firm. I figure I'll let my law school experience influence that choice. My interest is consulting/investment banking (not BB, just middle market work), yet I feel experience as an M&A lawyer would be beneficial. Plus from what I've read on this board, it's easier to go from law to banking than vice versa.
Furthermore, I believe an MBA is essential to my career goals. The problem is as a PT student, the traditional JD/MBA option really isn't available, especially at the law schools that I applied to.
My questions:
1. If I got an MBA right after the JD, but decide I wanted to work at a law firm, how would the firm view my MBA? As an asset or indecisiveness on my part?
2. Is it possible to work as an attorney and pursue an MBA at night? Would the firm be supportive of this (morally, not necessarily financially)?
Hypothetical: My wife and I are interested in the pacific northwest. Say I go to LC or SU, and land a yob with Perkins Coie. Would PC be supportive if I pursued my MBA at UW part-time?
Thanks in advance for your comments.
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he or she would tell you to do research and look at the backgrounds of the people who do what you want to do. in some firms, law or IB, the dual degree may be seen as an asset, in some a "flake factor." All firms allow you to do instant web research and list the qualifications of their partners (and associates and analysts maybe).
The question you should ask is does it make sense to get a 3 year degree, pass the bar and work for 5 years as an M&A laywer to get into IBanking. That's 9 years. My guess would be that it does not speak to an economy of motion and keeps you in school, when you could be doing. I can't speak to getting a lower tier MBA after a JD, perhaps.
why isn't the JD/MBA option available? maybe you can swing it. you are the one paying the damn tuition bill.
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