An MBA or J.D. first?

DanielCA
Tue, 08 May 2007 16:46:08 +0000

I really don’t have a good reason for not getting the joint degree, to be honest.
Pretend for a second that I’m a fantastic student, and I can get into any school I want to. I would go to Stanford Law and Columbia Business School.
Stanford for the intellectual property emphasis, and Columbia for the media business emphasis. I want to work in the movie industry as one of the studio suits.

5 years isn’t all that much different than 4 years I would think, but perhaps choosing one field over the other is more important.

What do you guys think, could I work as a suit in a movie studio if I only had a J.D. (even if it was in entertainment law)?

Regardless, thanks for all your input. Looks like I’ll have some decisions to make in the near future.