An MBA or J.D. first?

killahkosha
Tue, 08 May 2007 14:38:52 +0000

It would be much better to just pick one or the other and decide which field you want to go into rather than getting both. In the extra time that it takes to get the other after you get one you could’ve been working at a firm (business or law) and advancing your way up through the ranks rather than being in school and in all likelihood starting off in the same position and rank that you would’ve without going to school again. To sum up, pick one and use the time you would’ve spent to get the other to advance yourself in that field. You get a large maginal salary increase from getting either one or the other that definitely justifies the expenses to get them whereas the marginal salary increase from having both really doesn’t justify the added expense of obtaining them nor the lost opportunity cost of working.