<p>What can one do with a Business Pre-Law degree?</p>
<p>go to law school?</p>
<p>@Domrom1 – 0_0 Besides that.</p>
<p>If I went just for that, what kind of jobs could I get having that kind of degree. What would be good starting points? And, God forbid, I did go to law school afterward, what does one in business law do?</p>
<p>You go to law school that’s it. PRE-law. It doesn’t mean come get this degree with the intention to not go to law school. Getting it and not going would be a waste. </p>
<p>Someone who is in business law deals with contracts, mergers, acqusitions, etc etc. They don’t deal with legal kickbacks from business. Those situations are handled by outside lawyers usually specializing in crime.</p>
<p>Terrible idea. If you really want to go to law school, which is a terrible idea for most people, get a degree that will help you get a job after law school. If you didn’t have great SATs you won’t get a great LSAT and you’ll get in a crummy law school which will still cost as much as the good ones. </p>
<p>Outside of the top 14 law schools very few have very good hiring prospects(UCLA is good, University of Texas is good because old UT grads hire new UT grads and there are lots of UT grads in positions of power in Texas). </p>
<p>A degree in accounting will open up the door to being a tax attorney. You can actually do very lawyer oriented type work or more accounting type work. The latter you could do in many cases with just a CPA, but if you are a JD/CPA you will know a little bit more and probably make a little more money. Probably not nearly enough to make up for the cost of going to law school(150k tuition plus 3 years not working) but you will have a little more options than you would with a useless “pre-law” background. </p>
<p>Basically, with an accounting background prior to law you can have a career in accounting without your JD being a TOTAL waste. You might get a lot of mileage out of your accounting background if you really like tax law or use your accounting knowledge in an M&A function at a BigLaw firm.</p>
<p>The above responses is what i was trying to iterate before. No one is going to hire someone with a “Business pre law” degree. its more or less useless. If your really interested in law and business, get some sort of business degree that is practical, then go to law school if you want/can. that way if you dont want/cant, you dont have to rely only on law school and you have a fallback degree</p>
<p>That shows you how much I looked into the idea of further going to law school, I did not take the SATs (and am in my senior year now, home schooled, applying to [and accepted to one already] colleges).</p>
<p>Jonahrubin - Hm, I’ve never really thought much about accounting and going towards the CPA field, but it is something I wouldn’t mind doing. I’ve always been leaning more towards management or going for a Business Administration degree. Basically, I haven’t a clue what I want to do with my life. D: I’ve been switching between interior design, psychology, and business too many times to count.</p>
<p>Domrom1 - Yes, that makes a lot more sense. :P</p>