Skipping legal work to take MBA classes during 1L summer Forum

[damage-inc]

I understand that this topic can lead to some serious blasting, but I would appreciate some serious comments about the idea of skipping 1L summer work to take MBA classes as part of 3 year JD/MBA program.

Is this a complete recipe for disaster? or is this reasonable justification for doing this? Do employers favor the MBA degree in conjunction with a JD more or equally as 1L summer work?

FWIW, I'm specifically looking at Cornell's 3 year program. This isn't a must or a passion, just some consideration before I decide against it.

Thanks in advance for the help.

[bdubs]

Doesn't seem to hurt Northwestern JD/MBAs, but I have no clue about Cornell.

[Anonymous User]

Doesn't seem to hurt Northwestern JD/MBAs, but I have no clue about Cornell.

Understandable at Northwestern. Kellogg is a powerhouse

[Aberzombie1892]

I understand that this topic can lead to some serious blasting, but I would appreciate some serious comments about the idea of skipping 1L summer work to take MBA classes as part of 3 year JD/MBA program.

Is this a complete recipe for disaster? or is this reasonable justification for doing this? Do employers favor the MBA degree in conjunction with a JD more or equally as 1L summer work?

FWIW, I'm specifically looking at Cornell's 3 year program. This isn't a must or a passion, just some consideration before I decide against it.

Thanks in advance for the help.

Every time I went into an interview this year (2L), the interviewer had my legal work experience highlighted on my resume.

Take from that what you will.

[fatduck]

Doesn't seem to hurt Northwestern JD/MBAs, but I have no clue about Cornell.

Understandable at Northwestern. Kellogg is a powerhouse

great post, thanks for the insight

[glewz]

Doesn't seem to hurt Northwestern JD/MBAs, but I have no clue about Cornell.

Understandable at Northwestern. Kellogg is a powerhouse

great post, thanks for the insight

There are like...30 NW JD/MBAs per year - super difficult to get into that program.

[damage-inc]

I understand that this topic can lead to some serious blasting, but I would appreciate some serious comments about the idea of skipping 1L summer work to take MBA classes as part of 3 year JD/MBA program.

Is this a complete recipe for disaster? or is this reasonable justification for doing this? Do employers favor the MBA degree in conjunction with a JD more or equally as 1L summer work?

FWIW, I'm specifically looking at Cornell's 3 year program. This isn't a must or a passion, just some consideration before I decide against it.

Thanks in advance for the help.

Every time I went into an interview this year (2L), the interviewer had my legal work experience highlighted on my resume.

Take from that what you will.

Thats understandable but do you feel as if there may be 1L legal work that would not impress an employer as much as a JD/MBA program would?

Doesn't seem to hurt Northwestern JD/MBAs, but I have no clue about Cornell.

Understandable at Northwestern. Kellogg is a powerhouse

great post, thanks for the insight

ok..? sorry for acknowledging a poster's response and bringing the question back into focus rather than trying to compare two different schools on two different levels

[Anonymous User]

I understand that this topic can lead to some serious blasting, but I would appreciate some serious comments about the idea of skipping 1L summer work to take MBA classes as part of 3 year JD/MBA program.

Is this a complete recipe for disaster? or is this reasonable justification for doing this? Do employers favor the MBA degree in conjunction with a JD more or equally as 1L summer work?

FWIW, I'm specifically looking at Cornell's 3 year program. This isn't a must or a passion, just some consideration before I decide against it.

Thanks in advance for the help.

A friend of mine did this at Cornell and he did spectacularly at OCI. I don't know if the MBA helped but it certainly didn't hurt his chances any.

[Bosque]

I think the key here is the 3 year MBA program. My friends doing a JD-MBA here at Duke didn't do so hot at OCI this year, but it was because firms think about students in terms of how many years they have left, not how many they have completed. And our program is a 4 year program. So even though my friends were all 2Ls, the firms group them in with their graduating class and see them as 1Ls. They don't want to have to anticipate their hiring needs ANOTHER year out. So long as your program lets you graduate on the same timetable, I don't think firms will care that you were in class instead of working.