Can you be a ceo or go into Wall Street with a Law Degree? Forum

[CanIGetAnAmen]

Title?

[dr123]

yea there are CEOs with law degrees but its not exactly something thats at all realistic for a new grad.

[KingFish]

The CEO of Goldman went to Harvard Law School.

[Balthy]

Historically, Fortune 500s that discovered their CEO had a law degree immediately formed a tribunal and then beheaded them. It's not allowed bro.


Edit for bad engwish.

[Balthy]

^sorry about that. I'm sleepy. The Bank of America CEO was also a lawyer. He worked his way from in-house to the mothafuckinnn throne.

[Dr. Dre]

don't go to law school

[CanIGetAnAmen]

don't go to law school

Like I'm going to listen to you? When the fuk is your new album coming out you [homophobic language redacted]?

[Balthy]

It would be stupid to ask if it's possible to have a law degree and become a CEO or work on Wall St., so I'm guessing you're really asking if there's a reliable route from JD to CEO or wall st. The answer is no.

[Dr. Dre]

don't go to law school

Like I'm going to listen to you? When the fuk is your new album coming out you [Hi; this person hates sunshine and kittens and pleasant things in the world]?

I think you were going to call me something bad, but TLS blocked what ever you were going to say...

[CanIGetAnAmen]

So would an MBA be an easier route to Wall Street/Ceo?

[Throttle]

You can work on wallstreet with a bachelors degree. you can become a CEO with an MBA. No need to drop 150k and waste three years for that.

[Tekrul]

Neither route is possible without more social grace than you command.

[JamesDean1955]

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[dawyzest1]

So would an MBA be an easier route to Wall Street/Ceo?

Is this a serious question? I call troll (or dumbass).

This could be true, but playing along is a little fun.

Mitt Romney has an HLS JD in addition to his HBS MBA. I guess he got the law degree because he thought he wanted to enter politics someday. I can't imagine it helped him at Bain.

Pat Robertson, the televangelist and adulterous media mogul has a degree from Yale Law School, so maybe that pathway is opened by a law degree too.

[arizonairish]

If your sole goal is to be a CEO, do not go to law school.

[itachiuchiha]

most people cant even be lawyers with law degrees

[Clearly]

The CEO of Goldman went to Harvard Law School.

That's like being the captain of the titanic.

[NoodleyOne]

So would an MBA be an easier route to Wall Street/Ceo?

Is this a serious question? I call troll (or dumbass).

This could be true, but playing along is a little fun.

Mitt Romney has an HLS JD in addition to his HBS MBA. I guess he got the law degree because he thought he wanted to enter politics someday. I can't imagine it helped him at Bain.

Pat Robertson, the televangelist and adulterous media mogul has a degree from Yale Law School, so maybe that pathway is opened by a law degree too.

Holy shit. Yale is a TTTT.

[Gunnar Stahl]

If you only want to make a lot of money, or become a CEO/banker, don't go to law school.

[californiauser]

The CEO of Goldman went to Harvard Law School.

That's like being the captain of the titanic.

Right, because the CEO of Goldman is definitely going to leave the bank in worse shape than when he came in. /sarcasm

[TaipeiMort]

It really varies organization-to-organization. Some orgs have defacto walls which don't let someone onto the business side from the law side.

Other orgs have a lot of lawyers in the top of management, and in-house counsel is a pretty legitimate path to being at the top of the organization.

Some orgs like McKinsey are really friendly to JDs. Once you get in the door there, you are really in a good place to re-enter an org at VP level.

It really depends.

[Gunnar Stahl]

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[prezidentv8]

most people cant even be lawyers with law degrees

Credited.

[Dr. Dre]

most people cant even be lawyers with law degrees

Credited.

[rad lulz]

most people cant even be lawyers with law degrees

Credited.