MBA courses v. Law courses for Corporate law Forum

[UMich11]

I'm not a JD/MBA student, just JD, but thinking of taking upper level MBA courses in Accounting, Finance, PEG/VC, and M&A rather than the LS classes. (except i will take M&A and negotiation in the law school as well.)

Will law firms question these types of classes? I'd like to go into the corporate practice area, specifically corporate finance, M&A, and/or PEG/VC practice groups. I come from an IBanking (PEG/VC financing and M&A) background (3 years experience) but i've never received formal finance/accounting training so I want to get a better understanding. Frankly my view is the Law School ones aren't sophisticated enough based on what I would like to get out of it all. - I'm a rising 2L btw.

[Old Gregg]

I'm not a JD/MBA student, just JD, but thinking of taking upper level MBA courses in Accounting, Finance, PEG/VC, and M&A rather than the LS classes. (except i will take M&A and negotiation in the law school as well.)

Will law firms question these types of classes? I'd like to go into the corporate practice area, specifically corporate finance, M&A, and/or PEG/VC practice groups. I come from an IBanking (PEG/VC financing and M&A) background (3 years experience) but i've never received formal finance/accounting training so I want to get a better understanding. Frankly my view is the Law School ones aren't sophisticated enough based on what I would like to get out of it all. - I'm a rising 2L btw.

No one will care.

When you're practicing, the stuff will help, though. Go for it.

[joblawl]

Taking those courses may help demonstrate a genuine interest in the practice area. Firms really do care about that.

[patrickd139]

Taking those courses may help demonstrate a genuine interest in the practice area. Firms really do care about that.

To the extent you're already qualified for these jobs with your JD, this is correct.

Enrolling in TTT Law School and then cross-registering with the TTT B-school finance courses is not going to be your gateway to Wachtell, though.

[ChardPennington]

I'm not a JD/MBA student, just JD, but thinking of taking upper level MBA courses in Accounting, Finance, PEG/VC, and M&A rather than the LS classes. (except i will take M&A and negotiation in the law school as well.)

Will law firms question these types of classes? I'd like to go into the corporate practice area, specifically corporate finance, M&A, and/or PEG/VC practice groups. I come from an IBanking (PEG/VC financing and M&A) background (3 years experience) but i've never received formal finance/accounting training so I want to get a better understanding. Frankly my view is the Law School ones aren't sophisticated enough based on what I would like to get out of it all. - I'm a rising 2L btw.

No one will care.

When you're practicing, the stuff will help, though. Go for it.

TCR. I took as many of those classes as I could and in practice they seem to be useful things to know.

[Anonymous User]

Def take of accounting and finance classes. A former top partner from Kirkland's corporate said that he was big on those, and recommended taking as many as possible while in law school. Imagine there are partners in every firm that think this--people entering into corporate with absolutely no background or understanding in accounting and finance are probably a pain to get caught up to speed.

[remainsofthebay]

Accounting is one of the most useful knowledge bases/skills you can have if you're a lawyer, even non-tax related corporate.