Educational background and transactional law Forum

[AllDangle]

I majored in CJ during college. However, my interests in law fall into transactional practice. I have been reading as much as I can about securities, financial markets, etc., which is genuinely interesting to me. However, would the CJ degree make this a hard sell since I won't have the option to take transactional related classes prior to 2L OCI? Or will grades/school trump that? I imagine a firm would train and teach someone the ropes for whatever practice group they are in, but will someone interviewing me look down on the fact I don't have a finance/business background?

[de5igual]

the vast majority of people going into transactional law don't even know what a financial statement is. you'll be fine.

[AllDangle]

the vast majority of people going into transactional law don't even know what a financial statement is. you'll be fine.

Thanks for the input. Displaying a legitimate interest during interviews should be enough then (obviously grades also)?

[de5igual]

the vast majority of people going into transactional law don't even know what a financial statement is. you'll be fine.

Thanks for the input. Displaying a legitimate interest during interviews should be enough then (obviously grades also)?

Yes, but grades matter far more than interest.

[dukeblue]

the vast majority of people going into transactional law don't even know what a financial statement is. you'll be fine.

Thanks for the input. Displaying a legitimate interest during interviews should be enough then (obviously grades also)?

Yes, but grades matter far more than interest.

TITCR.