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So as most of you know, M.I.S is a degree/concentration under a business degree at 90% of schools. I am currently a junior M.I.S major and am seriously considering law school. Im not here asking you if it is a good idea to go to law school - i know the risks etc... Anyways... since I am an M.I.S major which isnt a "hard science" like Bio or Chem or Physics, (which i know is good for IP law), which type of law is most closely related to M.I.S? Would it just be corporate law? Or is there something somewhat in between corporate and ip that mix business and science together? Thanks!

bkas wrote:So as most of you know, M.I.S is a degree/concentration under a business degree at 90% of schools. I am currently a junior M.I.S major and am seriously considering law school. Im not here asking you if it is a good idea to go to law school - i know the risks etc... Anyways... since I am an M.I.S major which isnt a "hard science" like Bio or Chem or Physics, (which i know is good for IP law), which type of law is most closely related to M.I.S? Would it just be corporate law? Or is there something somewhat in between corporate and ip that mix business and science together? Thanks!

Corporate law and commercial law come to mind at the moment, as well as maybe even tax law. Also, you don't have to practice any of these just because your UG degree is in a business related major. Once you're in law school you might like something you never thought you would (e.g. crim law or family law).

Is this what an MIS degree is?

"Management Information Systems (MIS) is the design and management of Information Technology (IT) for an organization. It focuses on the best way to enable the organization to meet its goals and business challenges. MIS students first learn the current business processes and then analyze how to improve the processes using IT. The purpose of MIS is to analyze, design, develop, and implement information technology strategy to solve business problems."

You could do some reading on eDiscovery/information governance/data privacy, which may be the closest parallel there is. I'm not sure there are a whole lot of direct legal implications of a company's IT implementation that solves business problems (not that you necessarily were assuming there was, I'm just trying to think of the closest parallel). But a company's data resulting from their IT systems certainly has legal implications, for which some firms have dedicated practice groups (see above).