<p>I'm currently an undergraduate student dual majoring in Economics and English. I'm considering law school. My only concern is, at this point in my life, I don't want to become a lawyer. Do private firms hire students in law school for executive positions?</p>
<p>to my understanding, the higher ups (i.e. partners) in law firms usually hold J.D. degrees... I would recommend the book "Law School Confidential" by Rob Miller to you. It goes through reasons to/not to become a lawyer/go to law school.It may help you to sort out what you really want. If you are explicitly interested in management, why not business school? And if you're not interested in practicing law, then why are you interested in being a firm exec? law school is a very draining investment if you can't eek a career out of it... best of luck.</p>
<p>"I'm considering law school. My only concern is, at this point in my life, I don't want to become a lawyer."</p>
<p>I'm confused about that statement. You're interested in law school, but you don't want to be a lawyer? Law school is a large time and money commitment. You don't go to law school if you just want business opportunities. As cestlavie mentioned, maybe business school is better for you.</p>
<p>If you want to work in a law firm but in a non-legal capacity, then (a) you don't need a law degree and (b) it would help to have some business-related experience. Working in a law firm in an accounting, personnel, marketing, IT or other back-office capacity is not a lot different in general from working in the same function in a company.<br>
A a college graduate, with little experience, you might find a job in a law firm as a paralegal trainee, in marketing (if you can write well) or in personnel/HR, all at entry levels, just as you might find such a job in a company. Anything you need to know about the legal profession will be learned on the job.</p>