<p>I want to become a corporate lawyer when I grow up. What would be the most helpful preparation? I was thinking economics and math concentrating in financial math. Please help!!!</p>
<p>found this while searching on Google:</p>
<p>A Day in the Life</p>
<p>Corporate lawyers ensure the legality of commercial transactions. They must have a knowledge of statutory law and regulations passed by government agencies to help their clients achieve their goals within the bounds of the law. To structure a business transaction legally, a corporate lawyer may need to research aspects of contract law, tax law, accounting, securities law, bankruptcy, intellectual property rights, licensing, zoning laws, and other regulations relating to a specific area of business. The lawyer must ensure that a transaction does not conflict with local, state, or federal laws. In contrast to the adversarial nature of trial law, corporate law is team-oriented. The corporate counsel for both sides of a transaction are not strict competitors; together they seek a common ground for their clients. They are, in the words of one lawyer, “the handmaidens of the deal.” Facilitating the business process requires insight into the clients needs, selective expertise, flexibility and most of all, a service mentality. Corporate law requires an incisive mind and excellent communication skills, both written and oral. Through the negotiation process, lawyers constantly write and revise the legal documents which will bind the parties to certain terms for the transaction. This process is lengthy and typically corporate lawyers work extremely long hours. As a deal moves towards its closing, it becomes an exercise in stamina as much as skillful negotiation. As one person observed, “The most important trait a lawyer can have is a leather-ass. You’ve got to be able to put your butt in a chair and do the work.” The upside to this profession is the compensation is good and you usually work with smart people. One corporate lawyer remarked that she liked this side of the law precisely because the transactions take place among peers: There is no wronged party, no underdog, and usually no inequity in the financial means of the participants.</p>
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<p>Thanks sooo much!</p>
<p>Well the easiest way to be a corp lawyer is to get into the best law school you can and get the highest GPA you can and get moot court/law review/etc.... Law firms look for the best lawyers they can first and foremost, undergrad degree is a distant second factor. You will learn practically everything you need for work on the job anyway. So don't feel forced to do one undergrad major to "prep" yourself for law. Of course, ec and math are probably better than art history for example.</p>