<p>Have you? :confused:</p>
<p>[Preprofessional</a> Stats - MIT Careers Office](<a href=âhttp://web.mit.edu/career/www/infostats/preprof.html#law]Preprofessionalâ>http://web.mit.edu/career/www/infostats/preprof.html#law)</p>
<p>My best friend from college is graduating from law school within the next few weeks. :D</p>
<p>She was a double-major in EECS and management, and is graduating from NYU Law. Sheâll be working as a corporate lawyer specializing in environmental issues in developing countries (as far as I understand â IANAL!).</p>
<p>But as Russ456âs link says, about 15 people apply to law school as seniors every year, and more apply as alums. Itâs not as common a destination for MIT alums as grad school or medical school, but people certainly do it.</p>
<p>Cool! It definitely isnât a common destination, but they must be quite a special bunch of lawyers who have had the MIT experience. Iâd imagine theyâre math-literate, legal-trained super geniuses who arenât your typical run of the mill liberal arts grad who couldnât find anything else to do with the history degree!</p>
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<p>What about the MIT grad with the history degree? LOL</p>
<p>(itâs just interesting how you used history as the example. iâm actually declaring a double degree in history at MIT next term (along with bio, my primary degree). hey, history teaches you logic, analytical thinking, rhetoric, research, and communication! =p)</p>
<p>Andy Bloch is a MIT grad and has JD. He is a poker pro thoughâŠ</p>
<p>[Andy</a> Bloch - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia](<a href=âhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andy_Bloch]Andyâ>Andy Bloch - Wikipedia)</p>
<p>I know several MIT trained patent lawyers. In order to pass the patent bar, you need an undergraduate degree in science or engineering. Some are EECS or ME majors, others have PhDs in chemistry or biology. Intellectual property law is a hot area and matches very well with an MIT background.</p>
<p>just wondering, is there a MIT class that teaches you how to write a science fiction novel or something like that? I would like to be a MIT educated author in science fiction or fantasy or something like that. :D</p>
<p>21W.759 Writing Science Fiction </p>
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<p>One of my friends/old hallmates is a patent lawyer. He majored in brain & cognitive science at MIT, with a minor in biology, and then went to Harvard Law.</p>
<p>A former partner was a corporate lawyer whose undergraduate degree was from MIT. He had a physics PhD from the University of Chicago, and worked for a number of years at Argonne National Laboratory. Then he went to Chicago for law school and emerged an M&A lawyer.</p>
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<p>Of course not. With lawyers, as with doctors, and MBAâs, the school that counts is where they went to law school, or med school or business school. The undergraduate degree is rarely mentioned. So a âHarvard-educated lawyerâ is one who went through Harvardâs law school, and where they went for there undergraduate education is irrelevant. </p>
<p>MIT has never had a law school and has no plans that I have ever heard of to create one. Therefore, it seems obvious to me that you would not hear of an MIT-educated lawyer. You will hear of an MIT MBA, as there MIT does have one of the top schools in the country. </p>
<p>That being said, one of my roommates while I was at MIT is now a âHarvard-educated lawyerâ. And indeed many MIT undergrads have gone on to top law schools around the US.</p>
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<p>âthere undergraduate educationâ (in line 4) should of course be âtheir undergraduate educationâ.</p>
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<p>The BBC described Mexican President Felipe Calderon as a âHarvard-educated lawyerâ. Never mind that his law degree is from a Mexican law school and his connection to Harvard is that he holds a masterâs degree from the Kennedy School. I suppose that saying that Calderon is a âEscuela Libre de Derecho-educated lawyerâ doesnât exactly roll off the tongue.</p>
<p>A Harvard educated lawyer, Mr Calderon, 44, found favour with the business community and pledged to continue the free market policies pursued by President Vicente Fox.</p>
<p>[BBC</a> NEWS | Americas | Profile: Felipe Calderon](<a href=âhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/5318434.stm]BBCâ>Profile: Felipe Calderon - BBC News)</p>
<p><a href=âhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Felipe_calderon[/url]â>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Felipe_calderon</a></p>
<p>But it isnât just the Mexicans - we Americans do it too! The official White House website lists John Adams as a âHarvard educated lawyerâ despite the fact that he never went to law school at all and passed the bar through self-study in 1758. In fairness, self-study was a common practice at the time as the US - or more specifically, the colonies that were to later become the US - didnât even have any law schools at the time. W&Mâs law school wasnât founded until 1779 and Harvard Law wasnât founded until 1817. </p>
<p>Adams was born in the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1735. A Harvard-educated lawyer, he early became identified with the patriot causeâŠ</p>
<p><a href=âPresidents | The White Houseâ>Presidents | The White House;
<p>Donald Bruce-Abrams is a partner at Bingham McCutchen, the largest law firm headquartered in Boston. He has a bachelorâs and MBA from MIT, and a law degree from Harvard.</p>
<p>[Bingham</a> McCutchen | Donald-Bruce Abrams](<a href=âhttp://www.bingham.com/Lawyer.aspx?LawyerID=160]Binghamâ>http://www.bingham.com/Lawyer.aspx?LawyerID=160)</p>
<p>Judge Moore is another MIT educated laywer. BS, MS in EECS. She sits on the Circuit Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, the highest appellate court on patent issues.<br>
[Patent</a> Law Blog (Patently-O): The Next CAFC Judge](<a href=âhttp://patentlaw.typepad.com/patent/2006/03/the_next_cafc_j.html]Patentâ>http://patentlaw.typepad.com/patent/2006/03/the_next_cafc_j.html)</p>
<p>Most science fiction related people tend to be college dropouts from MIT, CMU etc⊠xD</p>
<p>such as the actor in star trek, xD BesidesâŠcollege canât help you write books, lmfaooo</p>
<p>I sense thread necromancery.</p>
<p>I am one, and know many others. I went to HLS, as did several of my friends from MIT.</p>