<p>I was wondering if it would be a good idea to major in Business if I eventually wanted to be a corporate lawyer. I'm currently going to a CC and plan on transferring to UCLA with a major in history. I'm not too sure on how law school works, can I get into law school and then focus on corporate law, even though I don't have a degree in business.</p>
<p>No. But it won't hurt.</p>
<p>You don't need to major in business. Most corporate lawyers didn't.</p>
<p>What exactly do you do in corporate law? And how much do they work per week? Basically, how are the lives of corporate lawyers?</p>
<p>80 hour weeks.</p>
<p>dang -.-...Zipzoopzabulous would you say 80 is a median number or otherwise?</p>
<p>In your first maybe 5 years, yeah, pretty much the median.</p>
<p>The median is nowhere near 80. Even assuming you billed just 60 of those hours, that would be 3000 hours a year. Very, very few associates bill anywhere near that.</p>
<p>IMHO a business major is not good undergrad preparation for law school. You should be looking at a liberal arts degree that will teach you to read, write and research. History is a good choice.</p>
<p>The best law schools have more philosophy majors than business majors. Of course they have even more from economics, history, english, poli sci, and perhaps math, science, engineering.</p>
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The best law schools have more philosophy majors than business majors. Of course they have even more from economics, history, english, poli sci, and perhaps math, science, engineering.
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<p>But see, that's an inaccurate statement. </p>
<p>Not all schools have business schools, so that would account for a smaller number of business kids at top law schools. But schools like UPenn, UMich, UCB, MIT, UCB, Cornell have very well regarded business programs that would probably produce students quite capable to handle the load for law school.</p>
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<p>I don't know about this. History's a nice major and all but I think certain business degrees would be appropriate for law school, especially if you're eager to work in corporate law or transactional services at an i-bank. Finance would be pretty good and account is good for individuals who wish to get a specialization in tax law.</p>
<p>Also, I've talked to science and engineering majors who find law school to be a piece of cake because they're used taxing workloads already.</p>
<p>In the end though, I think you should major in what you think is right for you and go to the best school you can go to. You shouldn't pick a less presitigious undergrad b-school over an economics program at a more prestigious university. And because law school and working at the firm will teach you what you need to know, your undergrad major wont matter as much.</p>
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The best law schools have more philosophy majors than business majors. Of course they have even more from economics, history, english, poli sci, and perhaps math, science, engineering. </p>
<p>But see, that's an inaccurate statement."</p>
<p>The statement was very accurate and you should learn a little self-restraint. It is true that there are not very many great colleges with undergraduate business programs, but that does not make my point less true. Notice that I did not say that a Wharton business major was disadvantaged compared to a Princeton economics major.</p>
<p>"The statement was very accurate and you should learn a little self-restraint. It is true that there are not very many great colleges with undergraduate business programs, but that does not make my point less true. Notice that I did not say that a Wharton business major was disadvantaged compared to a Princeton economics major."</p>
<p>I fail to see your logic. </p>
<p>"self-restraint."</p>
<p>What (and why) is that? </p>
<p>While Philosophy majors seems as a logical choice prior to LS, I don't think Business majors (from a top tier school) will be at a disadvantage. </p>
<p>Don't you think that may be the fact that Philosophy majors flock to LS is because lack of better choices? I mean, you can teach or, uh, go to law school.</p>
<p>Quoting self: "The best law schools have more philosophy majors than business majors. Of course they have even more from economics, history, english, poli sci, and perhaps math, science, engineering."</p>
<p>It is not an exercise in logic; it is a statement of fact.</p>
<p>"It is not an exercise in logic"</p>
<p>Ok. I'll rephrase: I fail to see the coherence of you statement.</p>
<p>While your statement may not be "inaccurate," it may be seen as misleading, even if unintentionally.</p>
<p>An assertion of fact was served up for what it's worth. Neither the assertion nor the facts have to be logical or have "coherence", whatever that might mean in this context.</p>
<p>This from the top-notch law school of the University of Michigan (which, like Penn, has an undergraduate business program):</p>
<p>"The majors perennially most common in our entering classes are political science, history, economics, English, psychology, and philosophy; some atypical majors that we think provide particularly good training for law school are computer science, mathematics, engineering, and hard sciences, which disciplines make up about 20 percent of the class; classics, seen relatively rarely, is also an excellent foundation for legal study."</p>
<p>Notice that Classics gets a mention and business doesn't!</p>
<p>Business majors tend to do poorly on the LSAT. Maybe this will help you decide.</p>
<p>I don't think your major is going to determine your ability to take a test.</p>
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<p>Uh..the logic sections of the LSAT: I believe that engineering and CS majors would do better on those sections than others. </p>
<p>Search for it on google. Recently the major that scored the highest on the test on average was Physics. </p>
<p>Business majors on average score really low on the LSAT. It does nothing to enhance your logical skills or writing, etc.</p>