<p>Which Business major do law schools usually like to see the most? Any advice would be greatly appreciated.</p>
<p>I would assume none...law schools like to see liberal arts majors (engineering for patent law). I don't see how marketing, finance, management, informational systems, or accounting has anything to do with law. MAYBE entrepreneurship.</p>
<p>" I would assume none...law schools like to see liberal arts majors (engineering for patent law). I don't see how marketing, finance, management, informational systems, or accounting has anything to do with law. MAYBE entrepreneurship. "</p>
<p>I have to disagree...</p>
<p>Accounting and law go hand in hand--especially tax accounting, which is completely dictated by congress (in contrast to GAAP, which was set by the profession until recently). There are plenty of lawyers who specialize in tax law. While not the most exciting option, having an accounting background will be of great help in law school if you choose to head in that direction. Even if you're not going into that area, accounting may be a good choice as the analysis you perform in accounting is similar to what you do in law.</p>
<p>If you choose to go into general business law, I don't know if one will necessarily give you a better advantage over the other. I would recommend finance or accounting or (depending on the program) management. That is based on what I believe will prepare you the best--I can't comment on if one is preferred by law schools over the other (that may differ from school to school...you may want to just call up some of the schools you're interested in and ask).</p>
<p>I have to agree with ryanbis...a lot of Graduate schools offer a JD/MACC combined graduate degree also. Tax Law is a boring, yet lucritive specialization.</p>
<p>Another, somewhat business, degree that is common for undergrads going to law school is Economics. At least from the experiences of some of my buddies who are at law school now. They were unable to find very good work after getting an undergrad in Econ, but they were welcomed at law school.</p>
<p>Thanks guys, I was assuming that there wasn't a specific major. I'm interested in going into marketing, I just don't want law schools saying "marketing? ***?." After doing more research, I discovered that your undergrad major doesn't really matter much. I shoulda known...</p>
<p>Yeah, marketing is a great undergrad for law school since a lot of business laws have been created around marketing, and selling.</p>
<p>You can major in ABSOLUTELY ANYTHING and go to law school. A lot of my classmates from Wharton are in law school. And a few of them did Marketing.</p>
<p>Business and law go hand in hand and are so much more related than a lot of other liberal arts subjects...</p>
<p>^^^I concur, and another benefit of getting a business undergrad is that when/if you graduate from law school, you will be a lot more prepared for the business side of running a law firm, so you probably help yourself out that much more if you want to open your own firm.</p>
<p>I guess I didn't think holistically about it...sorry</p>