re: For future lawyers

I was a Political Science Major. I received a minor in Business Administration. I'm lucky to attend a law school with a relatively broad corporate finance/securities concentration.

A law degree nowadays can be helpful in just about any occupation, depending on what you focus on. I would like to work in Equity Research or Banking. For every position I've interviewed for, my law degree has been valued.

No doubt a law degree can give you a boost. In many ways, it's like an advanced business degree, depending on your course concentration. If you want to do pure finance, you'll still use your legal education. Everything on this planet comes down to 2 things: (a) money, (b) law. So you'll use your law ed. on a daily basis. But even if you're not using it explicitly, you'll no doubt find use for the analytical skills you picked up in law school, as finance is a highly analytical field. I think going from law school to pure finance can also lead back to a nice compliance position down the road if you're into that sort of thing.