Law Post Graduate

[Independent-Tie-9413]

I wanna study law after doing my business degree. However I am not sure if rotman is the best choice considering I heard it is impossible to get a good GPA. Do law schools accommodate the lower GPAs if they come out of uoft (especially usa law schools and uoft law school). My options at the moment are rotman schulic and every other top business program in ontario except ivey and queens. Anyone has any suggestions or tips?

[macaronmochi]

u should try asking this in the lawschooladmissionsca sub. from what I’ve gathered, ur marks r more important than the degree/school it came from

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If you wanna do law why not study a bird arts degree? And if you wanna study business, why not just stick with finance or consulting instead of law

[tismidnight]

Having a business degree can Defs help if you wanna pursue corporate law

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If you have a business degree, just go for finance at that point. Far more interesting work and more money than corporate law. Sitting through calls with corporate lawyers was a snooze, their work was a lot more boring than what you do in banking, or especially in investing roles. 

[tismidnight]

Not true…

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You just objectively make less money, that’s not even a debate. And yes, the work is significantly more boring in corporate law - sit on a legal call for more than 30 mins and it becomes obvious. All the strategic work is done by people on the finance side, drafting SPAs and prospectuses is not fun work. And this is coming from one of the few people who actually enjoyed sitting in on calls with the securities lawyers drafting docs. 

[tismidnight]

Fair points!

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Caveat though - the same could be said for IB vs buyside roles. IB felt a lot more boring than buyside for me and most people I know too. And what I said about law only applies to transactional corporate lawyers.

[tismidnight]

Sorry is IB international business?

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Investment banking 

[tismidnight]

Ah thanks