If, after your undergrad, you could choose between going to a top 10 law school (Yale, Harvard, Stanford, Columbia, UChicago, and so on) or doing Investment Banking at a prestigious firm, which would you choose?
>>1267135
I don't understand your system in the US, my cousin went to our top law school and got in to IB, so, if you want to do law as a backup (kind of, i know its super competitive) and then try IB it's possible. If you have an offer to work full time in IB, I would take that, granted you are in an actual role with good pay and are willing to commit to constant all nighters
>>1267142
Assume that if you diverge in career path based on your choose. Either you pursue a career in law (having graduated from a top school), or in IB (non-legal work).
Law especially if it's top 4
IB is shit
IB. You can always do law later.
>>1267144
Umm, both have high pay and high working hours.
This is a totally subjective question, you can do law and work in non legal IB, do analyst positions, consulting whatever. IB doesn't care what you graduate with, they have preferences though.
Go to a top school and/or get great marks and do lots of extra curricular.
I'd go IB, you can always go back to school and do law, especially with IB background, i assume that law firms would take your experience as useful, granted you do financial law
