Law and Finance - Graduating this year with a finance and accounting BBA

I'm a finance and accounting BBA that's interested in the interaction between finance and law.

I'll be graduating this year and I'm looking for a job that will allow me to learn more about this interaction before applying to a JD/MBA program in a few years.

I was wondering if anyone has any recommendations.

I'm currently applying to banks, but I would be interested primarily on working on fairness opinions. Does anyone know if it's possible to directly apply to such a position rather than an analyst posting through campus recruiting?

In addition to banks, I'm applying to a number of public sector jobs with relevant experience and a consulting firm that handles finance related expert testimony.

Thanks in advance for any help.

 
futurectdoc:
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Don't go to law school.
It can be an ok bet if, you know what you're getting into. A T-14 or First Tier school with a full ride makes sense, just realize that law sucks. BigLaw pays worse than IB and has almost no exit ops.

Well, yes, but all my friends who I've spoken with about it say that it sucks and they work at big law firms. It does suck regardless.

 
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Can I ask...why fairness opinions? Delivering a valuation is only one small part of most legal/transaction processes. You are a more or less a rubber stamp and have little involvement in the broader deal and certainly are not the key driver. The one saving grace is you would get really good at doing valuations/excel. Fairness services is like the TPS report group of the investment bank.

If you're interested in law and finance, check out being a restructuring analyst for 2 yrs at Lazard, Moelis, Evercore, Rothschild, Houlihan, Blackstone, Chanin or the like. For consulting firms check out AlixPartners and Alvarez & Marsal. You'll have way more fun than doing comps all day and get to see way more of the deal. I'm biased of course since that's the route I did, but I think most would agree the experience and exit opps are better than in fairness opinions.

I don't really see a distressed fund as a possibility until you've worked a banking analyst program for a year or two.

if you like it then you shoulda put a banana on it
 

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