Hey Guys:
I'd be very interested to hear from those who have worked in litigation consulting or who currently work in management consulting.
Is it possible to work in litigation consulting and move onto management consulting after a few years? Does MBB ever take those who have previously worked in litigation consulting or would an MBA be needed to make the transition?
If it is not possible, what are the main exit opportunities of those who work in litigation consulting? From the searches I've done, it seems pretty much either moving up the ladder in the litigation consulting firm or go for your MBA. The transition to IB (discussed in a recent thread) seems a bit more difficult. Is there anything else as far as exit opps?
Thanks in advance for your comments.
After a few years most litigation consultants go to graduate school...MBA, Law School, etc. That is your best bet for getting into MBB. If you do not take the grad school route, then yes, you work your way up or network yourself into what you are interested it. It will be tough to break into MBB without an MBA becaue the nature of the work is different. That said, if you come from a target with a good GPA may be worth a shot.
Everything that seekingalpha2 said is correct. I know people that have made the jump from lit consulting to management consulting, but not MBB. That said, I'm sure it happens.
I don't think jumping to m/b/b ever happens at the pre-mba level (heck I don't know about formalized recruiting) but I know some people who have jumped to m/c at non-mbb. Obviously a lot of it will come with your pedigree (school, GPA, type of casework) so depending on your stats and networking it could be fairly easy or next to impossible. Obviously you would have to transition for a top econ consulting shop.
Thanks for your responses guys. From what I understand, it seems an MBA is the most likely route though, it may be possible if coming from a top econ consulting shop and going to a tier 2 (i.e., non-MBB) mgmt consulting firm.
What are the other typical exit opps for analysts in econ/lit consulting shops? Where do analysts go who have started in lit consulting and have gotten a few years experience there?
Your comments are much appreciated.
The most common exit options are business school (usually by a wide margin), law school, and PhD programs. Some people do public policy masters degrees or something else entirely (I know a few who went to med school). Others make the switch to a different job in finance/consulting, but just about everyone goes back to school.
Sorry to bump an old thread but was interested to hear more. What non-education exit opps are there for Litigation/Dispute consultants? Meaning, besides MBA or other advanced degree, if someone works at one of those firms and gets a solid few years of experience there, what other type of work can they go to?
I haven't heard of people having much success without an MBA. I think it's a pretty simple situation. From MBB's perspective, if you work at a lit firm, that means you either didn't make the MBB cut in undergrad recruiting or chose a different path. If you chose a different path, there's no way for you to show them that you're MBB caliber...unless you get an MBA. These are behemoth firms that don't need to be worried about passing up talented kids that got stuck at lit firms for whatever reason. Sucks? yes. Tragic? no.
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