Strategies that highly value a law degree?

I'm a 1L at Harvard, and have been really interested in the fusion of law and finance for a while. Having spent a summer as a summer associate, I find myself wanting to search out the prospects on the client side rather than helping out once decisions have already been made. What are some areas of finance wherein a law degree is considered a value-added? I'm interested generally in public markets, and at the moment primarily distressed debt / RX and secondarily shareholder activism.

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disagree. there are hedge funds that work with pirate crews of litigation finance originators and finance the acquisition of cases which are mixed into a pool of assets. Any one with a law degree would be valued at such firm. Also disagree again as I've worked with lit finance firms which hire straight out of law school.

Some firms, sure maybe not.

 

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