Law>IB?

I’ve read several past threads on this subject on here, but there are relatively few recent so I thought I’d start one. I’m graduating soon from a very non-target school with a couple of good (non IB unfortunately) internships under my belt, but I’m hearing a lot of sentiment that IB is not worth the effort these days, especially as I would probably need a target MSF plus networking to get in the door. One solid alternative in my opinion is a T14 JD specializing in securities/banking. Obviously big law has similar W/L balance issues to IB, but I’m wondering if anyone has advice on whether this might be worth exploring. Any of you go a similar route? Thanks in advance!

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Don’t go to law school (and give up 3 years of comp or MSF time) if you don’t want to be a lawyer. Period. It’s possible to make the move, but going in with that intent is a waste of time and money.

 

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