Never understood why some people went for this joint degree, given that JD and MBA do not complement each other. Having legal background will not help you become a better banker (and vice versa), unless you work at a distressed debt shop, in which case being able to read and understand case law can potentially help (then again, you don't need 3 years of law school to be able to read case law).

 
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If you are looking to go into finance for one of these types of firms, I don't think JD/MBA is the way to go - its two extra years for something that you do not need.

I think its a decent idea for lawyers who are going into highly complex practices (securities, corporate law, bankruptcy, real estate transactions, etc.) and who are at universities with top tier law and b schools to have a better sense of the business and math around things.

However, this is something that attorneys generally realize after the fact- i.e. "it would have been more beneficial to do an MBA accounting class that some nonsense Trust and Wills or International Law course that is not applicable to my Big Law practice."

 

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