I need advice on my degree plan on becoming a Business Lawyer.?
Thursday, September 17th, 2009 at
10:16 pm
I viagra buying online need some advice. I’m 20 years old. I am going to the University of Phoenix and I want to be a Business Lawyer. My current degree plan is:
Associates – Business
Bachelors – Psychology
Masters – Business
Doctorate – Law
Any educational pointers such as changing my degree plan? Any courses to recommend? Any and all advice is welcome. I know what I want but I do not really have anyone to get advice from. Thanks!
I will be graduating with an Associates on 07/21/08 and then those 60 credits will be applied to my Bachelors (120 credits, leaving 60 credits left). Therefore, when I graduated with my Associates I will be in my 3rd year for my Bachelors.
Errr, you could do a JD/MBA joint program. Or get them separately. However, most "business" lawyers don’t have an MBA. I’d be considered a "business" lawyer but I don’t have any business degrees. MBA is nice to have, but certainly not mandatory. MBA is more for management, not the technical side of business which is what’s more useful to a business lawyer. An undergrad finance degree with some experience in the field would really be more useful to a business lawyer than a MBA.
Why are you getting an associates degree? Why not skip it and go straight for a bachelors? Edit: good. As long as you aren’t wasting any extra time and can apply those units towards a bachelors.
Why are you doing psych as a bachelors degree? The only real benefit for that is psych is easy and you’re trying to get a high GPA so you can get into a better law school.
Hi,
I was just wondering why you plan on doing a two year degree in business. If you want a bachelor’s in psychology, you should be signed up for a pre-major degree. Talk to your advisor and choose one of these: Pre-major Psychology, Associate of Arts, General Studies, Associate of Science (least likely). As for the MBA/Law degree, some schools have joint programs. You can earn them both at the same time. Check out the links below to search. Going to a university’s site will let you know what you need to be accepted also.
Joint MBA/JD program is what you want to look for. This is usually a 4 year program.
You’ll need to qualify for both MBA and JD admission standards, although most MBA programs will accept your LSAT in lieu of a GMAT.
You don’t get a doctorate in business or law unless you plan to teach, as it’s a waste of time within industry, causing you to lose a lot of years that you could’ve went up the career ladder.