Do you need business courses to be a corporate lawyer? -

in university do i need to take or major in business? i know you dont have to, but is it better to? or is it better to take courses like history? because corporate law deals with business type matters..so wouldnt it be better to major in business? all the guidance counsellors are telling me i can major in whatever i want to become a lawyer, and i understand that..what i dont understand is how i am going to understand all the concepts and stuff in corporate law if i didnt take any business or math courses in university.

Major in the field that you are going to achieve the best results in and will enjoy the most because the law side is very hard work. I have a friend who graduated with a Bachelor of Science (Forensics) and then went on to complete his LLB who got a graduate position at Ernstamp;Young- one of the top four audit businesses in the world! He said the corporate law elective in 4th yr explained the basics he had to know, the rest he has learned on the job. If you are going to struggle or not enjoy business- dont do it. Do a major that you enjoy and reap the benefits of good marks- these will get you a grad position in corporate law.

Why wouldn t you want to take business courses? If that s what you do you should pursue as many opportunities as possible learn more about your field. It s never going to hurt you to study some business classes - and you might find that it s not what you really expected. There might be another area that you d enjoy better.

Yes I think you might, but then again you might just have to take business law. Ask a university councelor, they re probably your best bet for a good answer or better yet if you know a corporate lawyer ask them and they just might give you a straight answer, then again they re lawyers. Good luck KC... :)

In a corporate environment, you would have people in each area of business to assist you if needed. Which is what your counselors were trying to explain. That being said, it still never hurts to have some fundemental understanding. What I would also take is a legal research and maybe a technical writing course. The first year of law school is all about research. So if you understand how to search case law and statutes - and how to brief the cases, you will have a good head start.