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#AskJeremy: How has law school and business school helped? Should I consider?

In a recent question, a reader in Los Angeles asked me asked a question about law school and business school.

As usual, I did this during my first take. If anyone has any follow up questions, feel free to send them my way. See below for the question and below that for my response.

Hi Jeremy,

Thanks for connecting. We have never met in person. We share connections with MS and EP.  MSl was a classmate of mine from USC, and I met EP at the LOFT Institute’s Finance Boot at USC and his campaign for mayor. EP has become more and more of a mentor for me.

Why I was interested in connecting with you is because I follow your blog, as I am interested in pursing a JD/MBA in the future, but I also want to know what it is truly like to work at your firm in the finance and transactions group and how your degrees help you in your work.

Thank you very much!

JM

Here is my video response.

High level summary:

1.  You don’t need grad school to be successful. We see examples everywhere.

2. In today’s knowledge-based economy there is correlation between education and how much people earn and can contribute.

3. Take a values based approach and think about what you want to

4.  Pick a program that fits with those value, which could be law, business or otherwise.

5.  Then pick a school that has that program.

6.  Then think again about values as you go through the process and make sure your choice lines up.