What shall I study at university? Law or Economics?

chuckles951

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To get into law school requires that you already have a bachelor's or undergrad degree.

Get your undergrad degree in Economics and then go to Law school.
 
Hey

I was wondering, what would you recommend me to study, law or economics? I might sound a little bit gullible and naive but i still got dreams. i don't want to become a millionaire but even so, i'd like to be good average, not even upper class but good average.

on the one hand i'd like to do economics, i mean it's THE subject for career issues BUT it's very difficult to get up on the ladder and in the hierarchy like you know, becoming director, later on managing director and if you're reaaaaaaaaally lucky and if you have worked hard and if ou have the right connections, you may even get a CEO, you see, career there is really difficult, even if you want to have an averag career like me it's very difficult but there isn't such a huge problem that there are too much business people and you may get a job easier than a lawyer.

on the other hand, i've already mentioned law, there it's more or less only about winning in court, not really about a hierarchy, there's only lawyer and then maybe the little bit better place as a judge, i think to get an average lawyer may not be thaaaat difficult BUT in contrast to economists i think there are really tooooooo much lawyers, so that i'm a bit concerned i may not find a job even if i graduate from uni. there are just soooo many lawyers but so few jobs.

I'd be lying if i told you i wouldn't want to study either one of them because of career reasons, it's true and i admit it, it's partially because of that BUT i could choose business studies or politics too but you see, i wouldn't enjoy those two subjects so i decided to take up subjects i'd like, such as either law or economics.

What do you think? which one should i study and why?

cheers and thanks in advance.
 
If you want to start building your career sooner, go with Econ. If you can live with the delayed gratification, then go to law school. Obviously, becoming a lawyer takes additional schooling and working in a law firm to gain experience before you go out on your own.

Does your school have a Business program (Accounting, Finance)? If so, that's generally a quicker route than majoring in Econ. Econ majors are not taught Balance Sheet, Income Statement, Cash Flow Statement, and other biz-related concepts and verbiage. Econ is theory and Biz is application.

Companies don't want to teach you what every little thing means that Biz graduates already know. They want to spend as little time as possible waiting for you to get up to speed. Look into a Biz degree if your school offers it.
 
If you want to start building your career sooner, go with Econ. If you can live with the delayed gratification, then go to law school. Obviously, becoming a lawyer takes additional schooling and working in a law firm to gain experience before you go out on your own.

Does your school have a Business program (Accounting, Finance)? If so, that's generally a quicker route than majoring in Econ. Econ majors are not taught Balance Sheet, Income Statement, Cash Flow Statement, and other biz-related concepts and verbiage. Econ is theory and Biz is application.

Companies don't want to teach you what every little thing means that Biz graduates already know. They want to spend as little time as possible waiting for you to get up to speed. Look into a Biz degree if your school offers it.
 
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