Career question

[midas]

Bob -

Here's the real story.

While not the normal path, you can go from law school to a job as an associate in the corporate finance department (advisory not trading) of a large investment bank. Generally people make this decision after their 2L summer when they realize they would hate being a lawyer. Even better would be to summer at one of the large investment banks like Goldman or Morgan to show more commitment to the path but you would probably cut off the legal track completely if you worked for an IB. IB's look for smart people who they can train and you'll be way behind the learning curve compared to MBAs or 2nd year analysts.

BTW, total comp in a large IB in NYC for a first year associate is $200K.