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Coming up to choosing commerce major, whats a good choice with an LLB (1 Viewer)

SurferNerd

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hmm

Im in comm/LLB, dunno wat major for commerce though. Im one of those people who ACTUALLY enjoys accounting, but i dunno it doesnt seem as broad. Economics looks okay, and i find a lot of the content is applicable in legal areas as well. Finance seems a huge risk (no pun intended)...dunno jobs in IB and that prob wouldn't satisfy me because i want to have a life.

Marketing/Management are out of the picture! Wat are your thoughts? Prob leaning towards accounting or eco...does accounting/LLB leave a lot of doors open? Is there any work that would combine the two areas and is it fairly specialised? I know of Forensic Accounting but wasn't sure whether a law degree is required. Maybe a tax barrister?? And what would eco lead to? Jobs in gov, public policy, intelligence even???

advice please.
 

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there are many fields where accounting and law can be combined, eg working for a law firm and working in their insolvency department - however jsut having an accounting background can have a huge benefit as you can understand company structure, give better advice for clients etc.

also, finance doesnt necessarily mean that you will work in IB - you can work as a lawyer or just in the financial field, mergers and acquisitions etc

you seem to be looking just at the stereotypical jobs of those majors...

in the end depends wat u want to do.. if u want to work as a lawyer wat would u specialise in? those are the things you should be thinking about, coz u can make the most of your commerce major
 

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dils1989 said:
there are many fields where accounting and law can be combined, eg working for a law firm and working in their insolvency department - however jsut having an accounting background can have a huge benefit as you can understand company structure, give better advice for clients etc.

also, finance doesnt necessarily mean that you will work in IB - you can work as a lawyer or just in the financial field, mergers and acquisitions etc

you seem to be looking just at the stereotypical jobs of those majors...

in the end depends wat u want to do.. if u want to work as a lawyer wat would u specialise in? those are the things you should be thinking about, coz u can make the most of your commerce major
Thanks for the input...yea i guess i am generalising ob areer options are broad. From a bit of research I was doing, looks as thoughaccounting backgrounds are pretty well regarded in commercial law fims as well.

Anyone got any input on an economics major? I find im very strong at economics and its interesting however what would be more regarded in the workplace- accy or eco???

Would eco open up more public job doors such as in departments, policy, and is there any fields where it correlates directly with being a lawyer?
 

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