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The New Lawyer Supplement

May 18, 2011

Valuating a JD-MBA

Over the past few recruiting seasons, job prospects for JD-MBA graduates have ebbed. Even so, California law schools continue to build dual-degree programs.




By Erica E. Phillips


Daily Journal Staff Writer


Each year, a steady trickle of dual law-MBA degree holders gather their diplomas and enter the job market. But over the past few tumultuous recruiting seasons, their prospects have ebbed.


With an extra year's worth of accounting and finance classes under their belts, law firms said the double degree holders are often viewed as corporate and securities specialists. Bob Williams...

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