-: When I went to law school, I went with people
that majored in all sorts of things,
from pre-med,
humanities,
classics.
I think any major where you read a lot helps,
or write a lot.
I think that, you know, I think any of those
where you are putting your thoughts down on paper
in a really cohesive way, and communication skills.
I think I went to school with
more than a few theater majors, too,
which probably helps a lot with litigation.
It's possible that you could step into an in-house role
and do well without going to a law firm,
but I think the benefit of a law firm,
as I mentioned earlier, you learn so much
from a broad category of issues,
clients and other partners within the firm,
and you learn it very quickly.
I think that there's a huge benefit to that.
Because once you go in-house,
you really are dealing with one client.
And it's a broad array of issues, but it's one client,
and it does help to have the experience of going
through a firm and dealing with sort of everything
under the sun, kind of going through the gauntlet.
I mean, experience will get you so far,
skill will get you so far, but, I mean,
frankly for me, it's the enthusiasm.
And also, it's somebody I can work with.
I...
I don't know, I've had a couple experiences where you,
it's just been a difficult working relationship,
and, you know that's no fun.
We're working long hours, we're working
sometimes on stressful projects.
You want someone that you can work with
and is gonna be a team player.
So, you know, it's not just what you know,
it's your enthusiasm and your fit, frankly.