Do you need to go to law school to work at big law? Currently have my CPA and have big 4 experience, not interested in going to law school but wondering if there’s any positions I can take at a big law firm that relates to deals, transactions, or something accounting related?

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If you want to practice law, yes. But you can maybe consider an administrative or support position.

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To get paid a biglaw salary, yes. Big law can only pay $225k for first years cause biglaw attorneys have really high bill rates.

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Hopefully someone will respond. I have friends who worked for prestigious law firms who were paralegals. Some only had a bachelor’s degree and had taken a paralegal course. You should contact a recruiter or someone who works for big law. The law firm that a friend had worked for was Gaston Snow & Ely Bartlett.
They are no longer a law firm but were a prestigious company.

Go to the website of the firm and see what’s open. Most of them have support/business function roles open and posted salaries

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