Would I be crazy to leave restructuring consulting for law school? I have been working for over 10 years in finance and am honestly tired of dealing with excel/numbers all day. I’ve always been attracted to law school/structuring deals, etc and am wondering if I should maybe pivot (financially, I’d be fine without scholarships). Any advice or am I off my meds?

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Pre-AI, I would’ve said go for it. I had a good job before but went to law school because I thought it would be interesting. And it is. Law is fun, and going back to school was fun. I like brief writing and research. I clerked. But AI has really upended things and has me jaded. My main skills are less comparatively advantageous now and some of the fun of it is gone. I think AI is going to hit big motion briefing and appellate practice hard.

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You say you don’t want to be in Excel/numbers all day, which is funny because when I was an ECVC associate, Excel and numbers (cap tables, etc.) were a huge part of the job so pivoting ti law isn’t a guarantee you’ll totally escape that.

Putting that aside, does working with dense legal documents all day actually excite you? Because that’s what “structuring deals” means in practice. Also, if you’d be financially fine without scholarships, I’m assuming you’re already making good money. Why pivot to law? That’s a pretty significant opportunity cost. I usually recommend law to people who don’t already have a clear path to high income, and it sounds like you do.

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Deal structuring is a small part of being a corporate lawyer, so if that is the driver, I would say don’t do it. Instead would suggest pivoting into a different role within your restructuring firm that is closer to strategy if that exists.

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Structuring deals is tax, which is more.. numbers

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