My father always wanted to be a lawyer but because of family situtations he was forced to become a doctor. And when I was litte baby my daddy often said one day they will say on the intercom "Doctor Tamara" but he died when I was 1 yrs old and now I am 13yrs old and I exceling in high school (I skipped 2 grades) and I want to make my dad happy by fulfilling the dream he never got to and by fulfilling the dream he wanted me to fulfill. Thats why I wanted to know.
2006-07-13 16:29:45 · 7 answers · asked by *UnIqUe*`````*Tammy Int'l* 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Higher Education (University +)
You would have to to a dual JD/MD program, a total of seven years post college. you can major in something like bioethics, or philosophy, which will work for both med school and law school
2006-07-14 03:56:37 · answer #1 · answered by cookie_monster 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
To be a doctor you must go to medical school. To be a lawyer you must go to law school. If you are undecided between the two, you should major in either physiology as an undergrad since medical schools have specific requirements while law schools take any undergraduate major, but it's best to major in something like political science because you gain a lot of experience in writing and analysis. Doing well in law school takes three skills. 1) knowing the law 2) spotting issues in the fact situation presented. 3) writing an answer to the question using the IRAC format issue, rule of law, answer, conclusion
2006-07-13 23:40:36 · answer #2 · answered by Superstar 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
both law and medicine are pre-majors in college (you'd be pre law or pre-medicine) You'd have any variety of actual major. Could be biology, chemistry usually for medicine and almost anything for law. You can go to law school with any major. Both career options require higher degrees beyond a 4 year degree. There's always the option of getting a combined M.D/J.D (I'm not sure how common this is), or if you don't want to be a medical doctor, you could do a combined PhD/law degree (pretty common). Just depends on how you want to do. None of this requires a double major for your 4 year degree, just 2 degrees for your higher education.
2006-07-13 23:36:49 · answer #3 · answered by X 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
To be a physician and a lawyer you'd have to get a JD/MD after college which is 7 years of graduate school. Top schools like Harvard offer them and they are hard to get into because med school and law school look for different kinds of people.
As far as an undergraduate major, look for Public Health which is public policy (governmental law) with epidemiology. You would still need to declare yourself pre-med so that you could experience all of the o-chem and bio torture required to get into a medical program. Another option to look into is philosophy. Philosophy majors have the highest rate of success being accepted into medical schools, and if you can understand philosophy, you can understand the law.
2006-07-14 00:12:06 · answer #4 · answered by emp04 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not that I know of. Law and medicine are both challenging professional fields that require lots of time and dedication. Law requires another 3 years of law school after undergrad (plus the passing of the bar exam) and medicine requires 4 years of med school (plus additional years for specialization, residency, and passing of the board exams). There's no short cut.
2006-07-13 23:36:41 · answer #5 · answered by solemn lantern 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Medical Law.
2006-07-13 23:34:24 · answer #6 · answered by King 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you want to be both a doctor and a lawyer you have to go to both medical school and law school. Unfortunately there are no short cuts.
2006-07-13 23:33:24 · answer #7 · answered by Diane D 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋