pre-law doesn't count as a major
2006-09-26 06:46:40 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
You want to take something that is going to make you more versitile than the rest of the people graduating law school.
Go for something that is going to make you stand out to an employer as someone who can bring a lot to the table and not just be another resume among many.
2006-09-26 06:51:30 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
actually political science is not the best major. I know that because I plan on going to law school after I get my degree in Political Science. I have a professor that was a lawyer and he told me that I should change to Buiness managment, accounting, or philosophy. Granted political science is not bad for law school, but I can understand why he said Philosophy and the others. So I would say one of those three would be better. Another thing that helps decide is what kind of lawyer you want to be.
2006-09-26 06:52:21 · answer #2 · answered by redwings_girl_4life 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Gretchen is correct. The best major would be based on the type of law that you intend to practice.
Remember that law school is designed to teach you basic legal concepts, and give you practice with the legal reasoning process. It doesn't teach you a lot of substantive law, and very little background information about any particular non-law field.
Some other common examples, sociology is useful for family law; someone going into media or entertainment law would want a background in that industry; patent lawyers study engineering, or biochemistry for the biotech industry.The undergrad degree gives you a topical understanding of the field, while the law degree teaches you how to research and apply the law to that field.
2006-09-26 06:53:01 · answer #3 · answered by coragryph 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You should pick a major according to your interests. If you are interested in the classes that you are taking, generally you will do better and it will be easier to get into the law schools of your choice. There are tons of choices, ie, business, engineering, criminal justice, basket-weaving, etc. I generally recommend a major that you can apply in the area of law that you think you may want to practice eventually. I generally don't recommend English because English majors are NOT generally very good at legal writing. I know one "award winning" english major that got through under-grad on writing scholarships that has taken the bar about 10 times and still can't pass.
In summary, if you want to be a politician - Political Science, if you want to be a criminal lawyer - Criminal Justice, if you want to run your own firm practicing ANY kind of law - Business, if you want to be a patent attorney - Engineering, if you want to wait to decide, take anything that you are really interested in.
Good luck!
2006-09-26 07:00:09 · answer #4 · answered by www.lvtrafficticketguy.com 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There are a bunch of options... the most important thing is to get yourself into an undergrad program where you have to do a lot of analysis, writing, and thinking. If there's a certain area that you're interested in, think about minoring in that. Chances are, most law school applicants will be coming in w/ a poly-sci, criminal justice, or history background.
Make sure that you know that stuff, but use your undergrad as a chance to explore a bit... The most important thing will be critical thinking and writing skills....
2006-09-26 06:56:29 · answer #5 · answered by mysticjava 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Depends on what you what kind of law you want to practice.
There's a big difference between Tax Law, International business Law, Entertainment Law and Criminal Law. What are you interested in? Find something that fits your personality, that you have passion for?
2006-09-26 06:49:56 · answer #6 · answered by abrainconnected 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
the best pre-law course is commerce because in commerce most of the subjects are tackle in law school......so now you have already an idea what course you are goin to up to after high school...all you have to is to choose what major you are goin to take up to....e.g..business administration.....accounting......or others
2006-09-26 06:53:01 · answer #7 · answered by brockenpromise 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
English, political science, history, psychology . . .any number of majors - you might want to tailor your major to the area of law that you are interested in.
2006-09-26 06:50:34 · answer #8 · answered by a_blue_grey_mist 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I think Political Science or Liberal Arts b/c you are going to have to learn to analyze cases and learn Logic as well as Ethics.
2006-09-26 06:52:43 · answer #9 · answered by Big Bear 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
history, political science, business, and science majors are all good starting points. it all depends on what type of lawyer you want to be.
2006-09-26 07:08:18 · answer #10 · answered by shiara_blade 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋