What Degree do you have to have in regular college to be in Law School?

Question

B.A, master.....

Answer 1

Any form of Bachelors (BA, BS, BM, etc.) A masters is not required, but it would give you better chances to make it into a top law school.

I just read stefs post and I will tell you, as a law student myself, the worse thing you can EVER do is to add an MBA to your degree. This will only cheapen your JD and will make most firms turn you down because they'll think you'll leave to management. Management won't want to hire you because they'll think you'll leave for law. Also, any MBA from a non-top or second tier school is pretty much worthless, and if you want to get into a top or second tier school, you MUST have about 5 to 10+ years of work experience.

Answer 2

For law school there is no requirement for a specific undergraduate degree. I went to law school with a girl who had a degree in dance. However, she flunked out after the first year. Generally Political Science, Economics, Communications are a good basis for law school studies. The law school admissions will look at the degree of difficulty of you studies as part of the admissions process. Engineering is a great course of study for law school if you plan to work in a law field such as patent law.

Answer 3

I don't think there's a required one - people go to law school from many backgrounds. One thing that seems to be more marketable once you're out is to combine an MBA with your JD, however.