I am in highschool and I am interested in becomming a Lawyer. I relize that you have to be smart. I get straight A's. I was thinking about majoring in English, then going to Law School. Where could I look into Law School at, for example what all it involves. What all you can do with becoming a lawyer. Also are there any books about law that you would suggest to read? I appreciate any help. Thank you.
2006-09-30 04:23:37 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Higher Education (University +)
Yale Law School is the best there is to offer.
2006-09-30 04:42:38 · answer #1 · answered by yofatcat1 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't know about that English major. There's no particular major that is best for pre-law, but when I was a philosophy major in the 1970s, the Philosophy Major's Association meeting revealed that I was the only one who was not considering it pre-law. And I did go to law school years later.
With a good pre-law program, your major is not so important as the breadth of your knowledge. A lawyer has to know a bit about just about everything, because you never know what will come up in a case someday. My former boss would spend almost as much time researching the science or engineering side of a case as he did the legal part, in many cases. Over the years, I've picked up a smattering of a huge number of topics just from typing up the briefs of the liability attorneys for whom I worked.
So if an English major is how you center a broadly-based program, it's probably better than a philosophy major that does not have enough breadth. Law is not all logic and reasoning, after all. It is about everything. Literally everything.
For books, try "One L," by Scott Turow.
2006-09-30 04:31:21 · answer #2 · answered by auntb93again 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think it is a mistake to be focusing on what law school is like. What you really need to find out is whether you truly want to be a lawyer. You should keep in mind how expensive law school is and that being a lawyer is not necessarily like law school. While you can do a variety of things with a law degree, if you don't want to be a lawyer, there are a lot of other ways to get to where you want to go rather than spending all that time and money for law school. Then once you are convinced you want to be a lawyer, it shouldn't matter too much what law school is like because it is simply one more obstacle you must overcome in your quest to be a lawyer.
The best way to see if you want to be a lawyer is to follow lawyers around to see what their life is like in a regular basis. With so many lawyers on television and the movies, there are a lot of misconceptions about what it means to be a lawyer on a daily basis. While some law firms have strict rules about confidentiality, there are many lawyers out there who would let you follow them around.
If you or your family knows any lawyers, talk to them and set up several days when you can follow them around. Try to watch lawyers who practice in all kinds of different areas of law. If you don't know any lawyers, contact the Bar Association in your area, and I bet they would be willing to match you up with some lawyers.
2006-09-30 07:25:43 · answer #3 · answered by da_unknown1 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A lot of law students had History and Political Science majors, but I'd think English is fine. Go to university websites and explore what their law schools offer and suggest. Good luck.
2006-09-30 04:28:04 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I regarded yet i did not see which united states of america your question got here from. i'm interior the united states of a and by no potential heard of a "public activity" criminal expert. right here it form of feels that maximum legal experts considerable in finance or economics and then they circulate directly to get their JD. even nonetheless i don't understand approximately "particular majors in regulation college" i might recommend you touch according to probability Stetson in FL and ask or see their website. There are each and every year classes an lawyer desires to take (as quickly as they become an lawyer) to toughen their uniqueness. legal experts purchase right into a company. collectively as you're education nonetheless you will desire to do like a summer season internship with a regulation enterprise. Your college charges would be exhorbitant and you'd be paying that off for some years yet to return. there are in all likelihood over a hundred specialties an lawyer would desire to circulate into, not all have solid earnings, and fantastically in those not common financial situations. a great style of them circulate into own injury, kin regulation, elder regulation plus genuine supplies and foreclosure and company, taxes, computer, criminal, financial disaster, and so on. legal experts war like each and every physique else does no count which uniqueness they decide for. considering the fact that there are a number of legal experts graduating according to annum there are countless legal experts around, some circulate company, some circulate into public provider including working for Mayor, Governor, Senator, Congressman and so on. i don't understand that legal experts have a revenues. considering the fact that they do purchase into the enterprise i've got self assurance they'd desire to get a value and divide up the salary yet different than which you will would desire to ask. commence out your summers working at a regulation enterprise and get extra informaiton as you circulate.
2016-10-15 09:13:15 · answer #5 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
to be a lawyer u need to be a disciple of the devil :)
2006-09-30 04:28:06 · answer #6 · answered by may_minu 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
All you need is to makes lies more believable than the truth.
2006-09-30 04:32:02 · answer #7 · answered by Chri R 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋