What steps do I take to get a law degree? What AA? What BA? When do I apply to Law school, after my BA?

Question

I'm getting my Liberal Arts AA right now, (graduating in spring) and need to know where to go next...I just changed my degree interest, so now I'm lost.

Answer 1

AA isn't so important. With a BA or a BS nearly finished, or even finished, (your major isn't that important) and LSAT exam results start looking into law schools. Good luck!

Answer 2

The California Bar only requires a 2 year degree, and then a law degree. Most law schools that I know of require a 4 yr degree first before they let you in. You may find some unaccredited law schools that don't have that requirement though.

Law schools don't care what the 4 yr degree is in. They'll take anything as they typically have no required courses. Just a degree and an LSAT score and you're pretty much ready to apply to law school.

Answer 3

I. WHAT STEPS DO I TAKE TO GET A LAW DEGREE:

After you graduate from high school, becoming a lawyer would require the following years of education in the United States:

4 years to earn a bachelor's degree
3 years to earn a law degree at a law school

In addition, you must take two exams. You take the LSAT (an exam administered by www.lsac.org) before going to law school, which is necessary to apply to law school. After graduating from law school, you take the Bar Exam, which is necessary to become a licensed attorney and practice law.

II. WHEN DO I APPLY TO LAW SCHOOL?

You apply to law school in the fall one year before you plan to start law school. So if you plan to start in August of 2008, you would apply in September through December of 2007.

Before you apply to law school, you must take the LSAT. Most students spend a few weeks preparing for the LSAT. The LSAT is offered only on certain days during the year. (See www.lsac.org.)

III. WHICH DEGREE SHOULD I GET?

Gone are the days when a political science degree or similarly related government degree is an advantage when applying to law schools. Now law school admissions offices value a diverse student body, so they want students with a variety of degrees.

Today, law schools seek diverse backgrounds. Students with technical or engineering degrees are great candidates for Intellectual Property law. In fact, only students with science degrees can take the Patient Bar Exam, which is required to prosecute (write up) patients. Likewise, students with medical degrees will have strong potential for health law. Students with education degrees will have a complimentary background for education law. Whether the degree is in music, business, or some other area, there is probably a related area of law for that industry.

The point is that law schools now recognize the need for diverse degrees, so any degree from a regionally accredited university will be good. However, note that the grades you receive while earning the degree will be about one-third of the weight considered at most law schools when you apply (the other two-thirds is your LSAT score). Also, the grades are indexed to the difficulty of the school, which means if you get a 4.0 grade point average (GPA) at the University of Chicago, it is worth much more than a 4.0 GPA at some small college nobody has heard much about. My advice is to choose a degree that interests you, which increases the chances you will do well and get high grades.

As a side note, some degrees will be better preparation for once you are in law school. A degree related to government, law, or philosophy may help while in law school. But so would working for a law firm as a paralegal.

Answer 4

You need to get a BA in the subject of your choosing and then after recieving your BA and taking your LSAT (ACT for law school) you apply to law school.

Answer 5

i comprehend you've a psychology degree and pass to regulation college. I actually have a chum who has a level in international study and she or he replaced into making plans on going to regulation college. different than that i think of in simple terms any style of political technology degree. i'm particular distinctive regulation colleges settle for distinctive majors as long because of the fact the pre-reqs are met.

Answer 6

Never mind the AA, BA, MA, Q&A....
It's a LOAN you really need.
Good Luck...it's so hard.