Law school!!! HELP?

Question

I want to persue law after I get my BA. My major right now is Political Science, and I've heard/read that most students interested in attending a law school , consider Poly Sci as major that helps to persue law.I I would like to go in to Private International law or maybe Criminal Law. Anyone in the same situation??What major would help me to persue the career I want?? Any information would really help. Thnx in advance.!!!

Answer 1

Poly sci is pretty useless as a major for getting into law school other than it being really easy to get good grades. Law schools know it's easy and they get a ton of applicants with that major. It provides little benefits for getting into law school. Unless you plan on a career in politics, pick another major that you're interested in.

If you like International law, poly sci may help a little, but I'd see if there's another major that deals more with international issues. You might only find a small handful of upper division courses dealing with international issues in the Poly Sci major.

For criminal law, see if there's a criminal justice major or something similar.

What you want to do is try and figure out what kind of law you want to do. If you're lucky enough to have an idea, then pick a major that will give you the most education/experience in that field. That helps you get internships during law school in that area. Eventually, you hope that bachelors degree and internship experiences lead you to a career in that area.

Answer 2

If you're for the reason that artwork tuition then the one possible profession is promoting / advertising. Reason being only a few artists lower than a million% could make a dwelling as an artist and such a lot fund their artwork by way of taking jobs that frequently pay approximately minimal salary on the grounds that artwork levels don't seem to be employable. Law tuition will open up plenty of possibilities for you however it is going to take 7 years of you existence finding out. Since you're no longer passionate approximately regulation then it quite isn't valued at pursuing.

Answer 3

If you are going into International law, make sure that your coursework includes classes that focus on international politics. You don't have to major in Poli Sci for that, you might want to major in South Asia or Middle East or something like that.

Answer 4

First of all congratulations on knowing what you think you might want to do. You are already a step ahead of the game. For the response.

It is commonly misconstrued that political science is somehow "beneficial" to the pursuit of a JD. In most cases, it is not any help at all, because the teaching style in law school is completely different than in undergrad. Even if you have undergrad professors (such as myself) who have JD's and teach in a "law school style" rules and regulations in undergraduate institutions prevent the actual instruction as you will recieve in law school.

I practiced international law for 10 years before coming to teach. If you want to practice in that field, the MOST IMPORTANT thing to do is to study, and excel, in a foreign language. You should choose one of the following to be most marketable: French (Europe's business and working language); Chinese (mandarin); or Spanish. No law firm is going to hire you if you cannot be of assistance in this area to do actual international work. If you cannot do this, do not despair, but expect to do mainly research for 5-10 years while they train you in a language. (depending on what size firm you work for, you may have to do this anyway.)

Other than that, I would study something you enjoy, in case the law school thing wouldnt work out.