I am realllly interested in going to law school and becoming a lawyer, I just dont know what i should major in. I think sociology might be it tho, not to sure. can anyone help? Also, does anybody the salary range that sociologists make?
2007-01-26 01:49:16 · 5 answers · asked by Nita 1 in Business & Finance ➔ Careers & Employment
Booo the above answer....
You should really consider taking general liberal arts classes your freshman year and then deciding what your heart tells you. Law schools are open to a variety of majors, so your GPA should remain high (counselors will tell you lower than what you really should be at...even Ivy League schools have gigantic grade inflation anymore), proabably at least 3.5.
You should also consider the type of law you'd like to practice. If you're young, you might have no idea what you'd like to do eventually and you will probably change your mind. However, low paying but fulfilling jobs such as public defender would be a nice fit with sociology. Business would be a good fit with the private sector. History, Political Science, and Philosophy are some other majors that are common to law schools.
Personally, I would recommend Philosophy with a high dose of logic. Once you learn the systems of logic, such as deductive arguments and logical fallicies, you'll be way ahead of the Business crowd in terms of presenting arguments. It's like Donald Trump or Bill Gates debating Bertrand Russell or Immanuel Kant (bad analogy, maybe, but you get my point). A strong background in logic will be smiled upon by law schools, but if you're taking Philosophy, make sure you either love it and want to pursue graduate degrees or that you definitely will use it for law, because it's one of the least marketable degrees on it's own (people don't understand what the major is all about).
*disclaimer: I was not a Philosophy major! (:
2007-01-26 06:33:02 · answer #1 · answered by rawley_iu 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Law School is unique in that it doesnt really require a certain undergrad degree. People from a huge range of undergrad degrees go to law school.
That said, I would recommend a cake walk degree to boost your GPA. History, Government/Civics, Politics and Psychology are very common roads. Accounting or Business could also be a good road, although, much more difficult then the former, and may damage your GPA, and reduce your chances of being accepted to law school.
Any type of scientist/doctor (in other words, anything that ends in "ology") that doesnt have a PHD is fairly unemployable and will work for crap wages as an assistant or counselor until they achieve a doctorate, so I certainly wouldnt recommend that undergraduate degree.
2007-01-26 01:58:35 · answer #2 · answered by M O 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
A major is what you want to make out of it in your personal academic career. Some take the easy road and others take the high road. The degree requirements maybe the same but a 2.0 and 4.0 honors are two different sociology majors.
2016-05-24 01:43:17 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
My major was sociology and minor political science....and my plan was to go to law school but I ended up changing my mind. Political Science is a popular major for students considering going into law.
2007-01-26 01:57:23 · answer #4 · answered by inquisitvemind 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
sociology not a good fit. Business would be a powerful link with law. Sociology not well paid & should not be.
2007-01-26 01:58:15 · answer #5 · answered by vegas_iwish 5 · 0⤊ 3⤋