when i grow up i want 2 b a lawyer. What do i need 2 no at high school????

Question

like do i need 2 have business studys , maths , english learned or what???

Answer 1

business, how to spell, english, math
the better the classes and the better the grades, mean the better the college you get into which means the better the law school you get into.
so go study and learn how 2 spell

Answer 2

First of all you need to have earned quite a few GCSEs, you'll need mostly A* and A Grades. Nothing below a B will impress law tutors. You must take 3, preferably 4, academic A Levels like sciences, languages, english, maths or history. You'll have to get all As! On top of that you need an impressive list of extra cirricular activites, excellent recommendations from you teachers and sometimes you'll have to attend a formal interview. It takes a lot of work , I've done it. I went to Cambridge. Don't take business studies! Even though it is an A Level in its own right, it's seen more as a vocational subject by the very top schools.

Answer 3

Take classes that emphasize public speaking (acting, for instance) and logical thinking. Law school is after college, so your major in college should reflect an interest you have. If you major in physics and become a lawyer, you'd be a lawyer for telephone companies for example. If you major in social studies, maybe you do free legal work.

Law schools will require you pass the LSAT with a good high score. So calculus, physics, philosophy are areas of study heavy in logical thinking.

Answer 4

What you need to "know" is that it's going to take a lot of work.

First of all high school is just one of many steps to becoming a lawyer. Obviously you have to go to college for undergrad and then to law school. While in high school make sure you take lots of english, and reading. You should always be trying to improve your vocabulary and your reading skills. Take a lot of history classes and government classes to know if it's something you have an interest in. While there are pre-law programs at schools across the country I don't recommend them. Law schools don't care if you major in pre-law. What they care about is that whatever your major was in college you did well at it. You can major in P.E. or music or Psychology or Engineering. But to get into law school you have to take and pass the LSAT.

There are 3 years of law school and usually between your second and third you will intern with a law firm. this is very important because a lot of people discover then that law school is not for them neither is the law career. this is why you should major in something that interst you in college. If you do finish law school you will have to pass the Bar exam before you can practice in a state. There are lots of different types of law, again another reason you should widen your horizons in high school and in college with the types of classes you take. Almost every profession in the world has some kind of law involved in it. You should work to combine the law side with some other passion of yours like music, medicine, art, education, families, construction...whatever!!

But do well in you h.s. classes. Read a lot, read everything. Get involved in student government in high school and college. You can look in the newspaper and see what kind of things are happening at your local court house and go ther and be a part of local government. Sometimes you can write your local congressman, senator, or alderman. A lot of times people in those positions have had some law training and would be more than happy to talk to you and guide you. Good luck and study hard.

Answer 5

It is not so important what you learn at HS level, so long as you do well. The better you do, the better college you can get into for your undergrad.

Do well in HS, and have fun (but do well) at college. During your college years, that will be when you can decide to be a lawyer.

The practice of law is an honorable profession. Lawyers have been around 5000 years longer than doctors of medicine. Lawyers hold the most powerful positions in the world.

It is a lofty goal, but go for it if you want to. My motto? Novus Ordo Mundi...

Answer 6

Everything you do from now until Law school should be to help you get to a good law school. You need good grades and should focus on history, government, and political science. You won't start studying law until law school. Start studying for the SAT test now, so you can get into a good undergrad school. Don't drink too much, and don't hang around with losers. Study every day.

Answer 7

well it depends on what kind of lawyer you want to be. so you should ask your school counciler to see what you need. but definitly you need english, you also need to research which courses will help you in the field of law that you are interested in. if you want to be a bankrupsy lawyer you do need math, if you want to be a lawyer that deals with international or company affairs you need bussiness. so do some reasearch on the field of law that you are intereseted in and see what courses your school has to offer that links up with the field of law that you are intested in.
but you need a four year undergrad first before you can go to law school. the undergrad can be anything you want and then you can apply to law school

Answer 8

I would do some social studies (having to do with history, economics, etc) business studies wouldn't hurt. Besides that, probably a lot of english.

Answer 9

You need to learn first of all how to spell. Then the second thing you need is no moral or ethical standards holding you down. The third and final point is how to manipulate the system into thinking you are wonderful and trusting you while you loot their money. I think that just about covers it.

Answer 10

As a law school grad I'd suggest you concentrate on research and writing skills. Also, learning to make productive use of your study time is a good idea.