Can you get into law school with a 2.5 GPA?

Question

I Have a 2.5 GPA, i can maybe get it up more a little before i graduate but i was wondering if i could get into law school with this GPA?

Answer 1

Contrary to what the other guy said, studying to be a lawyer is easy. I didn't even break a sweat when I took the bar exam and passed it in one shot. CPA exam is a different story. I had to take it twice to pass it. Most CPAs are also lawyers because bar exam is nothing compared to CPA exams. But you should try to raise your GPA though, to at least 2.9. Reason why I am not practicing law with my law license is because I consider all lawyers as nothing but a scumbags. I took the bar exam just because it was easy. We don't need more scumbag lawyers. We need more doctors instead. You should study harder and become a doctor, that is if you are smart enough.

Answer 2

Not a good one. If you want to get into a decent gratuate school--in any field--you really need at least a 3.0.

I would suggest you talk to the department head in your department--she/he can help you work out some stragies. Here are a couple of options you might consider:

>Delay your graduation say a semester or two--and use that and your remaining time to bring your GPA up. A friend of mine did this--going from a 2.6 to 3.05 . To do this requires a lot of work, of course--and extra courses you take should be ones you can do well in. But it is possible.

>In many cases a department will let a student enter a Master's program that has graduated from their department IF they meet other qualifications. The advantage to this is that your graduate GPA will be separate--and if its good, a law school will rely mostly on the grad GPA.

Good luck!

Answer 3

Definitely not a top 20 law school, but you can find some law schools that accept lower gpa, and it would help if you scored high on the LSAT to compensate for your low gpa. However, I think you should work hard and try to increase your gpa to at least a 3.0. Explain in your personal statement and get good recommendation letters.

Answer 4

As long as you improve in college then yes...
Its actually the material you study, not the college you go to that really matters. I'm sure you can, just go find few law schools and apply to all of them make sure to write a good essay and include ur extra activites. Some law schools probably have lower expectations then others.
Good Luck!

Answer 5

It'd be really difficult. You go to law school after undergraduate, so work really hard in your first few years of college, then transfer to a better accredited school for a degree in law, or something along those lines. Good luck.

Answer 6

As the 22 year old bride said to her 95 year old husband on their wedding night, "You can so get it up."
Further if you are hedging your bets, you might want to reconsider that choice. Law school is not for the faint of heart.
Have you considered paralegal studies? Maybe not as lucrative but definitely not the challenge that Law School is.
Here's a clue, the next time your buds want to party,
JUST SAY NO.

Answer 7

hmm it will be hard but it is still possible... my cousin got into duke medical with a 2.9 it just depends on what the school looks at more... if they think that the gpa is top priority than prob not... but if they look at other aspects youve got a shot i would go to the law schools website that you were looking into and look at their statistics.. you know where they show you what percentage pof people go into that school with what gpa...

Answer 8

It depends on the law school.
Harvard = no, no, no
Close Cover Before Striking = maybe
Just kidding, really. Get those grades up!

Answer 9

That's what my husband tells me. He says he had a 2.4 or something in undergrad and then he became a paralegal, for a year or two and that experience helped him decide to be a lawyer. He's been a lawyer for 6 years now and just got a great new job.

Answer 10

Yes -- but not into a good law school.