Could I attend law school with a bachelors of science (biology)? is law school expensive?

Answer 1

Not a problem. Could even be a benefit; to practice patent law, you need to have a science degree.

I'm getting a biology degree and am going to Law School next year- most likely at University of Pennsylvania.

Yes, law school can be expensive. However, you can get scholarships, if you have good numbers (LSAT, GPA) and/or good soft factors.

Law school grads often graduate with between $50,000 and $100,000 debt.

Answer 2

Biology Major Law School

Answer 3

Yes you can attend law school with a bachelors of science. Law schools like to see different degrees applying. Yes it can be expensive depending on the law schools. The more private the school the more expensive. Your best bet would be a state college or university that offers a law degree

Answer 4

You can attend law school with any kind of bachelors. It can be underwater basket weaving for all they care. The bulk of what they look at is your GPA and LSAT score. What your major was is pretty far down the list of what they consider.

Bio is actually a good thing to have. You have the option of getting a job in intellectual property. If you like it, it's high demand and quite lucrative. Most firms require a degree in science or math before they'll hire you.

Answer 5

Science background is not a problem, every school wants diversity in their student body. But most important is to have high LSAT score (155 minimum if you want to get into a good, inexpensive state university), then comes GPA (for better chances 3.5 at least). Try not to do a sloppy job on your personal statement though, even if you have all the goods.
Depending on your score and GPA you can get a good scholarship... But one of the fairly cheap and good schools is Wayne State, MI - $18K (instate), when any other "ok " private school is about $26K (instate). UofM, even though it's a public institution, charges $35K. In any case law schools are not cheap :) And very often cheaper schools are much harder to get into.

Answer 6

It doesn't matter what your undergrad degree was. In fact, I had a poli-sci degree, but some people who had science degrees did much better, just because they were more used to thinking logically and solving problems.

Law school is quite a bit more expensive--my books cost around $300 per semester, and I graduated in 1988.

Answer 7

All post graduate degrees like undergraduate degrees are expensive.

I can see no reason why you couldn't go to law school with a science background. It might prove helpful with the new technologies and science that is being fought in the courts nowadays.

Answer 8

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Answer 9

many law schools do not require any specific undergrad degree athough there usually are gpa requirements and LSAT test score requirements, it is usually fairly expensive.