The question is apparently: what are good undergraduate pre-law majors. When I was an undergraduate, the preferred majors were English (because law is writing-intensive), political science, and history (those subjects because the emphasis is on critical analysis). Philosophy is also a good major because a lot of what you study in philosophy is related to rhetoric. Rhetoric is is generally understood to be the art or technique of persuasion through the use of oral language and written language. After all, much of what a lawyer does is persuasive communication.
I have also known people with majors in criminal justice, business, accounting, actuarial science, mathematics, engineering, and music.
The essential skills for law are the ability to study and analyze, the ability to write, and the ability to persuade, either orally or in writing.
Also, I would recommend that you take a good LSAT preparation course, and that you take the LSAT several times, if you can afford it.
2007-04-20 05:00:21
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answered by Mark 7
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You can major in anything you want in college to go to law school...just do well in it to get accepted and prepared.
In my graduating class we had a girl who's undergraduate degree was in dance.
A few had degrees in physics, and other engineering fields...this qualified them for patent law.
Major in what you are interested in and do well....there is no undergraduate field that teaches law or teaches you to think like a lawyer even those undergraduate law degrees you hear about...thats what the 3 years of law school are for. I do recommend to all college students to take english courses or to double major or minor in english, or another field with heavy writting. In lawschool you will write.
In almost all of your classes your grade will depend on an essay exam at the end of the semester and it is curved against your classmates...if you are not prepared in writting you will not do well.
2007-04-20 09:20:48
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answered by Dr. Luv 5
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Most colleges dealing with that type of curriculum actually have a program calle "pre-law". That would be the one you're after, though usually Criminal Justice, Social Science, and Political Science majors will work. It depends on what type of Law courses you want to take and what type of career you're after as to which background you want to go with.
2007-04-20 05:37:45
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answered by Snakebit 2
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that's the form of difficulty this is superb dealt with by potential of an consultant. yet i might think of that Marquette might look at your transcripts and notice which you retook the physics classes with a useful grade, and that for the duration of view of your extreme GPA does not deny you admission. Logically, subsequently required classes are repeated: to get a useful grade. case in point, I basically took a course that's a portal to a graduate software, so a B is needed for popularity into the graduate software. countless scholars who've taken this course have completed properly up till the incredible, and then botched it, unable to get the required grade. however the sport is, you're taking it over, which they have, as a manner to get into grad college.
2016-10-13 00:53:22
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answered by ? 4
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