2007-06-10 06:30:03 · 4 answers · asked by xoom 2 in Education & Reference ➔ Higher Education (University +)
Everyone else has made the appropriate distinction--undergrad law is part of a liberal arts (and sometimes biz) degree and law school is a profesional school. What they have omitted is that law school is the only way to become a lawyer (well, some states still have apprenticeships, but that's increasingly rare....).
Most states will require that you graduate from an ABA accredited law school before you take the bar. So, even where undergrad and legal education may overlap, undergrad courses will not let you become a lawyer.
It's also important to note that you do not *need* to study undergrad law to become a lawyer--any ol' BA will do it. And sometimes, the more unusual the BA, the better.
2007-06-10 23:54:48 · answer #1 · answered by tara k 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Law school is a professional school where you learn to be a lawyer, you learn how to analyze cases of various types. If you study law in college you are studying a particular kind of law, like business law, or tax law, and that will give you a good grounding for business, but it will not prepare you to be a lawyer or even to take the Bar exam. Its about the same as the difference between medical school and studying biology.
2007-06-10 06:34:59 · answer #2 · answered by jxt299 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Studying law in college is usually part of an interdisciplinary program such as political science. It's meant to introduce you to law, but not to focus on law itself. Law school is for people who want a career in law (lawyers). Law school goes further into law and covers a lot more territory.
If you are interested in being in the legal field, take a couple of law-related classes in your undergrad program and see how you like them. I always thought I would want to get into law and then I took Business Law in college and KNEW that law was NOT my calling, lol. You may feel totally different.
Good luck.
2007-06-10 08:05:00 · answer #3 · answered by ღ†Rocker Wife†ღ 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Law related courses may be taken as part of undregraduate study. Law school is attended after one has recieved an undergraduate degree. The LSAT is a required Law Sschool Admissions Test.
2007-06-10 06:35:31 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋