i want to be an attorney and i'm going into 11th grade this year and i want to be prepared and have what i need for college so what do i need??
2007-07-14 14:38:13 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Higher Education (University +)
Law school comes after four years of college (at least in the US). You can go to law school with any undergraduate major. Concentrate more on the requirements you need to get into a good college.
Talk to your high school guidance counselor for more details.
2007-07-14 14:43:21 · answer #1 · answered by Ranto 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There are no necessary high school classes to be an attorney; you need to complete a Bachelor's degree in any subject before you can take the LSAT and try to get into Law School.
I will tell you what all of my friends that are lawyers said about their law school orientation. At different schools it played out the same way. They were all herded into an auditorium and asked, "How many of you majored in political science (very popular pre-law major)?" Many students raised their hands. The dean of the law school said, "forget everything you learned! They were wrong!" (I'm not kidding). Then they asked, "How many of you majored in languages or things you just liked?" Some raised their hands. The dean said, "You were the smartest for doing that! You enjoyed your undergraduate life and studied your interests. Now you are going to really work and you won't have to re-learn anything."
Therefore, my advice to you is to pursue your interests and get the best grades you can in your undergraduate studies. For now, finish high school and study hard. Pursue your interests in college and get good grades and practice for the LSAT test and before you know it, you may be in Law School. After that, you can decide.
2007-07-14 14:49:19 · answer #2 · answered by Expat 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There's not much you can do--just go to law school after you finish college. Tp prepare you well for law programs, the only things you can do in high school are to take the most challenging social studies and English classes your school offers and to maybe take a speech/drama class if your school offers it. So try to take AP or IB or dual enrollment English and Social Studies, if possible
2007-07-14 15:38:54 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Most high schools have a counselor to help students choose classes in regards what they want to do later. I would guess that there is still a 'college prep' group of classes to take in high school, isn't there (?)... and I also think English classes and speech classes would be helpful for law.
2007-07-14 14:50:23 · answer #4 · answered by LK 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
As far as high school classes go, just your basic history and political science classes will be helpful. Aside from that, just focus on enjoying yourself for the time being.
2007-07-14 15:16:05 · answer #5 · answered by jdphd 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If your school has a debate class that would be good. Sometimes schools offer CAM classes that go towards your college credits. One of those may be good.
2007-07-14 14:43:37 · answer #6 · answered by teah47 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
philosophy.
2007-07-14 14:43:33 · answer #7 · answered by rapidgirl 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋