any suggestions or answers? please!!!!
2007-07-29 01:56:15 · 6 answers · asked by ami.lewa1403 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Higher Education (University +)
Get good grades in college, and consider some good activities that show an interest in community service. Your law school application will be a lot like your college application, except you will be taking the LSAT instead of the SATs in your Junior year of college (or early Senior year). You will want to be able to write great essays for the applications.
It doesn't really matter what you major in when you're in college, as long as your grades are very good and you do a lot of writing and reading. Writing skills are very important. I work with lawyers who majored in everything from philosophy, business, accounting, English Education, and even French.
You may want to take a LSAT prep class, just like an SAT prep class. The LSAT is heavy on reasoning and reading skills. You can get a LSAT prep book to check out a sample test.
Getting into law school will be partially about the numbers -- grades and LSAT scores. You can research profiles of admitted students for law schools, just like the profiles of colleges to determine which ones your grades and LSAT scores might get you in. You might try for an interview too, if you think it will help. If you don't need loans, I've been told that it might give you a little edge but I don't know if that's true or not. You may want to consider going to a college that offers scholarships, to minimize borrowing for undergrad so you can borrow more for grad school.
I suggest watching the DVD of Paper Chase too. It's an old movie, but it's still an accurate depiction of law school. Everyone in law school is smart, but some of them just can't do it. Law school isn't about memorizing facts and studying material -- you learn to reason and think in different ways, which can be tough even for some brilliant people. When you grade on the curve, too, some of those A college students are going to be getting Fs, Ds and Cs in law school. It's stressful, but I think it's worth it!
2007-07-29 02:47:01 · answer #1 · answered by Neonzeus 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
what would you have to do to get into law school ?
Well, now
what would I have to do --- hmmmm-- I'd have to win the lottery (there's this thing about continuing to "make a living" while you study and there is no way I'M going to get a "scholarship" at MY age) -- then -- I'm sure that I would have to take some fairly lengthy "refreshers" on a number of my past college credits -- then I would have to pull all kinds of strings for an 'acceptance' letter -- and -- from the actual factual 'proof' that one is witnessing of late in the way these people usually conduct themselves -- I would have to compromise a great deal of my values and standards !!!!
So, I don't think I'LL be going to law school any time in THIS lifetime -- I'll just continue to study law from my console here in Starchip Central !!!!
Oh, and, as a lawyer, it would be really really important -- especially when asking a question-- that one becomes VERY exact with it's structure and targeting !!!
2007-07-29 09:27:36 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
Pass entrance exams but mostly you have to pay a lot of money.. But i would go for it.. Go for grants and loans if you don't have resources. Follow your dream. I thought about it many years ago. But I had health problems that held me back.. If you want to be a lawyer... GO FOR IT,,,,
2007-07-29 09:00:21 · answer #3 · answered by lag_time2 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
unless you are out of highschool, but you need to get super good grades.
2007-07-29 09:04:28 · answer #4 · answered by skigrrrrl 3 · 0⤊ 3⤋
open the door and walk in
2007-07-29 09:07:41 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 3⤋
you need to work really really really really hard for years and years and years and years!
im a criminal defence lawyer
2007-07-29 08:58:39 · answer #6 · answered by spongebobs biggest fan 5 · 0⤊ 4⤋