ok well, I'm in my senior year in hight school and am thinking to go to law school. I need to apply to a college this month...so I don't know what kind of pre-law program to take...I also heard, it isn't that great of an idea to take pre-law courses because then the professors in law school have to un-teach everything. So I want to get an undergraduate degree in something...not sure though..what is the best thing to get an undergraduate degree in...that will perhaps prepare you the most for law school. just give a best example
2007-10-01 20:27:58 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
Take any college curriculum you want. The important skills are critical and analytical thinking, and writing. When I was in law school, I knew students who had majored in English, political science, history, philosophy, sociology, psychology, engineering, criminal justice, business, accounting, and even music. Oh, yes, there were also people who majored in foreign languages such as French, German, and Spanish.
One of the biggest complaints which law school professors have is that students are not good writers. The quality of writing has declined over the last 40 years. Another good skill is what they call rhetoric. Elements of that skill are found in philosophy and other liberal arts.
It will help you if your university requires a "senior thesis" which you have to research, write, and defend. This emphasizes both the analytical and the writing skills.
2007-10-02 00:13:38 · answer #1 · answered by Mark 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Lawyer Undergraduate Degrees
2016-11-10 09:52:58 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Don't bother. I have a degree in Chinese, and I have classmates with degrees in engineering, biology, English literature, history, political science, music, you name it. You don't need any specific training to go to law school. A pre-law degree will in fact cripple you, because your classmates will have a wide breadth of education and experience, but you will have spent your undergraduate years trying to get a leg up. Put the idea of pre-law out of your mind. Find a real major that interests you, get good grades, participate in lots of extracurricular activities, make sure you spend your summers productively. Wait until your junior or senior year of college before you start worrying too much about law school applications.
One suggestion: if your college offers a logic or rhetoric class, take it!
2007-10-01 21:42:54 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Pre-Law is a myth. It's not like Pre-Med or Pre-Dental which have very specific prerequisites you have to have to get into Med/Dent School. Top 10 graduates in my law school class did not have "pre-law" degrees
The area of law you are most interested in will help you decide on likely majors. For example:
Prosecutor or Criminal Defense: Criminal Justice
Tax Attorney: Economics/Math/Accounting
Patent Attorney: Sciences/Engineering
I have lawyer friends with art and dance degrees who do well. My litigation partner has a degree in drama (and it works well for him in court.
There seems to be a love affair with Poli Sci for pre-law, but for the life of me I do not know why. I never took one poli-sci and graduated in the top of my class. Poli-Sci was rather irrelevant for most law school classes.
Get to college and search out the major that most interests you. Get a good background with classes that build writing and speaking skills. Get comfortable with reading and take classes that expose you to a lot of different writing styles (business, literature, etc).
Law school is still 5 years off. Just get to college and go from there. Most people change their mind about their majors and whether they want to go to law school.
Don't go to law school just to be a laywer. You'll hate it. Do law because it makes sense for you.
Also...see if you can get some work in a law firm in any capacity. See how the law works from the inside.
2007-10-01 20:37:43 · answer #4 · answered by ironjag 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Just about any non-science major is fine for most law schools. Try history, English, political science, economics, or whatever you're interested in.
2007-10-01 20:46:28 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Easily pre-med. There's many law schools which accept mediocre, even downright stupid or incompetent people. There's very few doctors like that.
2016-03-13 06:40:53 · answer #6 · answered by ? 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋