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I've never heard anyone say that CJ is a good path to law school.
Several of my former students decided to study criminal justice because they wanted to become lawyers, I was looking at one of the law enforcement forums and someone said that it was a good subject to study for law school, and I've heard many other people over the years say that it was a good undergraduate major for law school. Criminal justice majors are the fifth most likely to apply to law school.
Several of my former students decided to study criminal justice because they wanted to become lawyers, I was looking at one of the law enforcement forums and someone said that it was a good subject to study for law school, and I've heard many other people over the years say that it was a good undergraduate major for law school. Criminal justice majors are the fifth most likely to apply to law school.
English would be a far better major for law school. Not Criminal Justice.
Several of my former students decided to study criminal justice because they wanted to become lawyers, I was looking at one of the law enforcement forums and someone said that it was a good subject to study for law school, and I've heard many other people over the years say that it was a good undergraduate major for law school. Criminal justice majors are the fifth most likely to apply to law school.
Departments struggling for enrollment will say anything to get students to sign up for classes. My history department at my college would tell undergrads that history was a great major for pre-law, business, and foreign diplomacy. The problem with criminal justice is it is a major that has always struggled for legitimacy in academia. It has straddled the line of a professional trade school and social science and generally provides a career path to a career in law enforcement or private security, which are essentially middle class jobs where a degree is not always required and a criminal justice degree is certainly not required. The major attracts a lot of poorer students that see law enforcement or private security as an attractive field, while more middle class students interested in those fields major in something with more upside and know they can still get into those fields. So those poorer students, when they take the LSAT do poorly and admission into good law schools is difficult.
Honestly, any major where you do a lot of critical thinking and analysis, learn how to communicate your analysis effectively, and develop a strong work ethic, will lead you to success in law school.
Well my understanding for law school is that any writing intensive major is good choice for law school. I have read that CJ majors have lowest overall LSAT scores. Criminal is only half of law. People forget that about the civil side of law, which is where, IMHO, the money is made.
Several of my former students decided to study criminal justice because they wanted to become lawyers, I was looking at one of the law enforcement forums and someone said that it was a good subject to study for law school, and I've heard many other people over the years say that it was a good undergraduate major for law school. Criminal justice majors are the fifth most likely to apply to law school.
I've never heard this. The lawyers I know majored in Poli Sci or Linguistics prior to law school. Women tend toward Linguistics, men take Poli Sci as Pre-Law, in my observation. Though there are other options as well. I've never heard anyone recommend Criminal Justice as pre-Law, though, or met anyone who did it.
Departments struggling for enrollment will say anything to get students to sign up for classes. My history department at my college would tell undergrads that history was a great major for pre-law, business, and foreign diplomacy. The problem with criminal justice is it is a major that has always struggled for legitimacy in academia. It has straddled the line of a professional trade school and social science and generally provides a career path to a career in law enforcement or private security, which are essentially middle class jobs where a degree is not always required and a criminal justice degree is certainly not required. The major attracts a lot of poorer students that see law enforcement or private security as an attractive field, while more middle class students interested in those fields major in something with more upside and know they can still get into those fields. So those poorer students, when they take the LSAT do poorly and admission into good law schools is difficult.
Honestly, any major where you do a lot of critical thinking and analysis, learn how to communicate your analysis effectively, and develop a strong work ethic, will lead you to success in law school.
Some of it probably has to do with self-selection rather than the major itself. Overall, there are probably just poorer students enrolling in criminal justice programs. Physics and economics will tend to get high-performing students who will, in turn, perform well on the LSAT and other graduate admissions exams.
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I've never heard this. The lawyers I know majored in Poli Sci or Linguistics prior to law school. Women tend toward Linguistics, men take Poli Sci as Pre-Law, in my observation. Though there are other options as well. I've never heard anyone recommend Criminal Justice as pre-Law, though, or met anyone who did it.
You probably don't see many lawyers with criminal justice degrees because hardly any of them get into law school in the first place.
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