Majors to take for Law School (skills, degree, best, score)

[Dexterguy]

I hope that someone can help me with all of this. I am a college student in Pre-Law Studies and am wondering what other subjects I should major in to get into law school in three years. Many people have told me to look into Political science which I plan on taking, philosophy classes, business, advanced english classes, etc. I am working very hard to get into law school and really want to take the correct classes.

Thank You for your help ahead of time!

[skipcromer]

Originally Posted by Dexterguy

I hope that someone can help me with all of this. I am a college student in Pre-Law Studies and am wondering what other subjects I should major in to get into law school in three years. Many people have told me to look into Political science which I plan on taking, philosophy classes, business, advanced english classes, etc. I am working very hard to get into law school and really want to take the correct classes.

Thank You for your help ahead of time!

In all honesty, it really doesnt matter.

I was told to take a decent amount of writing classes in order to prepare for law school.

[emh]

I agree that it doesn't really matter. My cousin, for example, majored in Nuclear Engineering.

Based on that, you might want to consider majoring in a field that you could fall back on if the law field didn't work out. Remember, the legal profession has a very high turnover rate. And given the current glut of lawyers, it can be difficult to find a decent paying job, particularly relative to all the student loans you'll need to take out (my cousin was $100,000 in debt when she finished law school 10+ years ago).

[dvcgal]

Also check into communication classes, public speaking for instance, as well as some history classes. Politcal Science will cover many of the cases but knowing the actual time line in history also plays an important role! Good luck!!!

[stan4]

Also depends on what kind of law you're interested in.
If you want to do patent law, for example, you will need an advanced technical background.

[RangerDuke08]

Yeah it doesn't matter any BA or BS is fine, Law school all comes down to LSAT, get a prep book and take a prep class.

[pennquaker09]

Math. It helps with your reasoning skills.

[Takes1 2 Know1]

You could also major in Economics and minor in Business Admin.

[Drover]

If you just want to get into law school, it doesn't matter. They really don't care what your undergrad degree is. What they care about is your undergrad performance and your LSAT score. But if you're looking to practice in a specific field of law, then it might matter. For instance, if you want to be a patent lawyer, then you should probably major in engineering. If you want to be a transactional attorney, you should probably major in business. If you want to be an environmental lawyer, then you should consider majoring in biology. Et cetera.

If you don't know what kind of law you want to practice, I'd say the major that best prepares you for the type of thinking needed to be successful in law school is philosophy.

[Dexterguy]

Thank You all so much for all of your responses!! This has helped, I knew that I should be majoring in some type of business degree and philosophy classes since I am interested in mainly in transactional law.

From what I have been reading on these posts it does not matter mainly what you major in as long as you perform well in the classes you take and do well on your LSAT.

Thanks, so much again! I welcome more advice, you can never get to much!