<p>My plan is to attend a top law school after graduation, such as Yale or Harvard. Beyond the fact that I would need a 3.9 GPA/170+ LSAT just to be in the running, I would like to know:</p>
<p>1) which degree is most attractive to a top law school, and
2) which department is stronger, in the broadest sense of the term.</p>
<p>Also, if anyone could give me more info on the difference between Economics (CLAS) vs Economics (School of Business), I'd greatly appreciate it.</p>
<p>Thanks!</p>
<p>Doubtful that any law school cares whether you major in accounting or finance. If there’s any difference it would be negligible. Personally, I would take accounting as I’d imagine that it opens up more career opportunities than economics in case something goes wrong with law school.</p>
<p>Nephew just was accepted @ Harvard, Boalt and UChicago law schools. D is a 3L. I can say that it really doesn’t your major, it will a change not being Poli Sci. Everyone in Law school was a Poli Sci major or just about. </p>
<p>First what kind of law do you think you want to practice? With an accounting degree you can do tax law. BTW UF law in tax is highly rated higher then HYS. There are jobs in tax law.</p>
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<p>Things you need to think about, T14 law comes with a big bill. Which means you most likely will graduate with 150K in debt. Which means to payoff these loans you have to go to big law and work 80 hours a week to get 1700 billable hours a year. The 150K is sometimes refered to as the house you never live in.</p>
<p>Currently it is the worst law market in 100 years. The US is producing 45000 lawyers a year and there are only 33000 jobs annually. This is keeping salaries low. Big law salaries are being cut and there have been layoffs. Of course you are 7 years from trying to find a job things maybe better.</p>
<p>Go to a law school that balances your life goals and the debt load. Also go to law school in state you want to practice. Be in the top 25%, do law review and some kind of clinic work. SA jobs in summer for big law and public service jobs for a government job are a must.</p>
<p>And good luck.</p>
<p>current econ student here. the econ professors are excellent, and there are LOT of econ majors doing what you plan to do. econ professors are very accessible and friendly.</p>
<p>bad news: econ department is very small right now. the business school has a recent history of making cuts in the econ department first. as pre-law, this might not be such a big deal. however, because of this, the accounting arm tends to be the ‘stronger’. students out of accounting make the most money, followed by econ, then finance usually. i know for a fact that the econ department does not have a good track record of getting students into yale and harvard. that is an extremely lofty ambition, and i doubt that the accounting department fares better. i cant really say without authority though, but i’ve never actually met an accounting major who planned to go to law school. thats just me.</p>
<p>my favorite question is your last. dont go into business unless you’re really against taking a foreign language. the amount of free time you gain and do what you want in terms of curriculum can really help you. not to mention the business college is progressively turning into a BS factory in more than one sense of the term.</p>